10/14/2026
2:30am: my phone rings. One of our kids needs us. Of course we went. No questions asked. ๐
Back by 3:30am. Talking on the porch until 4:30am. The boys have to be up at 5 for a 45-minute drive to school. So... whatโs the point of going back to sleep? No point. We got this. โ
Hereโs the truth about our life: it doesn't pause for a long night nor do the mushrooms stop growing just because the bird is crowing. ๐ Harvest patrol. Tincture duty. All the in between and then school pickup after football. Derek spent the day trenching electrical lines in 90+ degree Texas heat + 99% humidity, so I sent him to lay down early. "Why?" Because I said so, sir. ๐คจ
And that means...no Derek is NOT cooking tonight, and no, I don't fill in for him (he doesnโt trust me, and Iโm spoiled๐).
Dominoโs it is, kids. ๐
8:30pm: reishi, magnesium, shower, lights out. Tomorrow starts with a fresh dose of lionโs mane, and hopefully no 2:30am crisis. ๐ตโ๐ซ
This is the daily ritual that keeps me steady through weeks like this one. Personal experience, not medical advice. ๐
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