Brittany Severn

Blog Challenge: Days 15, 16 & 17 Catch Up.

>> Friday, May 17, 2013

Seasonal work is ALMOST OVER.

I go Wednesday to log things in and deliver our stuff and I am

DONE.

FREE.

AH!

I am very sore from work and have had other things going on,

and I just haven't gotten around to blogging.

So.

Catch up time.

Day 15 // Day in the Life

Day 16 // Something Difficult About Your "Lot in Life" and How You're Working to overcome It.

Anxiety. I've blogged about it a bit, and I will probably talk about it more in the future.

It's a big part of my life.

It's the thing that makes me hate myself almost daily.

I'm not "normal" and I probably never will be

and not only is that hard for me to accept, but

very few people in my life accept it.

And that makes everything harder.

Because I'm not who people think I should be,

or who they expect me to be.

I'm not at a place in my life where I "should be"

and it's because of anxiety.

It's something I am working on, daily.

Therapy, remedies, getting tests done, etc.

I should have more answers next week with my anxiety

on a more cellular level.

Hopefully those answers will help me get better and be a little more

"normal."

Day 17 // A Favorite Photo of Yourself and Why.

This was taken last summer when I was in South Carolina

to attend (and photograph) a wedding.

I had never done a wedding before,

but everything went well and the pictures were well-received.

So I like this because it was a step forward for me,

getting over a fear and believing in myself enough

to do this.

Days 13 & 14 // A Public Apology and 10 Things That Make Me Really Happy.

>> Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Slightly behind in the challenge!

A Public Apology

I'm sorry, lady that went into that super sketchy public bathroom stall after me.

The toilet was already clogged and I had to pee really badly.

I wasn't going to attempt to flush it because of the mountain of toilet paper in it,

but then decided maybe I had the power to unclog it.

I was wrong.

I flushed it and ran out of there and all I heard as I made my escape was you say,

"JEEZ!"

I'm sorry.

10 Things That Make Me Really Happy

Bubble baths

Good books

Bad jokes

Clear nights and full moons

Zoe laughing

Blaring music in my car

Rain

The smell of freshly cut grass on a cool Summer night

Blank notebooks

Writing

>> Sunday, May 12, 2013

Join the challenge.

Day 11 // Sell Yourself in 10 Words.

>> Saturday, May 11, 2013

Day 11 of the challenge has made me think the most so far.

(found here)

I'll be your shot of whiskey, not your cuppa tea.

April Instagram Faves and Day 10 // Most Embarrassing Moment.

>> Friday, May 10, 2013

April Instagram Favorites

( Follow me: almostbritain )

- Zoe using her new ball as a foot rest.

- Abby break at work.

- Flowers from my boyfriend. :]

- Getting accepted into a Creative Writing program at SNHU!

- Zoe and Oli on dance photo day.

- Doing Zoe's dance makeup. Toddler makeup is not easy.

Day 10 in the challenge is Most Embarrassing Moment.

Once upon a time I was 12.

I had just taken a bath and was getting dressed and realized I had forgotten my pants in my room.

No big deal, I thought. I'll just run to my room in my shirt and underwear and get my pants.

And that's what I did.

I hauled ass down the hall and into my room and put my pants on.

I come strolling out of my room and low and behold at the bottom of the stairs in the living room

is my brother...and six of his friends (his 16 year old friends),

one of whom I had a huge crush on at the time.

They were playing video games which is why it had been quiet

and why I thought running pantless to my room was fine.

I feel the crimson creep happening on my face so I duck quickly back into the bathroom

like nothing had happened and then I hear my crush say

"Next time put on pants!"

Crush. Over.

Humiliation in full swing.

I went back to my room and didn't come out until his friends left.

No way was I facing six teenage boys after they had just seen me in my underwear.

>> Thursday, May 9, 2013

Day 8 in Jenni's challenge is: A piece of advice you have for others. Anything at all.

You are not alone. That's advice I wish I had gotten growing up, and I want people to know it. No matter what disorder you have or whatever you're going through, you are not alone. There are others just like you, there are people that understand, people that can relate and that can help. It is so important that you realize that you are not alone in whatever you're going through.

Growing up with my anxiety disorders, I felt completely alone. No one could relate to me, no one helped, all that happened was I got told "just stop worrying" or I got sent to 'professionals' that did absolutely nothing. Most of them made me feel worse, actually.

I wish I had known then that I wasn't alone. Because that's all I felt growing up. I thought since no one could relate or help me, that I must be some huge burden and a freak and that there must be something horribly wrong with me. 'Normal' people don't feel like this, 'normal' people can not worry about the things that I worried about.

But being normal isn't exactly a virtue, I've come to find out.

And, no matter what is going on in your life, you are not alone

Day 9 // A moment in your day (this can be just a photo or both a photo and words)

A very sweet, very funny family member of mine is dying.

Only a month ago did we find out he had pancreatic cancer and it has spread everywhere in his body.

The doctors give him, as of now, 10 days at the most.

He is at home with hospice involved and today, his mother (who is 92 and in a nursing home) got to come and visit him for the first time since he was diagnosed.