Hi Everyone!
Good Morning! I know I have written in a few days. I've been down in California helping take care of my Grandma Rosemary with my parents. Life has been pretty hectic. A whole lot busier than I'm used to, trying to come up with a routine, a way for me to better be of assistance to my Mom and her needs. She hasn't had any help this whole time, now I'm here and I would like to be able to take some stress off of her plate. 
As you know I've been under investigation at work for something absolutely so dumb, and they've broken laws and all of my rights. They dragged it out way past the deadline and I was due to hear back on January 6th 2023. Come that day I did hear back. They terminated my employment. Once again the narcissists have shown their true colors and my director did it in the world's most cruelest fashion, had me in utter tears. 
Now they're trying to sneakily force me to sign away my rights in exchange for a small severance package. Making it so I can prosecute them for their wrong doings. Because they are very aware they have zero grounds and they've majorly messed up. But I'm not signing anything. Because they need to pay for their unlawful actions. I'm absolutely done letting people get away with this type of treatment. The law exists for a reason, I have rights for a reason. They walked all over them and I'm not going to sign a piece of paper for a simple months worth of pay to say I won't sue them. Absolutely not. 
So I was scheduled to head back home on January 9th, now due to losing my job I will be remaining in California with my Mom and Grandma Rosemary. I will be living here and helping take care of my Grandma and helping my Mother run everything so she isn't as stressed and she has some support. She's been entirely alone and she's going a bit stir crazy. I don't blame her. 
My Grandma's condition is getting worse again. This is what her body tends to do, she gets better than she starts to decline again and needs to head back into the hospital. Her levels are going back up again. She's on the decline right now and has been for the past four days I'd say. I will have to talk to my Mom in the morning about how she wants to proceed with the next steps with Grandma. If it may be time to send her back to the hospital for a couple of days so they can get her levels back down. 
Being here with my Mom and Grandma though has been amazing. It may be very hard to see my Grandma in her condition, but getting to take care of her in her most crucial time of need is so fulfilling for me. It means a lot to me. There's a silver lining to everything and as Grandma and I giggled about it, this isn't just a silver lining this is a platinum lining. My Grandma is so happy to have me with her. She told my Mamma "Thank you for letting me have your daughter". She's missed me so much. I've been living in another state, working and not able to see her often. I called and stayed in touch, but it isn't the same. Having me here has made her so happy. It honestly makes me so happy too. 
We spend the days watching cooking shows, which I wont lie they fry my brain lol! I feed her, I help her with anything she needs. We laugh we look at cute things online to entertain ourselves. I dance around funny around the house to make her laugh and tell her jokes. It's so good to see her smile. It makes me so beyond happy. 
Life may be really hard right now. I'm putting extra time into my Amazon Program (Amazon Mechanical Turk) it's the only income source I have left right now. I'm working on filing for unemployment. Hopefully that gets approved and I'm able to have some income while I take care of Grandma. If not I know I will work something out. Right now my primary focus is taking care of my family. And taking care of my own health. 
My health hasn't been the best lately. But I've begun to seriously work on it. I've begun exercising daily, I've been watching my diet. I've gone back on the supplements I need to keep my liver healthy as someone with multiple liver conditions. I'm resting when I can. Luckily with it now being Mamma and I here, when one of us needs to rest, there's always someone here to be with Grandma. So we are better able to care for Grandma and ourselves. 
This year I want to focus on getting my health in order, taking care of my family, finding some new hobbies, finding ways to support myself without relying on an organization to keep me on my feet. If anyone has any programs or side hustles, please feel free to drop them down below. I will also be doing my very best as I work out a schedule and routine here at Grandma's to keep on top of my writing. Because the tips I get from Publish0x is a huge way I'm building up my crypto portfolio for my future. 
Income is very teeny tiny right now. Need to re-work the budget for sure. Need to figure out how I'm going to make this all work. Because with taking care of Grandma right now and helping my Mom, I don't have the ability right now for a physical job. I do my programs when I have the time. I wake up early and stay up late or work when Grandma takes her naps. But she's someone who needs to be watched 24/7 and I don't have a way to get to and from a job right now. So if anyone has any ideas of how I can supplement my income while being at home I would greatly appreciate it. 
Any advice I have for you today is know that life is truly unexpected. Things pop up when you never anticipated it would ever happen. Be adaptable, keep your head held high. Know that this isn't the end no matter how dark the situation may seem. I know it's hard, very hard. Trust me I'm in it deep now. But you will get through this. Just keep fighting. When you fight, when you express gratitude for what you do have going for you, you develop the strength you need to keep going and find what's going to get you to where you need to be. 

- Salem