Battle Hymns of a Hot Mess Mom

One day at a time…

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  • Progress, Not Perfection

    I rewatch the equalizer this evening, and within the first five minutes that was the line Denzel Washington said. I had forgotten that line. It was good the first time I heard it and it’s so applies to me today progress not perfection. Surprise! I thought it was just the routine labs, dressing and appointment Continue reading

  • Winter Break

    I took some days to myself away from posting, and just being with the family. We’re giving homesteading a try. It seems more and more processed. Foods are so prevalent that we forget to cook real food for ourselves. I love me some bacon but when you look at the ingredients there’s about a half Continue reading

  • Oh boy 2024

    I woke up this morning to find out that my dental and vision are properly enrolled for 2024, but I have no medical coverage. I have the generic you enrolled for your benefits email and now I have no medical coverage. I’m currently breathing through a paper bag and trying to figure out how to Continue reading

  • New Year, Better Me?

    My New Year’s Day morning was quiet. It was exactly what it needed to be. We all slept in until about 11:00am and J made us an incredible biscuit and gravy brunch. Now only is that one of my favorite meals but the fact that I was able to stomach it was even better. I Continue reading

  • NYE

    NYE looks different this year. We aren’t on our annual NorCal trip. Social media is flooded with everyone’s 2023 recaps. I started off my 2023 riding ebikes along the coast unfortunately we found out too late that the Costco, Jetson bikes that we had purchased didn’t really have the mileage and about 3/4 of a Continue reading

  • Bomb

    Especially during the holidays I’ve been seeing a lot of food posts on social media, and the comment section is always about how completely attractive a man that cooks is. The comment section is flooded with how sexy it is and attractive it is that a man cooks. So yeah…no. What is sexy and attractive Continue reading

  • Sick

    I haven’t felt well and my mind starts going. My mind is getting the best of me. What if I’m not doing well because it’s not working. I’m scared it’s my last Christmas and I’m missing out on doing the traditional things. I’m scared and I don’t want to be. My throat I getting sore Continue reading

  • Asleep

    The last few days have largely been me being asleep. I an extremely tried without barely the energy to get up to use the toilet. I’m not sure what’s going on and why I’m so tried but that’s been the status quo. I woke up this morning to make breakfast for the children and proceeded Continue reading

  • Sick Sucks

    Sat 12/09 – I spent the whole day yesterday in and out of sleep and throwing up. It wasn’t exactly glamorous. I had no energy for anything. The coughing is excessive but the fever I gone thankfully. Day 3 of antibiotics 1 I don’t know if I feel any different but I will say last Continue reading

  • Thank you Universe

    CA EDD approved the 10/1 – 10/31 so we have breathing room. 11/1 LTD also got approved so I can breathe even more moving forward and won’t be living under a bridge. Mortgage can be paid. Thank you Universe. My one hiccup now is that the LTD Math ain’t Mathin’ – my analyst is not Continue reading

About Me

Hello, my name is Nina. I am a mother, wife, daughter and friend. I am lover of country music, & 80’s love ballad. I love me some karaoke! I identify as hot mess mom. I get it wrong, all the time. On the rare occasions I get it right? Even I’m shocked.

I am a working professional in the field of Compliance. I am mother two, daughter to immigrant parents, wife to a “redneck” – and proud of it, sister-in-law to the two most incredible human beings I have ever met and a niece that is just so cool but doesn’t know it.

I work too hard and play too little. I’ve always focus on the wrong thing and never quite sure if I’m ever enough. I grew up on the East Coast and was a latchkey kid in the 80’s and 90’s – I dodged the sketchy people on the walk home and tried not to end up on a milk carton.

I went to a very privileged Boarding School on the East Coast and college after that. (So yeah that’s exactly why this journal will be riddled with grammatical and spelling errors. On the days I feel good, I’ll type it out. On the days I don’t feel good it’ll be voice to text. I can not be held liable for the things Siri puts in as my “voice”. ) Graduated on a Friday and started Fleet Bank on a Saturday. I hustled my way through the midnight shift at DHL and hustled and hustled and hustled. I knew nothing except the hustle. (As I said, I’m a hot mess mom).

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