The CannaBoss Mom

I know. It has been a while since I posted last, but it has been a crazy few weeks!

We recently moved AGAIN! Luckily it was just a local move here in Tampa (our landlord wanted to sell), but with two kids and a dog – moving isn’t easy. Slowly but surely we are starting to get unpacked and organized. The kids started school on Monday (8/12) and it has been a rough start for them, not me #ByeFelicias!

I am still working on getting my website “live”.  Behind the scenes I need to work out a few kinks to make this blog worthy of reading and most importantly I am trying to  figure out when is the best time to sit and write. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, the kids are only in school from 8:30 – 11:30.  Not much time left after I grab a quick workout (momma needs self-care)  and complete errands, which mostly means clean up the house for them to demolish when we get home, it is already time to turn back around and pick them up.  Oh yeah again, we don’t nap anymore in this house either 🙁

Moment of Truth – I thought this blogging thing would be WAY EASIER!! Shoutout to all you successful bloggers out there. I am confident I have the content to blog, I just can’t find the time to write, make it look all pretty and bloggy AND make sure it is grammatically correct … which has been pointed out from a few people that have been helping me review before I go “live”.

Which reminds me. I need to make sure that in my ABOUT ME section, I let the readers know that this blog is not going to be perfect, because I am not perfect, but that is what will make it unique.  A blog full of grammatical errors and white space, belonging to a stay-at-home mom who just made the jump to sell CBD with a “MLM”, and resigned from her paying job last week because 10 years in the health insurance industry was just too much, #ByeFelicias!

Insert midlife crisis?!

So apparently the #1 tip for moving with kids, especially little kids (mine are 2 & 4) is… DON’T DO IT!

 

 

For anyone that know my family personally, knows we are professional movers. I got this moving game down pat. It definitely gets easier with experience – at least the physical part. Tying to pack and Tetris all the boxes of crap we have accumulated over the years brings me back to my Nintendo days…I got this. Plus it doesn’t hurt that I have a moving service coming to help tomorrow and they prided themselves that they use students…from the athletic department.

With my quick whit, I instantly asked if the boys from the athletic department “liked married women with kids”…

I received a chuckle on the other end of the phone and visioned him blushing as he decided how to respond. Before he could answer, I let him know I was just joking.. but really could they send some of the stud football players, ha!

While I can take the physical demands of the move, the emotional piece kills me. It didn’t always use to be this bad, but then again, it was only Jon and me.  A two person move, just a little of our junk, easy peasy lemon squeezy. Now add two kids into the mix, YEARS of collecting all these amazing toys with so many rad little pieces, crazy mommy comes out.  My OCD  and anxiety go into overdrive.  I look around in confusion on where to start, what to keep, what to do.  For a moment I am a lost cause looking for direction – deer in headlights… then the crowd starts cheering and screaming.

I got this….took my 500mg Full SYou know what – I got this… I took my 500mg Full Spectrum CBD Oil this morning like clockwork. I lathered on the FDA registered Reduce Pain Cream, told Alexa to play Eric Church Live radio, lit my new bomb-diggity Hemp Candle Craft and began the process: packing, purging and taking time to post!

Here are quick links to the products mentioned above:

500mg Full Spectrum CBD Oil

Reduce Pain Cream

CBD Oil Candle – similar here

So always listen to your mummy! See what I did there?!

Today was my follow up to my quarterly dermatology visit.  If you have lived in FL your whole life (shoutout to Ormond Beach), played soccer for 18 years and didn’t always use your best judgement on applying sunscreen around the clock…then you need to join me on these quarterly check ups! Oh and if you can’t tell, I am the color of Powder with red hair and freckles. The sun is my worst enemy.

The good news: only one biopsy removal on my tummy and I am okay with that.  This just gives me more incentive to add more carbs back on my diet and strictly shop in the one piece swim section.  My results are pending so in the interim, my doctor did try a new and approved treatment to rid my body of any bad skin cancer cells and so far, only nine hours in, the results are blooming – as you can see below.

The idea behind this new peel TCA | Jessner Peel is to pull all the bad cells to the top of my body to blister up and crust off. Basically might look like Freddy Kruger for a few days, but then hopefully Joan Rivers after it is all said and done. I have tried multiple other treatments in the past, some of those took minimum 10-12 days of applying a cream to start seeing results… and truly excited to see these results as the whole process took less than an hour – in my dermatologist’s office.

These are the printed instructions is to keep my treatment area moisturized and I know that Green Compass SOOTHE has me covered..literally.  Soothing as I type!

UPDATE (8/18/19): 3 weeks  after my peel. There is progress, but not completely happy with my results. They only applied a 28% base, the max is 37%. I feel like I need to go back for the stronger dosage. I still have some spots that the treatment didn’t penetrate deep enough and get rid those few areas on my forehead, nose and chin.

So funny thing, I never thought in a MILLION years I would be joining an “MLM”; however, when I met Molly and heard her story and a handful of other stories – who all happened to be mothers, it just clicked. I knew right away I wanted to be a part of this journey, which by the way, was only just launched seven months ago.

If you have been following anything CBD in mainstream media today, you know that this industry is blowing up.  Forbes had it right when they released predictive numbers, stating the CBD industry in 2022 will be going from millions to $20 BILLION!

I have been a CBD user since October 2018. The first thing I did when we arrived back in FL from SC was find an alternate route to big pharma. Postpartum depression, anxiety, stress, inflammation and chronic pain (from 15 years of soccer – multiple ankle surgeries – body injuries) were my list of symptoms.

The doctors were quick to write a script for everything, anything I needed. And don’t get me wrong, sometimes big pharma is needed. Big pharma works. Big pharma saves lives.  But for me personally, I was seeking out alternatives to all the prescriptions I had been given.  I didn’t want to be on all these meds. I wasn’t sure if the meds were making me better or making things worse.

Shortly after our move back to Florida, I began my search for what was the next option in line for me – medically. I began to educate myself on a new health path with alternative medicines, one being CBD.

Let’s be real. Most of you know my life story, and for those that don’t, the Cliff Notes begin now.

Crazy, stressed, exhausted, lost, and full of anxiety after moving at 8.5 months pregnant, having another baby (C-Section) two weeks after a move, moving again five months later (outside of FL), then buying a house (move again) in our new home state of South Carolina only to be informed shortly after our big purchase – that we needed to be relocated to Atlanta (another state).

We declined to make another move (to Atlanta) where we once again wouldn’t have a network of family or friends to help.  So together, we made the decision to go back to what we know and love best.  Where we spent five years of our life, building our life together… Tampa, Florida!

In summary, my life has been a moving clusterfuck. A mental tornado of mass destruction.

Hindsight is always 20/20, right?!

 We would have always looked back and wondered “what if” had we decided to stay put in Tampa three years ago and continue to remain in our familiar territory vs. taking a leap of faith and experiencing a new family opportunity and adventure.

While I was dedicated, persuasive, and an advocate of our change – as we were in it together; there were times that I have never felt so alone. So much change in such a short amount of time had me like whoa… emotions all over the place. WTF is going on body? Mind? Spirit? I was emotionally drowning in what I felt was constant chaos and change… mayday, mayday!

Y’all know me, I am an open book!  If you don’t know me, ASK.

Everyone has always told me that I should have a reality show due to my crazy life and raw honesty, but I figured this blog would be an easier start.  So to all my friends out there who are hoping for a TV show… consider this your first episode.

My first time saying YES to a “MLM”.  My first time blogging for all to read.  My first time doing something totally outside of my comfort zone. Yes, Becca McAlpin does actually have one of those 🙂

So stay tuned.  This blog is all about my new side hustle with Green Compass and all things CBD incorporated into my crazy, fun, mommy-hood life.

Just call me… The CannaBoss Mom!

 

Before you begin to read my blog and follow me, I want to ensure that I provide you with the most accurate information but I also want to notate this disclaimer, as I am not a medical professional:

The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

The benefits of CBD are endless, and a lot of the times more research is needed to solidify the many claims to its health benefits, so always do extensive research and talk to a medical professional before using CBD for a specific condition.

So, to the curious minds out there who may want to try CBD – obviously I definitely recommend it. For me, it helped specifically with anxiety and sleep. I have anxiety like nobody’s business and sleeping is always a hit or miss for me. CBD oil is a great way to experience relaxation without any side effects, discomfort, or effects that will make you feel high, disoriented or intoxicated. For me, sublingual ingestion works best, but it may work better for you when vape or applied topically.

Be sure to do your research, purchase from reliable companies, and read the lab reports like the ones that Green Compass Global offers on their products.  This will give you peace of mind so that you know what exactly you’re getting and how much CBD is actually in there

If you ever have any questions or comments on what I should include in these blog posts, or if you want to share your own experiences or advice on CBD, please share with me in the comments section below each blog entry.