This is the last week I have to be at home or finding things to do. Monday I start my new job. This week I have the mind set of finishing up any projects that I had started or wanted to do since I have so much time at home. Yesterday was a struggle for me, I found myself restless and unsettled, but the end of the day it turned out to be peaceful and not so bad of a day. Monday Ben had stayed home so it was nice to have him home and it felt like an extension to the weekend. Yesterday, Tuesday I started off missing my daughters and not knowing what to do to keep myself busy. The day was cloudy, cool and rainy so it just added to my mood even more. I managed to plant two plants that I hadn't done yet out front in the flower beds. I snap chatted back and forth with Sara, so that was a huge plus. She wasn't feeling good though so that made it hard since I wasn't there with her or she wasn't here with me. I also did the laundry and cleaned the kitchen so that was productive. Then most of the afternoon I listened to music, played around with creating playlists on my Spotify and cuddling under a light blanket on the couch with the window open watching and listening to the rain for a couple of hours. It was a very restful afternoon.
Oh and I did manage to make a cute arrangement out back to plant the bulbs before it rained!
It came down good with hail for a little while.
I was enjoying watching the rain drops fall into the water of the bird bath.
It rained and rained and rained......very nice!
Today, Wednesday I headed to town early this morning. I didn't feel like sitting in the house all day again by myself. I actually left at 8:00 a.m. this morning to do a test run for Monday. I have to be at work at 9:00 a.m. and we have some construction going on and different times of the day it takes a long time, almost hours to get to town so I wanted to see what it would be like at that time. It turned out just fine. It seems that if I head to town it needs to be before 10:00 a.m. because any later than that it will get bogged down and you have to sit for hours and hours.
I decided that would do something from a distance to try to help Sara feel better so I headed to Over Easy where she used to work. I had a plan, I would hope that either I would recognize a few of her co-workers or they would know who I am and then I'd ask if we could send a snap chat to Sara. The plan worked perfectly and I found very willing participants. When Sara finally was able to check her snapchat about mid-morning she sent her smiling face letting me know that it made her day. I was happy since that was what I was hoping it would do.
After I ate breakfast I went to run a few errands, I went to Dollar Tree and found a few containers to continue organizing things around the house, from there I went to Sprouts. I wanted to shop their supplements and found a few that I was looking into trying. My last stop was Barnes and Noble, I found a few books. I always find a few books, I love the bargain section. I found a fun book with making my own scrubs and bath bombs with essential oils. A poetry book, I used to love reading poems so I thought I'd add it to my daily time to start my days. Okay so instead of just one or two books I confess I came home with five books. I found a cool herbal apothecary books with info on healing herbs and essential oils. I've been wanting to try to do yoga at home but where I live my internet service stinks so I thought if I had a book I could do my own thing at home, so I found one. The last book I found deals with Turmeric and healing spices, remedies for health and well-being.
I got home around 11:00 a.m., took a bath and put on some relaxing clothing and then I straighten up and organized an area of Ben's stuff in the living room. I ate some lunch and now I'm writing this blog post while the sky is really dark out side and thunder is rolling in the distance. It hasn't started to rain yet but maybe soon.
I only have Thursday and Friday to wrap up my self-care, organizing, me time, journey. I'm a little sad but happy at the same time. I've learned a ton about slowing down and focusing on taking better care of myself and really trying to be intentional. I will continue of course because its part of me and helps me stay balanced and together on all levels. It will change next week and I will have to develop a new routine but it will all work out and I'm excited to start a new chapter in my story with a new job!
(Also looking forward to the weekend, Ben and I will be going to visit my oldest daughter and see her new apartment. We will stay with her but we will also get to spend some time with my youngest daughter too so it will be a great weekend with my girls, my heart will be happy and full!)
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