Oh my wonderful, darling clients. I am continually amazed at my good fortune to get to work with such magnificent human beings. 😀
Dennis’s sweet, funny card, and Debb’s sweet surprise gift that came in the mail today! Remember those magnificent human beings I told you about?! It’s not just my clients. 
Great gullywashing rain. What fun to sit on my couch and watch it come down!
Coffee and cats in the morning.
All the sense-treats from a walk through my neighborhood. So many delicious smells and sounds and sights. In one little walk this evening I passed a butterfly habitat in progress, people riding a tandem bike, kids playing catch, someone practicing saxophone, about a dozen little free libraries, and, of course, a tiny dinosaur (the dreaded tinosaur). 😀 I also love the fun mix of single-family homes, apartments, and cool independent shops. I love my neighborhood!
Tea and tabbies at bedtime.
7+ hours of sleep! Hooray! As I was in that dreamy, just-about-to-sleep state, I giggled to myself, thinking, “Oh, yay! I’m falling asleep!!” Haha!
Luna and her non-existent sense of personal space. Eeek! 😀
Past Diana who made a whole bunch of chicken stock and put it in the freezer — so today’s Diana could just throw in a bunch of veggies for a quick and tasty soup. Thanks, smartie!
Switching out my old habit of calling myself mean names for my new habit of calling myself fun names like smartie, sweetie, and hot stuff. Hahaha!
Aha, sleep you funny, fickle friend. Got to sleep before 5 am, at least! 
Sure is interesting being up in the middle of the night. I like the stillness of it…though I’m willing to miss out on that most of the time. 😉
Nice chat with Laura during our drive today (thank you!). She’s so much fun! I always learn something new (like using recycled concrete for landscaping projects!) and we always find stuff to laugh about. Today’s topics included all the projects we have going – native plants, paths, and patios. 🙂
I am really loving the time Mckenzie and I spend working on the yard every night. Today’s cooler temps were a welcome switch from last night’s buggy mugginess. Front yard is really starting to shape up… We have 4 big bags of weeds from just the past two days alone. Yowsa!
Garden therapy=garden hands. Very satisfying on all levels. 😀
9 hours of sleep! Woohoo! Doesn’t quite get me caught up from the previous night, but sure felt like a little miracle. 🙂
Nicely balanced day with work work, errands, and yard work.
Working with Mckenzie to take plants from Sarah’s yard (thank you, Sarah!!) and plant them in ours. We are finding that we can get so much done in just an hour or two of work each night. Our yard looks better and better each day!
All the many, many nights when I get to sleep before 6:30 am (and therefore get more than 2 1/2 hours of sleep)! What a surreal, strange night. It was nice to get some cleaning done during the middle of the night… and wake up having already logged more than 2,000 steps for the day. Hahaha!
Today’s mindfulness reminder sign. It will be fun to play with this question and see how that affects things.
Lovely visit this morning with Sarah and Ida. Our first walk up to the farmer’s market for the season, and then chatting with neighbors and introducing them to the Duncan girls on our way home.
Another nice visit with my folks and Jeni and Jeff. We (and by we, I mean my dad and Jeff. I am too short for this project.) fixed my outside light and the guys also talked logistics of repairing (and by repairing, I mean rebuilding) my side steps. I’ll help with the labor, but I’ll leave the planning up to the engineering experts. 🙂
Okay, this one was from last year’s appreciations for today, but I am super appreciating it again! How fun in the first place, and how fun to remember it today: The guy directing traffic in the liquor store parking lot who was dressed up in pantaloons and a plumed hat, and did awesome fancy-dancy moves to direct the cars. ❤
Today I’ve been thinking about habit energy. So interesting to think about things like this, and to pick and choose which ones I want to keep, which habits are serving me well. I will keep my habit of appreciating people and the big, wonderful world. I will work on releasing my habits of judgment and harsh thinking.
Getting out for a sweet little walk this evening. I’ve been inside working a lot the past few days and really feel the difference when I’m able to get out and be in the world even a little.
Nice chat with Jeff tonight. I know he and Laura have been here for awhile now, but I am still appreciating the newness of being able to see and talk to them more often!
Audio books! They’ve been such a comfort these past few months. Right now I’m listening to Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation. So many fascinating and interesting ideas. I’m going to have to listen to it several times. I like that this book caught my attention just now as I’m learning a new normal and finding my footing. I’m making little signs for myself to help me remember to be present and mindful. Good stuff.
Perfect timing. My dad needed a desk and I needed to get rid of one. Now my office has room for my keyboard… and I’m making progress on my Clear Everything Out of the Basement project. 😀
Orange spice tea on a rainy afternoon.
278. Progress on the “reclaim the path” project — today we finished weeding and adding pea gravel & sand between the paving stones!
Chamomile Calm Tazo Tea.
Red apricots.
279. Coffee and lunch with Cina and Kat (today’s therapy transportation). They’re so much fun to spend time with!
Really helpful session with my therapist today. I keep thinking / hoping for a linear healing process… but the truth is that my PTSD journey really isn’t working out like that. So…I’m still learning to be okay with how things are, learning to be more gentle when I can’t do what I’d planned to do (like errands and a bunch of work), learning to take one day at a time. Well, in theory I’m learning these things, anyway… 😉
Hedgehog headwear. 😛
Wonderful dinner and walk with the Kat and Mckenzie. We saw so many bunnies and an owl, too!
Sweet support from the kids, who kept me company while I managed more of my anxiety by getting my hospital “go bag” ready, and writing down the different scenarios so we all know when to call 911 vs. drive to the ER vs. wait and call the heart clinic during business hours. It helps me to have these things figured out — but the process of recording them triggers so much anxiety that it’s been impossible for me to do them on my own. I sure am lucky to have such understanding, supportive people around me!
Amethyst on my desk.
Organizing all the tasks for all the things. Whew.
Fun evening running errands at Menards and Trader Joe’s and then Menards again 😉 with the kids. 😀
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