Outside my window, the sky is piercing blue, the air is sharply chill. The planting beds are heavy with recent rains and replete with weeds that I should be pulling.
I am thinking about many many things: Aren't we all? I'll share the first five I can think of. (1) the stupid pandemic and how radically it has altered all of our lives; (2) the pile of laundry I need to get through; (3) my goal (at work) to raise $375,000 this year from individual donors; (4) the three large manual typewriters on my dining room table that have been there for two weeks (rendering the table unusable) and how I want to sell them so I can get rid of them and so I can use my table again; (5) the fact that I can never seem to get up early anymore. I used to get up at 6 or 6:30, and now I can barely crawl out of bed on the weekends before 9 or 10. Is it the cold winter weather? Is it the pandemic?
I am thankful for the beignets my husband brought home this morning for all of us to enjoy, from Devils Teeth Baking in San Francisco.
From the kitchen: Coffee and beignets.
I am wearing grey yoga pants and a long-sleeve black shirt. So, basically, my uniform.
I am creating space. Always, forever, trying like hell to create space.
I am going to play my fiddle today if it's the last thing I do before head hits pillow tonight.
I am reading About a Boy, by Nick Hornby, a light-hearted fun read after the much heavier book I just finished: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann. I recommend them both!
I am hoping that my two adult sons get their own place soon. They moved back to the Bay Area and into my tiny house three weeks ago. They/we are actively looking for an apartment for them, and we all need it to happen soon.
I am hearing the beeper on my microwave going off every 60 seconds, indicating that someone heated something up for themselves and then forgot to retrieve it. It's anyone's guess how long we all just let the beeper go before one of us deals with it.
Around the house, there are too many piles of my two adult sons' belongings.
One of my favorite things: My dog. She's not a thing, but she's my favorite. She is sitting on my feet right now as I type.
A few plans for the rest of the week: figure out how to practice my fiddle and get exercise while also working full time. It's very challenging to do it all.
And a picture: My daughter sent me a photo of her desk at college; she goes to the University of California, Santa Cruz. I absolutely love this photograph: it is so her. :)
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| Ahhh, college life! |
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