I found some ornaments today that look like bubbles! They are clear but also iridescent like a bubble. The living room tree needed 150 more balls!
Dining room tree
Making progress on the dining room tree today!
Is hermitting a word?
I have hermit tendencies. When I was 20 I spent six months in a friend’s house living in his basement and never stepped a foot outdoors. A group of friends had an intervention and took me out to dinner which did in fact cause me to stop hermitting. In an effort to not become a…
Too soon
Rode with my SIL to Durango, she had a doctor’s appt in the regional hospital, thought I’d just, you know, wait in the coffee shop – that’s when I realized it is way. Too. Soon. – breathed through the beginning of a panic attack and came outside and found a bench. I’d rather be freezing…
Melancholy
I made it to the house where my beautiful geek grew up. It doesn’t feel as raw as when I was here for his funeral in July – it’s more just melancholy.
So happy
I have spent all afternoon sorting all our pics – I want to take all of the pics and other memorabilia that was from before I met Gary back to New Mexico with me. It needs to stay in his family. I was reminded just how happy we were. On a related note: crying for…
Happy Halloween!
In under a year Koya’ana lost her big sister that raised her, her kitty sister that adored her, her other daddy that she was most bonded to, and her kitty brother that greeted her every morning and evening at the pool. In order to keep it all in perspective this year she is La Catrina,…
Single
Yesterday I met some friends for an early dinner – we were on a patio enjoying the breeze and the company. It dawned on me that that was the first time I had gone out as a single person in almost 23 years. It was in the middle of dinner when I realized it. It…
Invitation
Gary’s family invited me for Thanksgiving – once I stopped crying and said “yes” I ordered this shirt to wear to dinner with them!
Underwater
Today’s exercise- wandering around Costco. Bonus of interacting with the 3D people. Gary was an introvert and quite shy around others but at home he was the life of my party. He filled the house with laughter and playfulness and now the place is silent – like being underwater. Being around people – albeit strangers…