A GREAT DAY

9/7/24

I woke this morning to the incessant meows of our cat Mister, in his mind, we’ve slept long enough.

The constant pain of an aching back due to bulging discs reminds me to talk to God and thank him when I get a moment of reprieve. I take Bailey out on the leash to go potty, as we are now living on our property and coyotes are all around and it’s not safe. 

I get myself a cup of coffee and go sit out on our bestest most amazing porch swing gifted to us by our friends, Mike and Karen. All our dreams have come true, the land, the houses, and I am beyond grateful! Funny thing though, dreams coming true doesn’t stop the reality of my humanness. I sit in my anxiety, heart racing feeling as if Im standing on the edge of a cliff.. waiting for that other shoe to fall, inevitable death around each corner. I think to myself do other peoples anxiety feel this way?  I look it up.. OK, I’m not alone. That makes me feel a little better, and I talk myself off the emotional ledge.

Mitch and I put together a Catio, the directions were awful and I got a sunburn.. It was really great to do it together. I loved every minute of it, the sweat stinging my eyes, the undoing of steps because the directions weren’t clear. I got so hot I thought I was going to throw up and I could hear my heart beat in my head. I was grateful to hear my heart working so hard for me.

My sister-in-law asked for my help to put together a piece of furniture, and thankfully I had put ours together the night before that was exactly the same. It was beyond fulfilling to share my knowledge and to be a blessing, then we tacked the lamp and rewired that which wasn’t working, and fixed it! 

I head home, the drive only 750 feet away and it begins to rain. Oh finally our first rain out here. I called the same sister-in-law and ask about the stuff outside. I drive her way to help move it or cover it.. by then it turns into hail, pelting us, blowing us sideways… we run inside saying, “ummm oh well, that happened..”  We laugh looking at each other soaking wet, hair blowing all which way and just letting life be what it is.” We hug and say we love each other and I head home.

Bailey, is sitting on the cat tree waiting for me to come home and Mitch is put in a dog door to go into the catio while I was gone.

As I finish this, Mitch is making us dinner.

Bailey is on my lap and The storm is still storming and the thunder is rolling and I am beyond grateful that this has been one of the greatest days of my life.