Slowing up
I took the day off work today - I am struggling with motivation to be there these days and I really wanted a day to try and get myself in order after a period of internal chaos, frustration, poor choices, and other such self imposed roadblocks.
So I slept until 12:30. !!! I woke up a few times and did get up early in the morning to tend the felines, get some water and read, but halfway through my book, I dozed back off. It felt good to not WoRrY about when to rise & (fake) shine.
I did the daily chores - vacuuming, flushing the catbox, tidying up the kitchen, making the bed, etc. Then I decided not to postpone my exercising so I did my full E routine which took just about an hour and a half. It felt gooooood.
I then decided to work on some of the paint touchup I still need to do from before the move. I took care of touchups in the bedroom, hallway and kitchen. I apparently lost common sense since in the kitchen, I painted the back wall from the floor to the ceiling and mindlessly leaned back on the wall at one point, covering my clothes in Balmoral Red. At least I didn't drop a freshly rolled roller on my braids again. But as Jack is on his silent retreat, I couldn't do anything that would induce him to laughter (and I know he would psychicly know if I did that again. I barely had enough brushes for the different colors, but I had just enough. I still have to finish up in the living room, some trim pieces, the bathroom and the bathroom door. Perhaps the most exciting part is that now I can take several cans of paint and primer to the recycle facility, as I am done with them! That will free up a good amount of storage space under the sink.
After the painting, I slapped on a coat of H'suan Wen Hua and then luxuriated in a wonderful shower, finishing with a liberal use of tangerine sugar scrub. With my hair lightly scented with spice and my skin soft from the scrub, I put in some Pippy braids and tossed on some soft, comfy cotton houseclothes (aka: those I don't care about keeping the fur off of) and called myself done with work for the day.
I was going to have a spicy faux-chix burger for dinner with greens and some garlic fries but I decided to go for cheese and crackers with Tofurky slices instead. Obviously simpler and I had some Samish Bay cheese I needed to get to, so... Not a fasting day for me, but there will be plenty of opportunities next week so I take myself off the hook. In truth, I forgot it was Friday until it was too late. Heh.
Though I had expected to do more reading and less housework, today has been good. August promises to be a more hectic month what with starting school again early in the month and prepping for fall quarter, family vacation, camping, and lots of opportunities to be at church. I'm glad to have had this day to myself to kind of get myself in order. I'm so much happier when my home is in order and now that I'm knocking off all the 'I'll get to them later' tasks, it's feeling much more settled and homey. It will really help the next month, especially when time and money will be more considerably crunched than normal.
I'm off to watch the late edition of Oprah now. It's a show about poverty in America, focusing on the working poor and those who work full time at minimum wage and low wage jobs who still can't make ends meet. I'm not in particular a fan of Oprah but I do think that she often uses her power and influence for good. On this ignored and politically charged topic, I think she has some of the brightest potential to effectively reach middle America. I long for the day when we no longer punish and disdain the poor in our midst. On a local level, the loss of affordable rental housing in the city is scaring me for those who work at the lowest wage jobs - they will lose either their work or more time as they travel from further distances to the city to work. I can't afford to wait until it's me to care about poverty in America. There but for the grace of God go I.
So I slept until 12:30. !!! I woke up a few times and did get up early in the morning to tend the felines, get some water and read, but halfway through my book, I dozed back off. It felt good to not WoRrY about when to rise & (fake) shine.
I did the daily chores - vacuuming, flushing the catbox, tidying up the kitchen, making the bed, etc. Then I decided not to postpone my exercising so I did my full E routine which took just about an hour and a half. It felt gooooood.
I then decided to work on some of the paint touchup I still need to do from before the move. I took care of touchups in the bedroom, hallway and kitchen. I apparently lost common sense since in the kitchen, I painted the back wall from the floor to the ceiling and mindlessly leaned back on the wall at one point, covering my clothes in Balmoral Red. At least I didn't drop a freshly rolled roller on my braids again. But as Jack is on his silent retreat, I couldn't do anything that would induce him to laughter (and I know he would psychicly know if I did that again. I barely had enough brushes for the different colors, but I had just enough. I still have to finish up in the living room, some trim pieces, the bathroom and the bathroom door. Perhaps the most exciting part is that now I can take several cans of paint and primer to the recycle facility, as I am done with them! That will free up a good amount of storage space under the sink.
After the painting, I slapped on a coat of H'suan Wen Hua and then luxuriated in a wonderful shower, finishing with a liberal use of tangerine sugar scrub. With my hair lightly scented with spice and my skin soft from the scrub, I put in some Pippy braids and tossed on some soft, comfy cotton houseclothes (aka: those I don't care about keeping the fur off of) and called myself done with work for the day.
I was going to have a spicy faux-chix burger for dinner with greens and some garlic fries but I decided to go for cheese and crackers with Tofurky slices instead. Obviously simpler and I had some Samish Bay cheese I needed to get to, so... Not a fasting day for me, but there will be plenty of opportunities next week so I take myself off the hook. In truth, I forgot it was Friday until it was too late. Heh.
Though I had expected to do more reading and less housework, today has been good. August promises to be a more hectic month what with starting school again early in the month and prepping for fall quarter, family vacation, camping, and lots of opportunities to be at church. I'm glad to have had this day to myself to kind of get myself in order. I'm so much happier when my home is in order and now that I'm knocking off all the 'I'll get to them later' tasks, it's feeling much more settled and homey. It will really help the next month, especially when time and money will be more considerably crunched than normal.
I'm off to watch the late edition of Oprah now. It's a show about poverty in America, focusing on the working poor and those who work full time at minimum wage and low wage jobs who still can't make ends meet. I'm not in particular a fan of Oprah but I do think that she often uses her power and influence for good. On this ignored and politically charged topic, I think she has some of the brightest potential to effectively reach middle America. I long for the day when we no longer punish and disdain the poor in our midst. On a local level, the loss of affordable rental housing in the city is scaring me for those who work at the lowest wage jobs - they will lose either their work or more time as they travel from further distances to the city to work. I can't afford to wait until it's me to care about poverty in America. There but for the grace of God go I.
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