Fortunately, I had resumed meditating and practicing Qigong (the routine was thrown by my getting sick), and my calmer and clearer mind was able to feel compassion and assist in problem solving.
We did some talk processing, but the clincher was making a list.
Once he was squared away, I tripped over some of my own feelings of overwhelm. Then, I made a list.
Things to be completed by Sag's family birthday party/Christmas gathering on Sunday:
• knit a hat, weave in ends of two hats, wrap two hats
• make candied pecans
• put a dent in the holiday cards (at the very least, the three for family members gathering)
• deep clean kitchen (it. is. so. nasty.)
• deep clean the bathroom
• dust all rooms
• vacuum all rooms
• pick up and wrap nephew dog's gift
• clean and organize my "desk" (still so much loose paper!)
• bake Christmas cookies: these and these
• put up tree and decorations
• prep party food: appies (hopefully the farmer's market will persevere pre-snowstorm), deviled eggs, steamed carrots, onigiri, cream cheese frosting. (Cap is baking the cake, my mom is bringing meatballs, and we're bringing in a couple of pizzas.)
Breathe in, breathe out. And smile. And feel grateful. My mantras.
train crossing at night.
found tucked in library book.
candied pecans o'clock.
curly Su?
I hope it's a happy Friday for you.
Peace and love.
3 comments:
What a big list! I remember those days....hope you got your apples before the storm.
I like the curls!
My mom has curly hair and I always wished for curls as a kid/teen. I'm thinking it's hormones that has my hair curling...funny :-)
To tell the truth, my hair began to curl a bit in the last ten years also. I agree: It's the hormone thing.
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