Hello friends,
Last week was a rough one for me. Driving 10 hours home then diving right into office life the next day, and not just any office life, but one of our busiest times of the year. And then the powers-that-be decided what the heck, what’s really important is team-building, so let’s all go bowling. Was it fun? Well, sort of – but work fun is to real fun what the palest of pink hues is to fuchsia.
Suffice it to say that I needed this weekend. Yesterday was spent changing my address on my driver’s license and making sure my address is changed for voting. After that – laundry, meal planning, grocery shopping. All the things that don’t seem like self-care, but really, really are. The best type of self-care: taking care of your future self.
This morning I woke at 6 and went to the marsh. It was cool and clear, and I got there early enough to see a beaver making its last rounds before bedtime. The water lilies are changing – the leaves are getting brown and curling up. I know it’s still July but I got that delicious back-to-school feeling, or at least a prelude to that feeling. There was a hawk making a racket and circling in the far-off sky, but it never came close enough to photograph. I was thrilled that a couple of belted kingfishers and a green heron decided to rest and feed for a while. I stayed at the marsh for two hours and the experience did what it always does for me — it made me realize again just how unimportant all of our human concerns are. Which is good, because I seem to need that reminder at least once a week.
Have a wonderful week.
Michelle xoxo