I am most definitely starting with some breathing today. Yesterday was a disaster.
Let's do a visualization again. When you close your eyes, imagine you are somewhere that makes you feel peaceful and grounded. Feel your feet against the earth, the warm breeze on your face. What sounds do you hear? Birds chirping, wind chimes tinkling, or waves crashing? breathe in and out and smell the fresh air. Is it a forest with pine, a meadow of flowers, or the salty air?
Breathe a few more times, relaxing your body more each time.
When you are ready, come back to your chair and open your eyes. Keep that feeling with you as you go through your day.
Y'all know I was down the shore again, right?
Yesterday was not a good day in the Faery Brain. The weather was bad, my ankle hurt, Ravyn scared the crap out of me.
I finished the card I was making and I hope that the family will write little notes to make it more personal. I spent so much time trying to find a quite that was cheery and inspirational. Which was ridiculous. Arlene's mom is a Holocaust survivor and *I* am going to inspire her while she is in lockdown at a care facility? Yeah, no... I ended up writing "Thinking of You."
Today I am going to try and not panic about groceries again. We have been totally unsuccessful in getting a shop from home spot. Amazon Pantry and Walgreen's are out of stock of most items and none of the fresh foods are available for delivery. Postmates/Instacart- no luck. BJs does pick up but only for a very select number of items- mostly what I have in the house. Food pantries are closing. I am fine for now but in another week, I will be out of everything fresh.
It is what it is and I know it will be fine but yikes, the lack of control is not easy for me.
I have some housework to do, too. I want to clean out the fridge and freezer to get a better idea of what I have, make a meal plan if I can. I will also try and not yell at the images on the computer of all the food being wasted on farms. Eggs, milk, produce- all being dumped because it is cheaper to do that than ship it. Restaurant demand is down so there aren't buyers at that level and it would cost more, and most likely be a logistical nightmare to convert it to ship to food banks. But at the same time, it is hard to see. And I *have* food so I can't imagine what it is like to have little or none.
Soooooo gratitudes!!! I need them today!
-grateful that I have food and if we eat cereal every night for dinner, so but it.
-my family and our game nights. we played Sacattergories last night and they were not amused that I wrote "obnoxious kids" for Letter O and Things in the Room :smokin:
-that Ray is able to get around much better today
-I am seeing a little more green in the woods- leaves are coming!
-we didn't lose power or have too many branches come down in the wind yesterday
::grouphug
Let's do a visualization again. When you close your eyes, imagine you are somewhere that makes you feel peaceful and grounded. Feel your feet against the earth, the warm breeze on your face. What sounds do you hear? Birds chirping, wind chimes tinkling, or waves crashing? breathe in and out and smell the fresh air. Is it a forest with pine, a meadow of flowers, or the salty air?
Breathe a few more times, relaxing your body more each time.
When you are ready, come back to your chair and open your eyes. Keep that feeling with you as you go through your day.
Y'all know I was down the shore again, right?
Yesterday was not a good day in the Faery Brain. The weather was bad, my ankle hurt, Ravyn scared the crap out of me.
I finished the card I was making and I hope that the family will write little notes to make it more personal. I spent so much time trying to find a quite that was cheery and inspirational. Which was ridiculous. Arlene's mom is a Holocaust survivor and *I* am going to inspire her while she is in lockdown at a care facility? Yeah, no... I ended up writing "Thinking of You."
Today I am going to try and not panic about groceries again. We have been totally unsuccessful in getting a shop from home spot. Amazon Pantry and Walgreen's are out of stock of most items and none of the fresh foods are available for delivery. Postmates/Instacart- no luck. BJs does pick up but only for a very select number of items- mostly what I have in the house. Food pantries are closing. I am fine for now but in another week, I will be out of everything fresh.
It is what it is and I know it will be fine but yikes, the lack of control is not easy for me.
I have some housework to do, too. I want to clean out the fridge and freezer to get a better idea of what I have, make a meal plan if I can. I will also try and not yell at the images on the computer of all the food being wasted on farms. Eggs, milk, produce- all being dumped because it is cheaper to do that than ship it. Restaurant demand is down so there aren't buyers at that level and it would cost more, and most likely be a logistical nightmare to convert it to ship to food banks. But at the same time, it is hard to see. And I *have* food so I can't imagine what it is like to have little or none.
Soooooo gratitudes!!! I need them today!
-grateful that I have food and if we eat cereal every night for dinner, so but it.
-my family and our game nights. we played Sacattergories last night and they were not amused that I wrote "obnoxious kids" for Letter O and Things in the Room :smokin:
-that Ray is able to get around much better today
-I am seeing a little more green in the woods- leaves are coming!
-we didn't lose power or have too many branches come down in the wind yesterday
::grouphug
