Interrupted
My Life Thus Far
Miraculous Creatures
My therapist called out sick today, so I got an actual day off without a doctor's appointment! I don't mind therapy. I genuinely feel like it's done me a lot of good, and continues to do so. I'll be having more appointment-free days off in the future. Yet another thing to be thankful for!
Today we had Keenan's parent/teacher conference. Snookums and I had been going back and forth with each other over whether it would be a good report or not. Keenan hasn't been wanting to do his reading for Jason. I however, never have an issue with Keeny reading. He'll come to me every evening I'm home and ask to read me a story. Usually he can read most of the book himself, only needing me to help him sound out a few words here and there. Turns out, Keenan is doing exceptionally in math. He isn't quite up to speed on his reading, but his teacher has seen his fluency and words per minute more than double in the past 3 months, so she's confident he'll catch up by the end of the year. Considering he's only been talking 3 years, I'm pleased with where he is today. I take nothing for granted when it comes to my children. They're miraculous creatures, and I'm blessed to have them. The universe knew, after all I've been through, that I needed to have easy children.
We decided to take the kids on a little day trip up to Port Townsend for the afternoon/evening. That turned out to be a little disappointing. It started to rain fairly heavily on our way up there. We'd bought a few outside games with us to play (since the kids enjoyed that so much early in the week), but it was a little too soupy for Annie and I. We stayed in the car. Snookums and the little ones enjoyed playing in the rain, thought! After that, we decided to head into town so I could go to my favorite store (Phoenix Rising), but turns out it closes at 6pm on weekdays... It was 6:06pm. How disappointing. And as if that wasn't bad enough, we were going to have dinner at Addie Mae's, but they only serve dinner on weekends! They close at 3pm on weekdays. We couldn't catch a break. So we ended up heading back towards home and having Vietnamese instead. I love our regular spot, they have so many vegan options for me. I'm not a big tofu-eater (I try to limit soy), but they have an impressive abundance of veg in their dishes. So fresh and satisfying.
I need to do some research, because I'd really like to know what it's called. I've noticed over the past couple weeks that I keep going to the same place in my mind. The park we went to today, Fort Worden. It's always in my thoughs. When I meditate, I find myself there. I go there in my dreams. I have lucid moments where I can feel myself there. Like, my eyes are closed and if I open them, I'd be sitting on the grass in front of the Officer's Quarters. It's strange to me, because it's been happening literally since the first time I went there. Like, I'm connected to the place somehow. Which I find intriguing, because I didn't find the place magical or anything the first time we went. Yeah, it's a lovely place. The grounds are lovely, the bunkers are cool, the beach is pretty. But it's not my "happy place" per se. I definitely want to research this more. I'm bound to this place, and while it's not at all unpleasant, I'd love to know why.
Tomorrow I go to Seattle to do the prep work for the photo shoot thing I promised a friend I'd do. I'm excited/not excited, dreading/anticipating the whole thing. I'm looking forward to a day in the city, but part of me worries that she won't like me for the gig. I'm a little heavier than I was the last time I saw her. I worry about disappointing her... and myself... As a powerful woman, self-proclaimed feminist I feel almost guilty for feeling that way, but I am only human. Acceptance is important. Who knows, maybe it could be the start of a lucrative plus sized modeling career (I kid)...
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