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My Life Thus Far
2016-08-08 07:12:26 (UTC)

Ordinary Rearranged

It was kind of an ordinary day, that wasn't ordinary... I'm not sure how to describe it. I did ordinary things - went to work, took a nap, went for a walk, hung out with the family, took a bath... but I was different. Not in an unpleasant way. Certainly not extraordinary, either. It was ordinary rearranged, I guess. Like I'd stepped into an alternate universe where the little annoyances of life couldn't reach me. I felt peaceful.

Generally opening shifts are a struggle for me. Especially when I can't get to sleep the night before. Now that I've got my cannabis back, getting to sleep wasn't an issue. I didn't have the exaggerated response like I did the first night with the new strain, but there was no trouble falling asleep. In fact, I can't even remember laying my head down. The last thing I remember is having a conversation with Snookums, about what I can't remember. It wasn't important.

The new bra wardrobing set up is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because they took a ton of bras out, and added PINK bras back in (I used to have to run all the way to the other side of the store for them when a customer wanted to try them on, or needed another size). The curse is that they took a few styles out I do use. So, I'll have to go running around the store for them. The slight annoyance in executing the "refresh" as they called it, was the massive amount of go backs I had to do. All the bras that came out had to have their little pink bra wardrobing ribbon removed, be inspected for wear, then returned to their places on the sales floor. It took me longer to do that than it did to set BWC. I think it would have taken two hours had I had someone helping me. And even as I was working on the mountain of go backs, I asked several times if even one of the 4 SLT members working wanted to help me. No one did. Paris (who was manning the fitting rooms for me) helped when she wasn't assisting customers. Despite that, I still didn't feel irritated about it. More than anything I just wanted to get done so I could leave. It's so rare I actually get off early on a weekend day. And now I've got two days off!

When I got home, I felt sleepy. Since it was only a little after 2pm, I took a nap... and it was lovely. Snookums kept bugging me at first. Asking if I wanted to go for a walk, when did I want to go, what did I want for dinner. Finally I just flat out told him to leave me alone. The 4 hours I was at work I was in constant motion, and even though I fell asleep easily last night, I didn't get to bed as early as I should have, so I was running on about 5 hours sleep. Not awful, but not great. So, finally he did see himself out, and I got a blissful 2.5 hour nap.

When I woke up, Snookums had actually done a little research to find a local park we haven't been to yet. There aren't many left. He found a place called Carpenter Lake Nature Preserve. The name sounds so promising. Nature Preserve. I've seen the sign for it many times. It's right across the street from the entrance to Colin's (Annie's ex boyfriend) subdivision. I saw it every time I picked up or dropped him off. I don't know why I never thought to check it out. So, we did tonight. I'm kind of glad I hadn't. It's less than a mile of trail (roundtrip). There's a cute boardwalk out into marshland, and you get a peekaboo glimpse of the lake, but that's about it. It's nothing spectacular. I'm glad the wetlands are being preserved for the animals (beaver, osprey and other native birds live out there), but it doesn't have much human appeal... and that's okay.

We went for a drive around the Kingston/Indianola area and found the pier I've seen Annie post about a million times on Instagram. It's very picturesque with Bainbridge Island and Edmonds off in the distance. It's got to be the longest pier I've ever been on. I got the rest of my steps there. As it started raining, and sunning. It was almost ethereal. Washington is like that. I think that could be part of what made today feel so special. The indecisive weather kind of made everything smell better, look better, feel better. The energy in the atmosphere was different.

I relaxed in a long hot bath while Snookums did homework. I've still got a few bath bombs from LUSH I got for my birthday. I'm rationing them because they're so expensive. And I'm constantly worried about where money is coming from and when it's going to come in next. So, I won't be buying any more for awhile. At least until my husband has a steady income again. It's such a stressful time for me, and yet today I didn't seem to stress about it as much. I still am, but less. My period is a week late, and I think our current situation is contributing to that.

I plan on getting very high, and getting lots of sleep. I don't know what else I'm going to do tomorrow, but tonight I'm getting plenty of restorative sleep. I think I need it more mentally than I do physically.




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