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My Life Thus Far
Somehow
I actually had a really great day. Nothing spectacular happened. I just decided to really focus on letting go of the things I can't control. Which feels like a lot right now. So many things I want to fix, but I can't. Since it does me no good to freak out or be upset about the current shambles that is my life, I have to release everything into the universe and revisit when there's something I can do about them (my problems). Whenever that may be, I will handle everything. Life will get better. It has to. There's $20.06 in my bank account. I don't get paid until Friday. But I'm not going to worry about it. Somehow everything will be fine. Somehow.
I've got plenty of gas to get through the week, so I figured it wasn't too indulgent to drive into Silverdale to walk Clear Creek trails. I've really been enjoying them lately. I think I like that they're mostly wooded, but broken up by bits of urban scenery. And I don't have to drive an hour to get to a decent trail system. I burned myself out on the Port Gamble and North Kitsap Heritage trails, but I'll get back to them at some point.
Last time the kids and I walked Clear Creek, we didn't find any Kitsap Rocks. I don't know if maybe I was more observant today, or there actually were more rocks around, but I found 5 over the course of my 6.5 mile urban hike. None of them were terribly elaborate, you could tell they were painted by kids, but it's still such a cool idea. I brought the rocks I found today home so Kiki and Keenan could see them. We'll go back out to hide them on Thursday (weather permitting. Heavy rain is forecasted).
I got home a little after Kiki got home from school, and about an hour before Keenan did. I went to bed very early last night (slept 12 solid hours, and it was everything), so I got an early start to the day, and I can honestly say it was very nice having so much time for myself, but still being home to spend the full evening with the kids. I rummaged the fridge to make a new dinner out of viable leftovers (mom magic... and the learned skills of being poor), we lit a fire and I read while the kids did homework, then we chatted for awhile. It was lovely. They just now went to bed and I have plenty of time to do my yoga (which I've been slacking on, but promised myself I'd do tonight. My hip is hurting, and my back), then I'm going to take a quick bath before Snookums gets home from work. I feel like I got to enjoy my entire day off. Maybe I should force myself to get up early every morning so I can break my nocturnal cycle... is that even possible?
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