This was such a good day. It would have been stellar even if all that happened was my sister and brother-in-law had been the only event. I had a wonderful evening too, so that was amazing.

I took a nap this afternoon (oh the life of being retired) so that I could hopefully get to open mic night. I’m feeling so much a part of that community, I hate to miss it now. The music is varied, as are the people who get up and sing. Some just for the love of singing, some because they are trying to get a name for themselves in the area. But whatever the reason, they all give it their all, and it’s a joy to hear. Those of us who don’t sing, just visit, and listen, and enjoy. Make friends, get to know people better each time. I managed to make it there, and just settled in to relax and enjoy the evening. My drink for the night was a glass of jasmine mint iced tea.

Tonight my friend Beth didn’t get there til later, so I sat with the man I had the nice conversation with a couple weeks ago, and we continued our conversation, about parents dying (both of us lost our beloved mothers in the last year) and kids, and NYC and just so much. He lost a daughter to breast cancer in 2010, I told him I understood how incredibly hard it is to lose a child because I lost my beautiful niece. Then the man who Beth asked to give me a ride to the urgent care a couple days ago came up behind me, and kissed me on the forehead, and exclaimed, “Oh my God!  You’re alive!” and  sat on my other side.  I guess I must have been looking pretty bad on that ride.  He’s leaving for PA and Boston to see his kids, and grandkids. We also have plenty to talk about. Two of the nicest, kindest, most generous men I know. And lots of other people come and go to our tables, while the music plays. They come to talk about the music we just heard, or about what they are going to play. We all mostly migrated there from somewhere else, so inevitably we find common ground. I met a woman who’d moved from Massachusetts 3 years ago and one who just moved here from Maine 2 months ago! Another newbie! She grew up in Iowa too!! And all 3 of us from New England.

When Beth got up to sing, I realized after about 30 seconds she was doing my poem “Digging in the Dark” as a song. (This is the link to the poem if you care to read it: https://learningtolivelikewaterblog.com/2016/05/07/digging-in-the-dark/ )

And OMG, she did it so beautifully. After, she gave me credit for the poem. And so many people came up to me telling me how much they liked it, how well written it was. I’m beginning to get a little more comfortable with people telling me they really liked my words. We had a big discussion on creativity, and how important it is to find your outlet, and to allow yourself to just be creative that way.

Afterward, I stayed and talked to my NYC friend for awhile. So many people came up to him to tell him how much they liked his voice. I was so happy for him, because it makes him so happy to sing.

After being stuck home all week, with this bug, what a treat it was to be out, with normal, kind, happy people. To feel included as part of the community. To actually be with people who care about each other, and support each others endeavors.

I guess I did the right thing, starting out within this morning. Working on my chakras. Funny, when I scanned myself when I first did the reiki, I hung out at my 3^rd eye chakra, where our intuition is, because I felt a little blockage there. As it turns out, I think there were some things I was feeling, not seeing, that I was blocking because I wanted the outcome to be different for myself. Interesting. Well, they all work together. That blockage, blocked the others…the energy has to flow through you freely, or it will only cause problems.

Then having my sister just wrap me up, reconnect me to who I am……with so much love. And then to go out tonight and encounter exactly what I needed. I’m pretty sure I’ll be on the mend now for a few days and then back to normal. Just need to stay aware of the truth, and not try to make reality what it is not.

So that’s my report for tonight, lol. Things are settling back in here. It snowed up north today…..so glad I missed that!!! I saw lots of picture though, all my FB friends at home were tagging me in their pictures, lol. Yuck. Just yuck.

Love and light all.