I didn’t go anywhere today.   I tried to lay down and take a nap, but too many people tried to reach me, calling or texting. Same thing happened yesterday when I tried to take a nap. I guess I should just put the phone on silent if I’m serious about sleeping.

Since I was not sleeping I looked at the directions to the pier I was supposed to go to today. I hadn’t realized it was so far away, almost an hour. Just didn’t feel like driving a couple hours, even though I’m sure it is an awesome venue to watch the sunset. But I called the friend who wanted to go there, and rescheduled.

I spent the afternoon making turkey soup with the Thanksgiving turkey carcass. It is delicious. A friend is gonna come over for dinner and have some, I hope. I made another too-big pot of soup. After the soup was put together I went out on the deck and read for over an hour while the soup simmered. It is so nice out there, despite the leaves falling perpetually from the banyan tree. I love that the tree shades the whole deck. It’s still warm here, though not hot, and shade is always welcome. I remember when I rented a condo during my divorce that had no outside space. Used to make me crazy.

Feeling relaxed tonight. Hopefully I’ll wake up and feel good tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll sleep tonight.

Love and light everyone.

Struggling again this morning. I still have a sore throat. I went to bed early but woke up at 3:30 and only dozed on and off after that. I am irritated that I don’t feel well. It’s a beautiful day, and I had a lovely day planned. I may just suck it up, and at least go to the pier this afternoon.

I think I’ve been stressed out more than I have acknowledged. I don’t really feel sick, but exhausted, and needing some time to just relax. I think I need to sit in the sun, and take a nap. I should probably give myself reiki. I’m pretty sure my energy is blocked somewhere. Well, it is blocked at my throat chakra, obviously, lol. I have a sore throat. Duh. Throat chakra governs communication. Apparently I have things to say which I’m not saying.

Whatever. I’ll talk to a friend today. I think it would do me a lot of good to watch the sunset from the pier. Probably inspire some words too.

Short post this morning. Maybe the words will come later.

Love and light.

I’m home and very tired. My throat is a little sore. I took two zinc and tried to take a nap. As soon as I lay down a friend called me. Then my son began texting with me, and I texted with him for awhile. He was sick yesterday, still not feeling well today. It’s his stomach, and I think Thanksgiving was rough for him this year. We’ve always spent it together, every year. He was at work, so I texted with him for a long while, until I knew he was ok. Then as soon as I fell asleep another friend from up north called and we talked for a long while.

I think I’ll take a couple Ibuprofen and an Ambien, and go to bed early. I have been sleeping well, and eating well (of course, it’s Thanksgiving!) so I don’t know why I’m so exhausted. I think there was an emotional component I have been ignoring, being the first Thanksgiving without my mom and my son.

I hope I wake up feeling well tomorrow. I have some plans with friends for most of the day. Brunch at our usual place, then a trip out to a pier in a nearby community. It’s a fishing pier, but has vendors, and craft people, and things to eat on it. A beautiful place to watch the sunset over the Gulf. So I hope I can go.

Very happy to be home, in my sweet little house, in my own bed. It really is feeling like home. My sis is giving me a desk that I’ll need to paint, but then can use for my jewelry. She gave me two beautiful oriental screens to screen the mess that the jewelry makes. Also a weather-proof speaker that works with bluetooth for me to use on the deckExhaustio, and a rug for my guest room. And 2 more paintings. My brother-in-law is cleaning out the garage, lol. And my sister is cleaning out the closets.

I’m so blessed to have those two.

Hope all is well with everyone. Love and light.

I didn’t make sunrise this morning. It seemed cloudy out that early. I didn’t see any pink in the sky, so stayed in, in my nightgown and bathrobe, writing, reading, sipping my coffee, for about an hour. Then I got dressed, and began to clean up all the outdoor space from last night. Empty wine and beer bottles, and glasses for cocktails for the few who didn’t drink wine or beer. Amazingly, we had a lot of wine left. 3 bottles opened, of white wine, that I found room for in the fridge. 1 bottle of red, opened but not empty. Then maybe 3 or 4 unopened bottles. Threw away all the paper products, napkins, and desert plates on the table. Cleared off a dozen wine glasses. And other assorted things like bringing all the table linens to the laundry room. Then I cleaned up all the dishes which were left.

I didn’t want my sis to have to wake up to the mess. Her house is usually pretty spotless. And I was thinking she probably wouldn’t be feeling a whole lot like cleaning it up, lol.

When I was done, I took a walk around her neighborhood. Up to the town dock, to snap a picture of the mangrove tree. I love the way the tree grows and expands with all the roots above ground. Somewhat like the banyan tree, except they look like they’re on stilts. I think they have to grow near the water. This is a picture I took of it, you can see a dock behind it, and the bay, through the leaves and roots system.

I kept walking down the street, and snapped this picture of the coconuts up in the palm tree. It was on private property, or the coconuts would have been cut down by the city because they fall on the cars parked under them and cause damage.

I got back to the street she lives on, and snapped this picture of the palm tree lined street, in the brilliant sun.  I also took a picture of a palm tree hosting another plant, to show the harmonious living I talked about the other day.

I walked past her house, past where they have torn down an old restaurant and are building a brand new one, which won’t even be open for another year. There’s another restaurant there, which is being remodeled, probably to compete better with the new one. They are both on the channel which takes you from the inland waterway, to the bay behind the barrier beaches, then out to sea about a half mile north. This is a picture of that channel.

I continued on that street, and eventually it looped around back to the one she lives on. It was about 73, no wind, no clouds, bluest of blue skies.

Now my sis and I are sitting around in our bathing suits, catching sun, swimming when we get too hot. She has an orange tree, lemon tree, and lime tree, laden with fruit. It should be ripe for Christmas. It’s 81 this afternoon. What more could you want? I still pinch myself that this is the life I am living. Every day.

I’m getting my washer and dryer this week. I have tentative dates for Wednesday and Friday. Open mic night Thursday. Except for my washer and dryer, my days are my own, to write, or make jewelry, or work on my house. It’s perfect. There is no downside, except the people I miss. Hopefully, they will begin to make plans to get here after the holidays.

Love and light everyone.