It's amazing how much easier everything is when the sun is shining. I mean, perfectly lovely blue skies without a cloud in sight for hours and hours is just about the most amazing thing in the whole world. Especially after this dreary spring we've had. Everyone has said the sun was just gonna appear and boom it would be summer. That is so okay with me.
Well, the other day I realized it was not okay to be mopey. I know how to feel better, how to inspire myself and how to feel good. So, it was back to square one, starting over at the beginning with Pleasure as the number one principle and priority. Well, duh. I had gotten wrapped up in life again and had forgotten to schedule, plan and implement pleasure every day. And the natural consequence of that is that I found myself not having any fun. Once again, duh!
So I decided to schedule in some fun stuff but also to just decide to have fun no matter what was going on. To celebrate everything. So far, so good. Today was lovely. (I know the sunshine helped, but I was purposefully being happy as well!) We were at the baseball field at 7:00 - then took Bay to finish up his soccer ref training. Then went to the Saturday Market and bought raw honey and bee pollen. (Honey is a super food, eat more of it!) Then we picked up Gav from a birthday party sleep over. All of this momminess was done by 10:30, so I got to open up the garage studio to the sun and spend the day sanding and priming.
I love the feeling of numb hands and arms from using my power sander for so long. I primed boards and let them dry in the sun. Even the thick coat of goopy white latex I put on after the primer dried fast it was so warm.
In the evening when it cooled off a little I played in the garden. I finally planted the tomatoes the boys had bought me for mother's day. I dug up a diseased peony and planted a rose in it's place. I transplanted the hydrangea my mom gave me for my 39th birthday into a shady spot in the back yard. I cut back rhododendron that had gone all viney and pulled a million weeds. The raspberries had grown over Spanky's grave so I tied them up and pulled some rogue canes. I worked in the yard until it was too dark to see. OMG it felt good!
I love that there are so many different kinds of perfect days. It's true that the fastest way to attain Happiness is to just be happy where you are. And celebrate the hell out of it.
Having the Reddest Day Ever!
In Grace,
Kell
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