My #FavouriteThing today was people. I am consistently stunned by the amazing people I have in my life. They are truly a blessing.
I appreciated a couple of phone conversations I had with friends today. Seems like this whole mercury in retrograde thing is throwing so many people into unexpected territory. Seems like everyone around me, myself included, is being confronted with stuff that was not anticipated and is not welcome…but there’s no way around either. It’s coming from every direction, and hitting everybody along the way. (We’re all just trying to make it until July 1 when Mercury moves out of retrograde, and things start moving in a forward motion again!) Along the way, I’m appreciating all the conversations with all the friends who are in it personally or by proxy, and the support we are all able to lend one another.
I enjoyed my kids’ friends being here and hanging out. Although the twins’ birthday was May 9, we just got around to the birthday party this weekend. And it was neat to see all their friends – I don’t necessarily get to meet all their friends as all my kids go to different schools and have different schedules. So it was pretty cool.
My kids’ dad came over to help with the party, and we sat and chatted for a long time, as the kids were pretty self-sufficient. And I was again reminded of how grateful I am that, although we are divorced, we are still friends, and can spend an easy evening together like that. It’s a gift we have given our kids, and I am forever grateful to both of us for putting them first, and working through our stuff to be in a place where that has consistently been possible.
I also really enjoyed a bit of snuggle time and a chat with Kid #1 at the end of the night. She has my heart.
And finally, I enjoyed ending the night with my own little Summer Solstice ritual. I wrote out a few things I am releasing with love on one sheet of flying wish paper, and a few things I am inviting whole-heartedly with love on another sheet. Then I went out onto my deck and set them on fire, and watched them burn, while reciting the Aham Prema mantra (I am Love). Feels like a good way to transition from the first half of the year to the next.
What was your favourite thing today?
My favourite thing was spending time with some of our extended family, namely, my father-in-law and step-mother-in-law, and later my brother-in-law. We were out in the sun together all day, enjoying each other’s company. There were also some tractor pulls and drag races, but I’ve never been into that sort of thing. Going to car stuff is always more about socializing for me. After the car stuff, we picked my brother-in-law up. He’s been going through some stuff lately, and I’ve been concerned about him, so it was good to see him smiling, laughing, playing his guitar, and even throwing out ideas of supper. Although it’s pretty hard to express it to a teenage guy without it being awkward, especially when you are “old” and thirty like me, I love him to the moon and back and I want him to be happy and healthy always.
After a last minute decision by our daughter to stay overnight with her grandparents, my husband and I went over to have a fire and a few (see here: more than a few) drinks at the home of a couple of our friends. We like both of them very much; they are a great couple and wonderful friends. Our personalities are so well match and we always have fun together. Anyway, after some quality time as a group around the camp fire, S and I decided to leave the guys to their own devices and go watch a movie together in the house. We both dozed off a couple of times, but we still enjoyed ourselves and the movie (hey, it was comfy and late). It was a pretty good night 🙂