friday i'm in love...

it’s a quiet, cool
february friday
in the big orange house.

today has consisted
of work,
checking the basement for water,
getting taught by 22 on how
to use the macgyvered sump pump,
eating a chocolate bar
dipped in a jar of icing,
contemplating a big, big decision,
watching the snow melt away
(while worrying about water in the basement),
teasing 26 about “what’s for supper”
(she is gonna make me spaghetti),
daydreaming,
secretly smiling
when 26 tells me she is
making a list of movies
we can watch together…
feeling a mix of
happy, content, peaceful
which is nice because i have
been very fragile and full of sharp, jagged,
emotional edges recently….

february will do that to a person.

♥ FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE ♥

♥ finding out i was mentioned in a blog i love to read!
♥ this optical illusion was soooo neat!! :)
♥ this! solo travel! women! i want to do this!!
♥ this is miniature insanity but soooooo cool!
♥ this song makes me happy.

tuesday truths....

the truth is
i find february hard…
long and slow and tedious.

i try to fill my days
and nights with books
and movies and music…
things that will inspire me,
filling the well if you read artist way…

i try to accept that
this
is the perfect time
to hibernate,
rejuvenate,
restore, renew, rest…
but i start to get
itchy feet…
i want to get out and about again.

i have to remind myself
that this will pass.
that the days will get longer.
and warmer.

and that i should take a cue
from finnegan
and just catnap
while i can…
and wherever i want. :)