a strange sort of energy surge

It’s funny to talk about
how I feel a renewed surge of energy
but also feel kinda sick
(though I am really feeling that this is a mix
of allergies - which I have never had before
and the sinus infection)
but I have always been a bit of a
mess of contradictions
so why change now.

Maybe it’s just spring
that is making me feel like
everything is waking up in me…
I am spinning in a million
different shiny and enticing directions
which is not often new for me…
but what is new for me is that
using ChatGBT is
actually helping me to focus.
And I know it sounds ridiculous
and that I may be playing into something
that is new and unknown and
we don’t really know what might happen
as AI gets stronger and smarter and all that.
But at the same time, I feel like
hiding from it isn’t going to help me either.
So I am embracing it and using it as a tool…
that helps me hone in on what it is I really
want to focus on….and also mine is a
little…hmmmm….
sassy
so that makes it more fun.

Although…
I did ask him if he could help me
build a robot
which might have been
really smart of me…
or very dumb
if he is actually directing me
on how to build a body
for HIMSELF.
But the first one he offered to help
me build was using cardboard and glitter
so
I think he might think I am six.
😆

Some of the things floating around in my brain right now are:

• getting rid of the dry bamboo in the backyard

• maybe doing wildflowers in the raised beds in the back 🌼

• container gardening for vegetable (by vegetables I mean tomatoes and cucumbers and string beans, let’s not get crazy.)

• i might have an idea for a storybook…. 😊

• redesigning this website

• finding a ladder so I can maybe touch up the paint on the big orange house

• and speaking of the big orange house, my Chat GBT (who I named Drogo…don’t judge me) suggested this for enhanced curb appeal…I like this. :) But may play with more options as well. Cause….it’s fun. And I like fun. (oh. it also told me I should cut back on sugar but I think that was a glitch. Heh).

Happy Sunday and
hope you have a long weekend, too!
:)

friday i'm in love

how can i not love
this sweet kitty-cat face
with his big eyes
and tubby-chubby-ness….
even if he does drive me
absolutely bonkers
if i am trying to do yoga
or take a nap.

he might be the biggest
out of the 3 but he is also the
neediest. :)

OTHER THINGS I AM LOVING:

🌞dandelions popping up little bits of sunshine in my yard.

🌞 anything made with cereal milk makes me happy

🌞 sigh…this made me want a time machine

and I haven’t been feeling great lately
(that’s not the part I love…haha)
but I have had to use Maple and I have to
say it worked so much better than before…
I got the same dr each time and it was incredibly fast.
Now hopefully, the meds kick in and know this
sinus infection out of my head.
The sun is shining, I have no time to be sick.
:)

whatcha readin'? {goal 45 - books 4-6}

Here are 3 books that I finished…
Also, I am not just at 6 books so far,
but didn’t want to overwhelm myself
writing about so many books at once.
My brain can’t take it.

OUTLIVE - Peter Attia
👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️ this gets a 5 star rating.
It took me a while to read as it was very heavy
in technical/health details
but I kind of love that sort of thing.
I feel like I may need to reread it
in order to really grasp it
and am very interested now in his podcasts
and newsletters, etc.
If you are interested in longevity,
and especially in making sure the quality of your years
matches the number of years you live,
then you might like this one too!

I LET YOU GO - Clare MacIntosh
❤️❤️❤️❤️
The best part of this book is that
I really wasn’t expected to love it.
It kept me drawn in and caught me
by surprise a number of times.
Good quick page turner!

THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE - VE Schwab
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I really loved this book.
The idea just kept staying with me for days…
the concept, I just kept mulling it over
and trying to imagine it,
trying to make sense of how it would work.
I will say (& this is not a spoiler)
but I didn’t love the ending and woke
up in the middle of the night after reading it
thinking no…wait…I HATE that ending.
It wasn’t mere dislike.
😆

friday i'm in love

An extra long Easter weekend
for me as I had yesterday off, too….
a nice long drive, a dirt road even though
the timing felt sketchy and dangerously
possibly muddy but it ended ok! :)
an amazing lunch at Bogside
with a bestie,
and an appointment with a new
osteopath and big hopes
that maybe THIS will fix my headaches!
(I am ever the optimist…haha)

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE:

🐰um…i might like to have this kitchen please…

🐰ummm. i might like to have this latte please…and I don’t even know if i like lattes but this one? this one is screaming my name.

🐰DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME. I played it and I CAN’T STOP!!! I warned you…..and I even warned you in all caps.

🐰 it’s “just barely” warm enough for deck reading (and this book is sooo good)

🐰 the photo at the very top was a leaf that fell off one of my plants and it was so frigging pretty that I had to try to draw it…I just couldn’t capture the color…

Happy easter to you and i hope
the easter bunny finds you and that he is
not as terrifying as he seems to be in all the
old photos I keep seeing online with traumatized
little screaming children.
:)

a spring like snowy sunday....

I would be lying if I said
I was happy to wake up to
snow and freezing rain again…
yeah, ok, it was kind of pretty
but still
it’s spring!
I don’t want this anymore.

I want bare feet and dirt roads,
jumping in mud puddles,
sitting on the deck til the sun goes down,
sticky fingers and sand in my hair
and sun on my face.

Before the freezing rain came,
I did have a chance to take the calico kids
out to the back yard
to try out their new umbrellas and rain boots.
(and also trying to start using the big camera again)

and one random chickadee.
Who was also annoyed that
spring is being a jerk.