still raining or raining again

Here's a surprise… it's cloudy and raining. It seems like the air itself is grey and just by merely breathing it in, my cells themselves have become grey as well, sapping all energy and motivation! That's okay as I know it's temporary so I'll give myself some grace, letting myself off the hook for doing more than the basics today. 

I did force myself to walk this morning which mentally was good (although it left too much time for rumination)!

The days seem to be flying by! Was it actually only last Monday that I wrote - it seems like ages ago yet was only 5 days ago! I guess it was a semi-busy week with a haircut, zumba, Pat for supper one night and Trudie & Leo for supper last night. That was the extent of my cooking - the rest of the time I gleaned soup from the freezer or sat down to a giant salad. I've had caramelised onion lentils on my menu plan for weeks now but it's a lot of work so I keep shifting the day to make it. 

Yesterday I ‘met up’ with June over the internet for a long walk and chat. She is in Basel, Switzerland so it's fun to get together even virtually! After I collapsed on the sofa for 15 minutes, I got cleaned up and we did a spur of the moment trip into the city to pick up the cases of pomegranate juice that we ordered. Since the shopping centre was just up the road we took a quick trip into the Bay to see what was on clearance. It was sad walking around knowing that after its long history, it would be no more.

I've said (over and over) that the spring has been crappy and cold, yet, out the window to the west I can see the lilac tree that snugs up against the house has buds, and to the north, the tree that the bird feeder hangs from also has buds. The trees say “ ‘F’ you! We are going to grow! Nothing will stop us!”. And in fact it seems that nothing will stop the growth on the bird feeder tree. Half of that maple crashed to the ground a few years ago during an ice storm so Carm had to hack the rest of it down, leaving just a 8 foot ‘stump’, where the woodpeckers have made countless holes, further weakening it. Actually, it's pretty much dead. However, little green leaves are on the crown that grew last year.

I have to channel Nature's power!

Awesome!

“buds on the trees”

“Lupa snuggled up against me on a rainy afternoon”

“A&W burgers for a lazy supper”

“dark chocolate, dates, peanut butter”