I'm decompressing from my trip. Last week was one of the busiest I think I've ever had ever. Not only did I do all the things I had planned with my sister, on Wednesday we packed up her car and drove to Eugene. It's an 8, 9 hour drive. It was great to be with her though. My sister is a flake-y artist (only one of many in my life) and thus it takes 10 phone calls before she gets back to me. She just doesn't want to spend the time to talk on the phone. But she does it to everyone so it's not like she ignores me in particular. Anyway, I finally got to hear all the stories I wanted to hear from her time in Europe. It was so good to connect with my baby sister and hear about her life as an adult. So lots of good conversations.
We spent the night with our friend Maya and ate dinner at a Thai place -- serving vegetarian and vegan curry, so no, I wasn't sick afterward. Eugene is cute, a l'il hippy town. There was also a meteor shower going on so we laid outside looking at the stars but only saw one meteor. There's another shower in a few weeks. I'm hoping I can watch that one.
On Thursday Pedals and I drove through the BLAZING heat (unusual heat wave in the NW reaching 102 degrees) to get to Seattle. She and I brought the cold weather with us because it dropped 20 degrees when we got there. And not just at night. On Friday we went to the Space Needle and Pike's St. Market, so I did touristy Seattle things. On Saturday I flew back to SF in the morning, took BART home and literally spent 15 minutes in my apartment before turning around again to meet up with
dimethirwen and
crazykawaii. CK is housesitting for my friends and I had to show her stuff. That night we went to Herbivore and I didn't get home until close to 10.
So I am tired.
Yesterday I went grocery shopping, did laundry and unpacked. I feel like my life just keeps going on turbo speed and it's one thing after another. At the same time I'm trying to be present and really live in the moment. I have plans definitely until mid-August and everything after that it's tentative. I think I need to schedule more downtime, except I love being so busy. To a degree. Last week was just nuts. Note to self, doing something every night of the week means when Monday rolls around you dread going into work! Don't do it.
Just had to get all that off my chest. I'm bringing myself back to the here and now feeling gratitude for my life, for the people in it, and for all the amazing things I get to do. And for the fact I'm still employed and can afford the lifestyle I wish to live. All is well in my world.