relaxin..
here is more of a retreat for me than anything else, we only go out into town or maybe to the mall or to out to eat a little bit of the time, the rest of the time i get to relax and think and read and dream. i feel like i dont have anything hanging over my head eventhough i have a paper due in 5 weeks thats the "Big One." so i just piddle around and do whatever strikes my fancy with no outside intervention and relatively little stress. Genna is very self sufficient in her ways. she reads or writes or thinks most of the time, and graces us with conversation maybe 10% of the time, the rest she spends alone or in silence. it makes for a very nice arangement because i am left to my own devices. its very quiet here and much like a log cabin atmosphere with a calming fire downstairs and open inviting spaces. i have claimed one chair in the living room as mine and i read on it, and sip tea or write in my journal a good amount of the time.
the snow is falling quietly today, and i love watching it whirl around outside. i tried something with my eyes today, i tried to focus on all of the falling snow at once and all of the sudden i was seeing large groups falling as one entitiy for a few seconds before they fell out of my sight. i amused myself doing that for awhile this morning and then moved on to reading. later today i can look forward to a nice warm bath or a shower and reading writing and thinking spiced with conversation and eating. incredibly relaxing and much needed. i think i have filled over half of the journal i procured while i was here with my musings, which may be the most i have written in awhile.
yesterday i went over to Marjorie's house to get some essential oils for aromatherapy. i love them very much. i spent a bit more than i had originally reckoned, but, i felt as if certain scents were speaking to me in a calming way. i had tried genna's at school earlier and it did wonders so i have great hopes for my roman chamomile, lavender, and sweet orange.
our interactions with the outside world, although few, have been extremely enjoyable. we have been to many exciting places (keeping in mind that i find most things exciting no matter how mundane) and have met and enjoyed many more interesting people. i really love the people here. they make me feel as if this is my long lost home and having just found it, they are rejoicing along with me. the biggest affirmation of my long lostedness is the wide reception of my blue fuzzy coat, looked down upon in charles county, but adored here in saratoga as well as at st johns. we have perused several interesting shops and i have picked up cards for people, purple ink, a 2 dollar vintage dress, chapstick, a Pogo book, a sharon creech book, some used books from the library, a pillow for my eyes to keep out the light in the day, some gel, hair clips, and a spring jacket and a wonderful shirt from H&M, a store that seem to have been formed just to cater to my tastes, needless to say, it is by far my new favorite and i have 4 more runins with it to look forward to. i have had wonderful meals at interesting places. i had strawberry pancakes that taste like clouds at a small cafe, turkey and stuffing at a small restaurant run by goodnatured types like our greek restaurant at home, and an interesting place that apparently caters to stars incognito in saratoga and serves delicious desserts. I also ate at other places, one at which i had the best daquiri in ages and i got to draw sheep and clouds on the tablecloth.
the people are the best part. Genna's parents are lovely. they and i have had many conversations, and it seems as though they are getting to know me so well in such a short time by asking all the right questions and leading me to the meat of myself all the time. i am not sure how they do it really. needless to say i adore them. they are both writers, he writes plays and she writes and teaches writing. their friends are amazing as well. and genna is as she is always, which is wonderful indeed.
the snow is falling quietly today, and i love watching it whirl around outside. i tried something with my eyes today, i tried to focus on all of the falling snow at once and all of the sudden i was seeing large groups falling as one entitiy for a few seconds before they fell out of my sight. i amused myself doing that for awhile this morning and then moved on to reading. later today i can look forward to a nice warm bath or a shower and reading writing and thinking spiced with conversation and eating. incredibly relaxing and much needed. i think i have filled over half of the journal i procured while i was here with my musings, which may be the most i have written in awhile.
yesterday i went over to Marjorie's house to get some essential oils for aromatherapy. i love them very much. i spent a bit more than i had originally reckoned, but, i felt as if certain scents were speaking to me in a calming way. i had tried genna's at school earlier and it did wonders so i have great hopes for my roman chamomile, lavender, and sweet orange.
our interactions with the outside world, although few, have been extremely enjoyable. we have been to many exciting places (keeping in mind that i find most things exciting no matter how mundane) and have met and enjoyed many more interesting people. i really love the people here. they make me feel as if this is my long lost home and having just found it, they are rejoicing along with me. the biggest affirmation of my long lostedness is the wide reception of my blue fuzzy coat, looked down upon in charles county, but adored here in saratoga as well as at st johns. we have perused several interesting shops and i have picked up cards for people, purple ink, a 2 dollar vintage dress, chapstick, a Pogo book, a sharon creech book, some used books from the library, a pillow for my eyes to keep out the light in the day, some gel, hair clips, and a spring jacket and a wonderful shirt from H&M, a store that seem to have been formed just to cater to my tastes, needless to say, it is by far my new favorite and i have 4 more runins with it to look forward to. i have had wonderful meals at interesting places. i had strawberry pancakes that taste like clouds at a small cafe, turkey and stuffing at a small restaurant run by goodnatured types like our greek restaurant at home, and an interesting place that apparently caters to stars incognito in saratoga and serves delicious desserts. I also ate at other places, one at which i had the best daquiri in ages and i got to draw sheep and clouds on the tablecloth.
the people are the best part. Genna's parents are lovely. they and i have had many conversations, and it seems as though they are getting to know me so well in such a short time by asking all the right questions and leading me to the meat of myself all the time. i am not sure how they do it really. needless to say i adore them. they are both writers, he writes plays and she writes and teaches writing. their friends are amazing as well. and genna is as she is always, which is wonderful indeed.