Accumulating names, book rec, cannabis gummies

[thrihyrne]

After a short brush with a reminder as to why it is so incredibly important for me to put my healing, wise choices and self-awareness above all else, I'm having a great week! Work is going very well and I even enjoy being there (it's not a dream job or anything, but for what it is, it's phenomenal and I feel incredibly supported), and we have wintry weather. Cold and bright and quite windy. My office is up on the 3rd floor of the building and we stay pretty toasty, so I wear layers. ;)

As part of my job, I see lots and lots of names every day. I've snatched up a few (ie: written them down) as a habit from when I was writing all the time. Nothing like being inspired for names!

Jansuk Duku
Jaxon Zarkades
Cedar McGinty (a personal favorite, as McGinty is my heritage name on my dad's side!)

Two other things/concepts that have come my way recently that I've found so supportive of my healing path and journey: this book. Reading this alone has illuminated to me how profoundly what I'm going through now - and for months or years to come - is a transition. I'm making changes, yes, but the start and end of them, such as they are, I won't recognize until I've gone past them, if it makes any sense. I'm in a time of extended transition, walking in a terra incognita, but I feel well protected.

And then, there's my not every evening, but many evenings, sort of treat to myself which I'm finding to be a very satisfactory alternative to alcohol:

These are a 1:1 CBD/THC cannabis gummy. They give me such a lovely, tingly buzz about 40 minutes after ingesting one, lasts about 2 to 2 1/2 hours, and I feel great in the morning. They honestly had me at the packaging when Evan brought one home to try- just a beautiful, unexpected shape, and just plain pretty. So, so happy that cannabis is legal in Portland and I have a great dispensary literally 1 1/2 blocks down the street that gives both a neighborhood and age discount! (the latter only applies to Evan, but I'll be there pretty soon!!)

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