Light and Dark Balance

We're going down the shore next week to see a cousin of mine that I haven't seen in over 20 years. 😩

In August, my husband, daughter and I are staying in a cabin near the beach. 🏖️Good stuff.

But today, it's so humid that walking is like swimming through the air.🏊‍♀️

Nobody on the road. Nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, summer's out of reach. Empty lake, empty street. The sun goes down alone. I'm driving by your house. Don't know you're not home but I can see you. Your bronze skin shining in the sun....

If you know where that last part is done, you're awesome. 🥰

But really, there's nobody out today. The roads are empty and so is the entire park. People are in the air conditioning or down the shore.🫤

Keep cool in extreme summer heat without air conditioning : NPR https://share.google/wamIvbEdWnTMaYf3N

I'm going to hold your hand when I tell you this: anybody can back into a parking spot; it's not an achievement. You're not any cooler than you were ten minutes ago. 🤨

You're not doing it because it's easier to get out. 🙃🙈

My mom cancelled her physical therapy. I thought it would be a relaxing cozy morning. ☺️😌

But it just kept raining. 🙅‍♀️🚫

👓🙈I noticed that a couple of my neighbors moved their cars to their front lawns. Oh dear. 🫤

The whole street was flooded. And there's my brand new car sitting in the driveway as the water got higher. 🌊

I moved it to the front lawn which was covered in water. Okay, no big deal. 🤨

Then sewer water came through the downstairs toilet and wouldn't stop. 💩🦝🗑️

I will say no more. 🙊🤮

He played with the interactive mouse for 45 minutes. 🐀

Then something happened that never happened before... 🥺

He stopped playing and brought me the mouse. Just dropped it next to me on the couch. 🫳

It took me a second to realize what happened and then I made a big fuss. 😳👀👏😜😻

I am delighted. Delighted. 🙂

Cats do this in the wild. 🌱🌿🌳

They hunt, deliver, and eat. 🐅🎁🍴Hunt it, kill it, share it with the family, and eat. 💞❤️‍🔥🫶

It's super healthy to see an indoor feral cat do this. And I order him a little grass mat for next to the window. 🌱🌱🌱

I like to start out with hot water 🔥💧 then switch to cold 🥶 when I'm rinsing conditioner out of my hair. Anyone else do this?

I am just so happy that I can take hot showers again. 👏😁

Sometimes we woman reach a stage of our lives when hot showers are intolerable. 😶😔

It's amazingly horrid. 🤮

So, yeah, hot showers with lovely bubbles are a joy. 🫧 🥰🫧

I had to buy a new car because some dumb girl ran a stop sign. 😡

And now I have to wait to get a new bedroom window. My window won't shut. I didn't care in the winter because I love having the cold air wafting in.

But it's close to bedtime and it's crazy warm in here. 🥵

Still I am grateful for all of it. Why, I do not know.🥹

Although, in truth, I hope that girl who totalled my car lights her hair on fire. 🔥

Let's put the bag of little donuts on the floor next to the bed. 🍩

Then we'll really have to work to reach them.⛹️

Will it work? Based on the past, nooooo. But time will tell. 🤷‍♀️

I think I'll take myself to the movies on the third or fourth of July. 🍿🎦🎬 I'll barbecue on Saturday. 🌭🍔👩‍🍳 Okay I'm forming a plan to fight loneliness during the Fourth of July holiday. 🧨 🇺🇸

I have friends I could call, but I don't feel like it. 🤷‍♀️

I enjoy my own company enough to be good with doing stuff on my own. Been doing it my whole life. Take care of my parents and the kitty. Cook some good food. Get out and enjoy myself my way. 🤔💭