Quiet Little Monsters

we truly did so much this weekend. a quick recap:

saturday

7:45 AM: drop off car for oil change

straight to dog beach

play play play, pure sun

down to pop up for dozen bagel pick up

home for breakfast and finding dog shampoo

outside dog bath!

back to pick up the car with a surprise tire purchase and alignment

to book catapault because they posted that it was ARC free book day, and I got the ones I wanted!! then bought two books to stimulate the economy and support a small business

picked up 3 books at the library AND 3 coupons because I completed the january book challenge. i love the library

home to take a minute to breathe. lunch of leftover chana masala, kung pao chicken, rothli, rice

3 hour nap for the entire household, waking up wicked dehydrated

dinner of salad and the final bit of tortilla from trader joes

i tried out a high hydration sourdough recipe and played with dough for a few hours

finally, to bed

sunday

morning cuddles/fighting otto for bed space as he slowly wormed his way to above my head, and tried endlessly to use my pillow as his own

quick greek yogurt and walk

off to amie's! but first, picked up breakfast sandwiches at wise ox

then the moving bonanza. what a joy to have helped them move in and then out of their place in south park to their new place in south park

of course, it's about 85 in san diego this weekend which is deeply troubling, among the many other troubling things.

did two runs, lots of packing, and lots of maneuvering on the new street. her new home is GORGEOUS, and I'm so happy they found a good spot to land

home to make high hydration bread which is in fact flat like a pancake but also tastes pretty good, so can't complain too much.

did some classwork for TK class because i'm a student again!!! it's fun and makes my brain work in new ways

finally, all tasks are finished and i'm writing this up while having just finished the new phillip pullman - la belle sauvage. it broke my heart, and is officially maybe my favorite series over harry potter now

i will enjoy the rest of this evening and hopefully cruise through the rest of february. we are strong! we have a great life that is abundant! we can do so much!!

(ALSO enjoying the fixed stove because we were without stove/oven for two weeks and subsisted on creativity and the balmuda oven)

hello welcome, i have so many goals and things to reintroduce to my life. the cycle of life just keeps turning. i've been so abundant in relationships - in friendships, coworkers, romantic relationships, family. i have been so abundant in homes and finally making the transition to living with a partner. i have been so abundant in health.

and the wheel keeps turning. and i know those things are not guaranteed and that in the next year / two years these things will transition away. and that's ok, i can be grateful for this phase of life.

BUT ANYWAY - this is not an end of year letter. this is a quick note to say that we rang in the new year in our beautiful new house with A COLD!!! the first illness of the year. i am on the couch, i read bury our bones at midnight in two full days. it has been me and otto and kevin trapped in this house as i try not to get anyone sick.

it has been boring annoying, lovely, frustrating, and i'm sure theres a lesson in there that i'm avoiding. but that's the beginning of 2026. me, on the big blue couch with kevin, celebrating with him for the first time since 2023.

oh my gosh, life is different now, life is still the same

fall break, aggressively attacking my to-do list as this house becomes more and more livable every day (as if it wasn't already).

the summer battle of the blinds almost had some casualties but we've just about made it out alive. putting the temp paper blinds up really removed a lot of visual interest from the rooms and made it clear that i would actually have to figure out what to do with all these blank walls around the space

but i'm also enjoying moving slowly through a space and enjoying the process. so is my wallet. i have so much to talk to you about! the scams of furniture stores! the values of resale sites! trusting strangers! if you want a community you have to be community!

there's so much, so much good! so much heavy responsibility, some sacrifice and some bittersweet change. i hope to come back to this place of words to share more , to indulge in more of the words.

Ong nursery, Clausen's Nursery

elderberry (mexican?)

lemon

peach?

snow queen nectarine

passionfruit vine

jasmine bush?

beach

thrift

sourdough starter

start a very very very light load of planning for next year (art schedule, novels, list of supplies?)

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