Yesterday when I got home from work, the hubster had already headed off to his job and I found myself at home alone. My normal Thursday night workout with some girlfriends got cancelled, and suddenly I had a lot of free time and no plans for that time (very rare for this busy body who always has to be doing, planning, or working on something). It was a beautiful, warm, low humidity summer day in Eastern NC (even more rare than me not having plans!), so I dropped my purse in the house, changed into comfy clothes, grabbed a hat, and headed out to the back yard to my mini portable hammock (this is what you use until you can save up the money for the real deal).
I spent 45 minutes in that hammock yesterday. I'd taken some magazines to read, but found myself uninterested in them so I set them aside. Instead, I spent that time sitting, swinging, breathing deep breaths of fresh air. I spent that time detoxing from the past few weeks, that have worked my heart and my emotions up into knots of frustration, stress, irritation, and a total sense of being overwhelmed. I took in my back yard. Which yesterday, was a paradise. Green grass. So many beautiful plants and flowers (thank you previous owners for having a positive sense of landscaping in the back yard -- I'll forgive you for totally screwing up the front flower beds as a result). Birds chirping -- so many birds! I took in a hummingbird in the back yard feeding off some flowers (time to buy a hummingbird feeder!!! Love those little birds). I took in even the loud buzzing of bees -- a glorious sound in the days of reduced bee population. I took in the gentle breeze. And slowly, the knots around my heart started melting away.
For the first time in weeks, I felt relaxed and normal. And not just normal, I felt inspired! Inspired to work on the lawn and tackle that front flower bed that the previous owners jacked up so badly. So off I went to Lowe's, where I raided the last chance rack (seriously! How did I not know this existed before?! AMAZING!) and nabbed a 50% off rose bush. I grabbed my gardening gloves and all my gardening tools once home and went to work on that flower bed. I pulled up weeds. I pulled up ground cover plants -- seriously. Juniper is TERRIBLE. I pulled up clover. And then, I pulled up a wolf spider. A large wolf spider. "Nope! I'm done!" was my reaction and I went inside. Shiver. I hate big spiders. And I hate fuzzy ones even worse.
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