the current | thirty-seven
dateline: oakville, ontario, canada @ 8:42pm on 28 may 2014
weather outside: a lovely 20C, it's about time!
mood inside: contemplative and positive
drinking a bottle of very cold perrier.
eating lots of almonds, greek yogurt, bananas, sliced turkey, pumpkin seeds - plenty of fresh and healthy eats :)
embracing change. the minute i settle into any sense of comfort change comes knocking on my door! (and then the door changes.)
enjoying making plans with friends for the summer ahead. a bit of cottaging. a bit of golf. a bit of travel. a bit of nesting. all things that make summer, summer.
cooking on the bbq. loving the bbq.
trying to organize my days to manage my homework!
missing a couple of days this month due to some flu. bad timing!
feeling grateful. quite literally vibrating with the need to express and revel in it.
listening to the unending noise outside my window all night long. it's been going on for a while. i'm thinking i should get up one night to walk over and find out what is making that awful noise!
watching the stanley cup finals. 'tis the season! i do love the sport of hockey. i am equally happy my sons no longer play the game.
reading the new books for summer reading: the ocean at the end of the lane by neil gaiman and the things they carried by tim o'brien.
wearing shorts and tanks - work clothes and work-out clothes.
packing many many many boxes!we've been to u-haul and purchased two 25-pack bundles of boxes. i know we'll be back to buy more!
planning the logistics of a big move & working out the finishing touches on summer camps and holidays.
stopping briefly to take it all in.
wanting to get to the point where i can simply slow down and take it all in - with joy, appreciation and relief!
needing to settle into a slower pace. i suppose i will when i find the time!
wishing love and joy and peace and acceptance to everyone.
waiting for good news to come from outstanding projects: chloé's school applications, cole's visa applications, kids' identity change requests, the house to close/sell, the new litter to be born, exams/ascent/pol to be complete, so much going on!
thinking this has been a CRAZY FULL (to the point of busy) MONTH!
enjoying the rare quiet moments in my life.
paying mindful attention to what i want. what i really want. and then letting that be enough without interference from others idea of what i should have.
encouraging caden to play golf this summer. and claire, cole and chloé too!
celebrating every opportunity to watch my kids on the ball diamond and enjoying time at the volleyball pit.
cultivating the life i want. the life my kids want.
marveling over my kids no longer being children. when did that happen? they are growing into such incredible people :)
anticipating a few exhaustive emotional melt downs as the evaluation period (exams, ascent, pol) comes for it's annual two weeks of slow torture.
and tada, a photo from my week:
Caden played King Triton in the Middle School Musical Little Mermaid. He, as all the kids, rocked it!
