Dull, Dull, Dull,... But Happy

Sunday was another day indoors spent reading, puttering and anxious about my eye. In the evening, I began the series Lessons in Chemistry, and I am enjoying it (and that is usually not the case when I watch a movie version of a book that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading). 

Today has dawned bright and sunny. Her Highness and I will walk with our friends this morning, and then I will get to chain sawing wood in the back of the yard behind the fence. It will be nice to be outdoors again.

Although my life has been reduced to endless days of the same thing, I am very happy in Pinecone Park with Fred, Ethel and Her Highness. And on a sunny day like today, I feel particularly good about life. Until tomorrow …. 

Hangin' Around Doing Very Little

Saturday was another day like Winter. That’s to say, when I don’t feel like being outside. All I did was read and eat and so I’ve nothing to report here.

I watched Dave and Andrew finishing their task of putting up all the walls of the yurt, and I read. The most exciting thing of the day was to notice a small songbird coming out of one of the bird boxes I put up on my trellis. She had a small mouthful of twigs that she loaded into the box. I’m hoping she has babies and that I can watch them emerge one day.

In the evening, I finished watching a pretty great TV series on Apple+ called The New Look. It is a film about the wartime and post war Parisian fashion industry, as revealed through the stories of Christian Dior and Coco Chanel. I really enjoyed it. The writing is good, as is the acting. Ben Mendelsohn does a wonderfully credible and compelling job of portraying Christian Dior, and what a story is his!

My left eye is pretty bad. I can see out of it, but poorly. I am waiting to see my ophthalmologist on May 7^th. I sincerely hope whatever is wrong is repairable.  I’m sure it will be, but I am anxious about the procedure. Don Tyrell had a detached retina and he had to spend several days on his stomach, not raising his head. We would talk into a mirror on the floor below his face. I hope I don’t have to go through that because I’ll need help from people to eat.

Today will be like yesterday, but without the rain. I don’t go on the big dog walk on Sundays anymore. It’s just too chaotic and loud. Her Highness and I walk alone now, and so off we go.

S-L-O-W Days

Thursday was a sad and quiet day. I was really sad to see Peter and Ally leave. Ally is a kindred spirit and she got me hired at Emily Carr University, and that allowed me to make a wonderful wage for several years. And we’re both adopted, but she was adopted by loving, caring, wonderfully attentive parents (who are still alive).

After they left, I felt so lethargic that I just lay on the couch and thought about things to eat. I always want to eat to forget about bad thoughts or feelings. The best part of the day was watching the walls go up and Dave and Ursula’s yurt—and watching Andrew walk around. He’s over six feet of slender, muscular, masculine beauty. He and Dave worked all day in the rain, and that’s what they are doing again today.

When Her Highness and I walked this morning, it was wonderful to be in the forest. There was a sweet floral fragrance blowing gently on my face and we walked. It was truly an uplifting walk even though the trails are full of puddles, and it was raining real rain.

Today will be slow. It feels good to have a break from working every day and going to fitness; my body is healing, and my eye is less obnoxious. It is blurry but working. I’ve 10 days to wait to see the ophthalmologist. 

A Wonderul Visit With Ally & Peter

tuesday

Tuesday morning was hectic. Ally emailed to ask if I had a barbeque, and I told her I did, but that meant I had to get it out of storage and clean it. I made their beds, I made us a galette for dessert, I chopped some wood to have on hand, and I tidied up the shed. Then it was time for lunch. I fed the brood and myself and was busy cleaning up afterwards when Ally and Peter arrived.

They are great, great friends. I don’t know Peter as well as I know Ally, but I love him because he loves my dearest Ally. And they arrived with a large box of food. Peter loves to cook and he’s a great cook. He worked for years in the restaurant business; he made us an incredible, wonderful, delicious meal and plentiful meal. Food made for you always tastes better than food made by oneself, don’t you find?

It was beyond wonderful to be together, and we quickly and comfortably fell into a rhythm. We are very compatible. As Peter began his preparations, Ally and I walked Her Highness and Ally loved the sunshine, the lovely warm temperatures and she was amazed by the trees in the forest. When we got home, I just about died from the beautiful fragrances of a meal in progress. What a treat being cooked for!

Peter’s meal was orgasmic. Oh my God, it was good. We ate and chatted and laughed a lot and then while Peter watched the hockey game, Ally and I got all the reservations done for their ferries back to Vancouver, and then she and I did the dishes. And after a full day, we all went to bed just past 9:00 pm.

 

wednesday

Everyone awoke this morning, well rested. It rained in the night (hooray!) and so yesterday was slow and spent indoors. We started the day with a walk; Sheba, Ally and Peter joined me for my morning walk with my dog walking friend. Then we came home and Peter and Ally got ready to leave to spend the day with Ally’s birth mother.

I napped twice during the day and did little. I felt exhausted from so much stimulation. They came home at 4:00 and they’d had a huge meal with Sherrie, so we settled in to watch a movie and then I had dinner while Peter watched some of the hocky game. After the movie, we spent the rest of the evening chatting before we all went to bed early.

We’ve had a really wonderful visit together. I was crying as they pulled out of the driveway; I shall miss them dearly for a while. They have left behind a very wet day. Finally, we are getting real rain. I’ll spend the afternoon reading and puttering around the house. And life will get back to normal—a wet normal because we’re in for several days of rain.

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My bad eye, the one getting shards of white light, is much, much better. Ally helped me cancel the appointment with my eye surgeon, but next week I will see the optometrist, just to ensure that all is okay.