Tiredness and Moments, Post #36

[usedtobeljs]

I am so tired.

This summer has been one where I've constantly been moving ahead of the Bad Stuff all around, the waves of Bad Stuff following me. This week I had a day where I stopped and breathed, at which point the wave crashed over me and I was inundated with all of the summer's grief and stress.

I do not recommend.

But even so, there have been some nice moments:

*a work event where I could catch up with an acquaintance from another department
*a lunch with a new colleague
*dropping off old shoes for new soles
*paying off a loan or two
*thinking about workouts and asking my trainer-friend to come up with a home program for me
*reading Jessica Mitford's Hons and Rebels, which presented Mitford history familiar to me in a very different way
*listening to Lorde's latest album

It's raining today, and I think I'll put on the album and dance a bit, to push that wave of Bad Stuff back. Or I could nap. Either would work.

May you be dancing in good moments too this weekend.

Comments

[kathyh]

The Bad Stuff does catch up in the quieter moments but dancing and reading and listening are good ways to keep it away.

I think I read Hons and Rebels before I knew any other Mitford history so I've approached it from that rather than the other way round.

Sending many, many hugs.

[usedtobeljs]

I read Nancy's The Pursuit of Love and Debo's Wait for Me! first. Decca's take is quite different.

Sending hugs your way, because I know you are having the same Bad Stuff.

[gwynnega]

::hugs::

Grief is exhausting. I'm glad you've been having some nice moments.

[usedtobeljs]

SO EXHAUSTING.

All hugs, and I hope that proper autumn comes soon for both of us.

[anne_d]

[hugs]

[usedtobeljs]

[hugs hugs]

[alhbooks]

{{hugs}}

Dancing good.

[usedtobeljs]

Hugs hugs, A!

[janus_74]

It's good that you found some nice moments. Hugs to you.

[usedtobeljs]

Happy Monday, T! All good thoughts to you.