The time. The Time! Who has the TIME?!?

8:35pm. Boy and Girl are bathed and tucked into bed. I sink wearily into a chair, knowing I "should" address the dishes in the sink, pick up the bathroom from bathtime, or at the very least, find something nutritious to eat. Instead, I sit down here.

I spent a lot of the day digging in RiverVixen's yard...I bartered time weeding in exchange for some of her volunteer ferns, black-eyed susans, and lambs ear. I'm excited about the plants and she seems happy with the service. Win-win. It's a little tricky to come home with enough energy to get them into the ground here. Next time, I will be smarter and prepare my space BEFORE going to her house. :P As it is, I should be able to finish what I have before it is too hot tomorrow.

*shakes head* Hot. The weather has been nuts. 80F in March and 90F in May. With no AC in the house, I am positively dreading this summer. Beloved and I are casually making plans for an "apartment" in the basement to retreat to. The hardest one is a bed for us. I think the kids will be perfectly happy on cots, but I am concerned that my back won't do well with that. I did scored some free wood pallets and we can haul the mattress down and put it on top of pallets. From there, maybe the kids and I will try some tie-dye art on old sheets for curtains and "partitions".

*half smiles* I'm daydreaming instead of being HERE. Instead of addressing chores or reading through class material or doing anything that might lighten the burden I feel.

There's so many people inning on me, I'm getting run into the ground. Everybody's wantin' something from me, and there's not enough of me to go around... ~ "Natural High", Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road

Always my standby, so often running through my head. I am also hearing Namaste's patient voice...that it is all part of the process. Embrace the process.

"Quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep! I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep." ~ Ruth Hulbert Hamilton

Live in the now. Breathe. Sit. Love YOURSELF as you love others. Maybe I should go wash the sunscreen off my face and eat. There is time enough.