1.6 Reflection - Ch-ch-ch-changes

Bestest Friend and I are doing a blog project. Every day we will write a blog post on a pre-determined theme we chose from a random noun generator. The theme for the sixth day of the month is "Reflection."

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If you don't think Hannah the Dog is beautiful, I don't know what kind of monster you are. Look at that so serious face!

There is a lot in the air right now. My job situation is fluid, the seasons are officially in flux, and it is Daylight Saving Time this weekend, so even things that I sort of think of as steady (like time!) are changing. In the past, this would have caused me great stress; I'd be biting my nails, my eczema would be flaring, I'd have a stiff neck, and I'd be an all-around giant pill to be around.

But I'm trying to just take it as it comes. One day at a time. Continue to keep the things the same that can stay the same. I walk my dog. I cuddle my kitty. I do endless lunges and squats. I read. I watch Bake-Off and Taskmaster. I buy the holiday ornament (the teapot, if anyone is curious), I buy the tickets for the light show at the botanical gardens, and I buy the five pounds of honey from the bee farmer. I rake the leaves, put cardboard in the overgrown flower beds, and put birdseed in the feeders. I write my letters, send my texts, and am still the same person I was before the issues with my job, before the rains came, and before the clock slipped from its moorings.

It was a beautiful week in terms of weather, but yesterday our streak of good luck broke. The rains came, the winds blew all the last remaining leaves off the trees, and the temperatures dropped twenty degrees in four hours. I walked Hannah with rain whipping into my face, but enjoyed how very much she was loving it. She was barking at falling leaves, trying to grab them in her mouth, and racing down the slick sidewalks. This is her best time of year. 

So we continue.