10/16: chai and chocolate
My one-time favorite tea (Early Grey with Lavender) is being at least temporarily displaced by my new-found fondness for chai. (I know that I'm about 12 years behind the chai bandwagon.) Today I've been working at home on my five-year evaluation dossier for school, and I've enjoyed having chai to sip while I'm typing. Chris and I also made chocolate spritz cookies last night, so they've been a delight to dip and nibble, too.
10/15: fabric store (finally)
Ever since my crazy-quilt conceptual breakthrough, I've been wanting to buy some printed fabrics and do some fabric piecing, but I've been too busy. Today and tomorrow are fall break at school, so though I do have plenty of work to catch up on, I have a little leisure, too. I made going to the fabric store one of my priorities today, and I picked out some great stuff. Greens and oranges were especially appealing to my eye, and I realized it's because those are the colors all around me these days, as the green leaves are gradually giving way to autumn shades. I'm excited to experiment with my new fabrics this weekend.
10/14: wisdom, pizza, and a walk
A colleague at school was so wise today in talking with me about my bad day yesterday. She helped me to see things more clearly and to take comfort in intersubjectivity.
At the end of the day, Chris suggested that we go out for pizza, but then we realized that we didn't really like any of our in-town pizza options. So we came home and made our own pizza instead--and it was better than any pizza we could have gotten in a restaurant here.
Then we went for a walk along the ridge and ended up crossing paths with one of our neighbors. We took a slightly longer-than-usual walk with her, and some turns in the evening air have done me good.
10/13: glad for edward lear
To be honest, I did not have a good day today. But here's something that is good: Edward Lear did have a good day on this day in 1859. I know because I've been reading one of Lear's diary entries per day. He seemed to be going through a bad patch in recent entries, and when I just read today's entry, my heart honestly leapt in relief and happiness for him. I know it seems silly, given that I'm reading diary entries from a century and a half ago. But he had been working so hard and feeling so "unhinged" (his word) that I have been feeling sad for him. October 13, 1859 wasn't a perfect day for Lear (he still had some uncertainties about his painting), but his tone just seemed so much lighter than as of late. As I end a difficult day myself, I am really so very glad that today in 1859 wasn't as difficult for Lear. I'm enjoying thinking about him enjoying his day. And I'm really relieved that he got a break; he definitely deserved it. Even a century and a half later I can say that it's a good thing.
10/12: colleagues can be quite good
I imagine that everyone has days when they get frustrated with their co-workers. But today I had such good interactions with a number of colleagues that I'm really glad and grateful. (And I'm going to try to remember this feeling the next time I feel frustration mounting.)
10/11: out and back
We had some errands to run today, and there's always the danger that the whole afternoon will get spent running around town. But we were efficient with our stops at the grocery store and school, and now we're back home while the afternoon is still young. There's plenty of work to do later this afternoon and this evening, but for now I'm going to enjoy the extra little bit of time by taking a walk along the ridge. It's grey and chilly today, so it'll be the first "bundle-up" walk of the autumn.
10/10: lunch and the gift of time
One of our friends from Little Rock drove up to Conway today to see fragments from Sappho. It was really kind of her to come, and I'm especially grateful because I know that during the school year she's very busy with teaching, grading papers, and trying to keep her own writing going, and so every hour she has to herself is precious. I feel like she gave me a gift of her time and attention. Chris and I had lunch with her before the performance, and I think/hope she enjoyed the performance enough that she'll consider the afternoon time well spent.
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