Category: Going Mental
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Ankle Recovery: Week Four @Home
Well, my doctor’s visit on Friday last week went positively. They took out the remaining stitches and pins/staples giving us a week off from our next visit, so in two weeks I’ll return for another check up. In the meantime, I will have regular physio appointments closer to home. My physio sessions are starting to…
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Ankle Recovery: Week Three @France
We got the OK to take a few days off to go to France last week, so we packed up the car and set off on our road trip to Lorgues. Late last year, we agreed to rent an apartment for a year in the area where we started our European adventure in October 2020.…
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Ankle Recovery: Week Two @Home
As someone who likes consistency, it has been an interesting process to accept that each day is different from the one before. Some days I awaken with a lot of energy and focus while others I find myself extra tired and unmotivated to do much. However, this week I did decide to create a kind…
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Happy Spring Equinox 2023
For many years, I had no real interest in the cycles of the seasons. When Japanese people and Japanophiles would say “I love that Japan has four seasons”, I would roll my eyes 🙄 with disdain at such a cliché and trivial statement. With the forced time to sit still with my thoughts, I have…
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Ankle Recovery: Week One @Home
Well, it has been almost a week at home and there have definitely been some ups and downs. Thankfully, we are mostly on the ups side – literally and figuratively. I was not fully prepared for the amount of energy it takes to move around with one useless limb. Plus, all my mental energy seems…
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Synchronicity
Upon returning from Venice, we woke the next morning preparing for M to go to the UK for a week to see family and do some business activities. I was looking forward to a week of my own schedule, time, activities. We soon were signaled that things might not go quite as smoothly, when we…
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New Month, New Plans
Well, if you don’t follow me on social media, then you’ve missed the exciting news of me dislocating my ankle and breaking the leg bones surrounding the area. 🤪 It’s been 9 days now since it happened on a walk with the pups, who decided to take me with them on a scent-run. Only problem…
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Bucket Lists
Since our trip to Venice, I have been pondering the idea of “bucket lists” and contemplating the reason I don’t have one – or so I think. For a while, it was all the rage to have a bucket list and people would do something on their list, share it, and feel satisfied that they…
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Hair – Boxed Braids
Since I had my first haircut and perm, I have been open to trying just about anything with my hair – the only exception being shaving it as I’m not sure on that one just yet. My philosophy is that hair grows back and so there is no need to worry so much about experimenting…
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My Valentine’s
It’s hard to believe that just eight years ago, I met my partner in life. While I do not know if there are such things as soulmates, I do believe there are perfect partners at perfect times in life. Perhaps, even there are multiple soulmates in life – sometimes embodied in one individual that one…
