seeking peace – pamelascanepa

Jan. 29th- Day 28 of #ADayinMyLife

Welcome to Sunday sit-back-and-relax! I sleep in late, which was so much needed, and spent time with my man last night sharing laughter and a little poetry, which was also much needed!

My side of town was mercilessly busy last night. Chris and I had a hard time getting seating at Chili’s, so we went to a smaller scale place for him to get a burger. I was chilly,so I had soup and a Mediterranean wrap.

After that, we went to his place and started watching The Palest Blue Eye on Netflix. One of the characters is a young Edgar Allan Poe. It is quite intriguing those slow-moving. I believe I fell asleep halfway through, and Chris understood, because sleep is important to both of us!

At any rate, this morning, I’ve been hanging out with my dog, Bixby, listening to Alanis Morrissette’s A Jagged Little Pill. Oh, it brings back memories of the 1990s, of my divorce, of my reintroduction to freedom, and the first time I started dating Chris a year after my divorce. It was not the right time for us back then. Anyhow, it also later got me through lonely times as well, learning to enjoy just spending time with myself.

After her album, I went back to listening to Lord Huron, a more relaxing vibe for today. It was mostly a day for errands to prepare for the new work week, but I had time to relax and read. After dinner, my son and I watched the last halt of The Pale Blue Eye. In it, Poe is a young cadet at a military academy where several murders occur and helps in solving them. In reality, Poe did attend the Military Academy in Virginia. The actor has an eerie look as you’d think young Poe would have. All well done!

Have a good night, everyone. I’m amazed that I’ve done 28 days of blogging daily!

Welcome to my Weekend Coffee Share, hosted by Allison at Eclectic Ali.

I am still hard at work with teaching, taking an online Endorsement class for teaching Gifted students, and completing physical therapy exercises every other day independently; these are the things I have to do right now in life. I feel like that is going well. I track my designated shoulder/arm days on my calendar. I have not been to yoga or pilates again, but I do get in a little cardio a few days a week. A friend and I are planning to go to pilates together next Saturday, and then I should be able to go to pilates and yoga more regularly. Today, I have a hair appt. No way to fit those in during the week. So, my coffee is going to be quickly inhaled, and after a while, I hop on the Gazelle for a twenty minute stride before the appointment. If you don’t know, the Gazelle is like an elliptical but is not electronic. Mine is on the screened-in porch. I often read from my Kindle while I’m out there. It works for me!

In my research on chronic pain and the brain, I have also found information about chronic stress and how it affects pain. Facebook is targeting me again, and I have signed up for the Worldwide Tapping summit. Tapping seems to be a program and strategy to help people cope in a stressful world and with negative feelings. I am still learning about it. See https://www.thetappingsolution.com/ My research, or successful social media targeting of me, has taken me to Binaural beats on Youtube, which I listen to if I need to relax before bed or get in a relaxed frame of mind to deal with middle schoolers that bounce off the walls on any given day. I think it is good background for my coursework, as well. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kag0aJqQsGo

I am relieved to say that I think I did sleep 8 hours last night, quite a rarity these days. I know it helped that I didn’t have to get up and work today or think ahead about what needed to be done at school. My boyfriend had to work overtime today, so our Valentine’s Day dinner will happen tonight. The motorcycle ride has not happened yet due to his work schedule and may be a little delayed. I am still planning to do this, though! It might be next weekend, if weather cooperates.

The novelist in me is a little frustrated. The Malachi manuscript is back from the editor, and I have no time at all to give him the attention he needs in order to be presentable to the public. He will have to wait until this class is over. We have a date for the first week in March. I need to peruse the pages though, so he will not seem like a stranger. Is that even possible? I created him, right?

My creative side just won’t stop, though. I wrote a poem this week for the Ragtag Daily Prompt challenge, called “Mighty Maelstrom.” I have been fighting a few things lately in life, so I decided to consider myself strong rather than the sum of hard times. Read my poem here: https://pamelascanepa.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/mighty-maelstrom-rdp/

Monday is President’s Day, and my work friend and I plan to take our dogs to the Dog Park again. Yay! I have a dentist appointment that afternoon. It is just something that cannot be avoided. So, I think a morning surrounded by dogs is totally called for!

Have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by for my coffee chat!