ladykatza

my weekend gettaway was lovely. it was quiet and reflective, and exactly what i needed. i cried when daecon drove away with the kids, thinking how nice it would be to have them there too. they stayed for a bit before leaving and i walked down the mountainside with simon and felicity to go see the lake. simon was gung-ho about running ahead and felicity had to stop every 5 feet to pick up rocks. they liked throwing rocks into the river and watching me skip stones. simon and felicity were jockying for a position on one of the rocks and felicity fell in getting her feet wet. hiking back up the mountain carrying a little girl is not the easiest thing in the world. simon kept telling me to hurry up.

so i spent a lot of time writing and thinking. it was cold and blustery so i stayed inside for the most part. people kept loitering around the cabin because they thought it was empty so i decided to make the hike to the phone. it was about a four mile hike round trip. cold, but beautiful. i called Pain and told him i’d feel more comfortable about him coming up there and staying the night.

still, i had a day and a half to myself. i did some writing, some thinking. i played my flute, i listened, actually listed to music. i forgot how relaxing that can be. Pain showed up about 9:30 and we drank and talked. both of us were exhausted and we went to sleep. morning was pleasant.

i came home to daecon and jen and had a pleasant afternoon talking on the backporch and lying in the sunshine. not extremely exciting, but it was relaxing.