As a woman and mother I have been socialized to put others’ needs before mine. The older I get the better I have gotten about taking care of myself. Still a work in progress but I’ve been learning to say no and scale back when I need to. This coming Saturday I was slated to have a booth at our Strange Girls Night Market but I’ve decided to bow out. It wasn’t until after committing to the event that our sudden need to move sprang up. Which is now happening that same day. Moving the kid and the cats and our belongings into the new house takes priority. Over everything right now, really. This past weekend was spent organizing everything. Saturday morning we dropped off a load of broken electronics at Tech Dump then got back to packing. Yesterday we picked up keys to the new place while dropping off a hatchback full of stuff in the new garage. Last night I finally tossed out old makeup, some of which I’d been lugging around for years. Most was ancient and not the right color and I hardly wear makeup anyhow. But I made the mistake of throwing away ALL of my mascara. So this morning I had none whatsoever to put on. I’ll blame my overzealousness on the bottle of Chenin Blanc I popped open. And I may or may not have been binge watching C.B. Strike while loading up moving boxes. I am a sucker for quirky police and PI shows.
Five Good Things for this Monday:
- The growing season is shorter here in the Hinterlands. In the cold, dark times I think of Michael Pollan’s mantra “Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.” And much of that is shipped in from elsewhere and/or frozen or canned. But after the thaw I make the most of locally grown produce. The plants we’re eating this summer are mainly from our CSA subscription. I do miss hitting up the Farmers’ Markets but haven’t had the time so I really appreciate this box of goodness appearing weekly at my workplace.
- “Someone spent months animating This Is America on an old-ass Macintosh” and it really is amazing.
- My friend Danielle and her partner Onar put this together and it’s just lovely: 30 Fascinating Facts about Azerbaijan
- This is cool: Meet the people bringing Japanese video games to life in English. Their site.
- Last week the Emmy nominations were announced. And when I saw Sandra Oh on the list I nearly lost it. I love her so much. This is wonderful but also like really? It’s taken this long?
Ms. Oh, who was born in Canada to Korean parents, is believed to have made history as the first woman of Asian descent to be nominated for best lead actress in a drama series
And then there was everybody’s hunny Jonathan Van Ness and I nearly teared up again.
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