04-19-21 Covid Birthday #2
What an incredible day and I even got lots of work done! I woke up and decided to give myself a break from the treadmill to put hair makeup in. I was quite happy with the result and I even straightened it for the first time in a long time. Felt a little sassy in my tunic, tights and knee high, heeled boots. It was thick ice on the windshield and a small layer of snow but the day progressively got warmer and nicer. Sean showed up with a very nice card and a bottle of Moscato from Diane, and Viola popped in with a gorgeous pink rose bush which now lives on my window sill. Rae picked me up to take me for lunch in the mall parking lot where the Crepe Food truck was set up. We walked along Joseph Creek and even waved and chatted at her mother-in-law, Judy from her top floor apartment at the Senior’s Facility. Walked the lifts right off my boots! Got a couple more hours of work in before the ‘Co-work Crew’ invited me to the Flex space for ice-cream cake. Gave me just enough energy to get through the rest of the day and the immediate tasks at hand – fixing two companies payroll for them. Funniest moment was receiving a what’s App message or three from the Hearnden’s. Honestly, the one that went wrong at the beginning was the best of all. They make me laugh on the regular and fill my tank with love. I went to Shoppers to mail a gift to a friend in the US. I think she will get a kick out of it. I do love finding things that immediately make me think of someone. From there I ordered rolls from Sushi on the Strip. While I was waiting in my car, I received a most delightful message from Emmy. It is so incredibly delightful that I think my 4 year old Grand daughter might consider voice over work! This put me in a most excellent mood to arrive home to a bouquet of daisies and carnations which are two of my favourite, cake, bottle cozies and a crocheted Therapy Chicken named Fauna. Diana really has the gift of gifting.
Now I sit here enjoying my bit of 12 year Bowmore Scotch, musing on all the connections I have out there in the world, the number of people who would at the least feel a twinge of remembery if I were gone. It is good to remember that, when times are bleak, when the brainstorms want to convince me I have no value or purpose and no one would notice if I were gone. I KNOW this is not the truth, it is smoke and mirrors.. delusions of paltriness. And so I shall smile when a musician in Newfoundland, a server in Peru, an artist in Europe, a Triumph rider from the US, a migrant worker from New Zealand, a traveler from Australia, besties from the UK, family and friends from all points Canadian and American, and more, reach out with love and recognition that I walk this planet. What an incredible web of love! ROAR!!
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