Finding a Magic Person would be lovely, but the thought of waiting to find a person like that? Not lovely. Instead, I've been thinking about how to make my life magical every day, other magical person or no. After church on Sunday I decided that my mind has felt kind of cluttered lately and that I'm holding too many stupid things in it, so I decided to unclutter it--starting with the basics: cleaning house. And dejunking. Out with clothes I never wear! Summer clothes boxed and put away! Summer camping gear stowed! Laundry sorted, papers filed, kitchen table clear for the first time in months. I didn't get to the boxes of fabric because just getting my whole apartment in order, including the disaster in the bedroom, required 4 hours (with Nightwish on my iPod for encouragement). And then I was exhausted, with just enough energy left to vaccuum and mop up to be ready to teach Monday lessons and to write a post on visualization.
I couldn't sleep last night. I had moved the bed (only 2 feet to the side!), and everything felt different. Sigh. I ate applesauce, I wrote in my journal, I tried lots of things, but no sleeping. Bonita, on the other hand, was uncharacteristically quiet and snuggly so at least one of us was comfortable. This morning I ate breakfast on my newly-cleared kitchen table for the first time in a long time. When I'm by myself I usually eat standing up or sitting on the couch, which until this moment seemed totally fine and logical. It did feel a little lonely eating at the table, actually. I'm not used to it. But it's way easier to eat at the table with a cat on my lap than to eat on the couch with a cat and a plate or whatever vying for space.
New goals:
- get enough sleep (oops...sigh)
- eat at kitchen table whenever possible