Sunny Day Ramble

Hi everyone! I'm back, on National Earth Wind & Fire Day! It's a sunny day and the sky is blue with some wispy clouds. Today is a slower day, so I thought I'd pop in with some updates about the last couple of weeks! 10 days ago (on 9/11, actually) my car broke down while I was driving to a music therapy client. A shiny black sportscar was revving its engine behind me, driving faster than I was. So, I sped up, unable to merge over because of a humble red sedan in the lane next to me. My old car didn't like that, and out the back, erupted thick plumes of white smoke which then soured to brown. My check engine light started blinking too. I have always been calm in tough situations like this... I think having a somewhat heightened level of anxiety all the time primes my brain to expect a crisis and handle it with grace. I actually enjoy the adrenaline rush of crisis moments like this, where the anxiety is actually helpful and doing its job, but I prefer to be the helper rather than the victim in the situation. So I pulled over, having to cross 3 lanes to do so, and it all was such a blur. After an hour of sitting on the shoulder, next to a median, where cars were zooming all around me, I was finally towed to the nearest mechanic shop. And thankfully, my car was able to be fixed the next day. The very kind gentleman who evaluated my car said the spark plugs "basically imploded" and my transmission has been leaking for a very long time. $1566 dollars later and my car is back home safe, but that pesky check engine light turned on 2 days after the repair. So...I'm not sure what that's about. Maybe it's time to start car shopping. Since then, my routine has been super thrown off. With how tight my schedule is, one wrong move and I'm playing catch-up for who knows how long. So I have a lot of client charts to finish this weekend, emails to send, treatment plans to update, sessions to plan, just to be ready for the upcoming work week tomorrow. I've been living every day in survival mode, waking up tired, going to sleep with a mind full of thoughts buzzing around like bees. This weekend has been a nice reset, though. Yesterday evening, my friend Lian came over and we played with my cat Pesto. Lian coming over motivated me to clean and do chores throughout the day. I did the dishes, vaccuumed, washed our couch blankets, cleaned out the fridge, took out the trash and recycling, and much more. I also got to see a rainbow yesterday, as it had been raining on and off until the sun finally came out.

That's a view of the rainbow from our window. Today we got groceries and I took a shower. I'm going to do my best to prepare for the week. I'm grateful that my car is in working order for the most part, and that our pantry and fridge are full. I'm grateful that it's a sunny day and I hopefully will go outside later. I'm grateful to have this day to prepare for the week and I'm really hoping I use it wisely! Thanks to my Grandma for motivating me to post this today. Hoping that I can be more consistent with my blog now that things are a bit more stable. If you are reading this, remember you are a wonderful person who matters a lot and is loved beyond measure! Hope to see you again next time!