This has been the Summer of the Foreclosure! I am hopeful about the last solution I’m looking at, so perhaps it will be over soon. So I am trying every solution I can think of to keep the house. Even the places who accept dogs wouldn’t let him in because he’s too big. I find myself just so tired of thinking about what to do next, but I don’t want to have to move because there is no place I could go that would accept my big black Labradoodle. So much paperwork, file-hunting, emailing, evaluating….and on and on. It feels like a huge distraction from everything I’d really like to be doing, but can’t. Well, my summer has been largely trying to find some way to keep the bank from foreclosing on my house. Read more BIKE RIDE ADVENTURES or THERAPY 101 posts here. How about you? What’s going on with you this summer? Perhaps we are right where we need to be after all… My little river may have been running dry over the past while in more ways than one, however many new blessings have come of it. It offers permission to treat yourself right without shame. : ) It implies pressure to perform, bringing on guilt. Try “I want to… or “I don’t want to” or “I need” instead. According to my therapist, the word SHOULD or SHOULDN’T shouldn’t exist. Quit punishing yourself that you ‘should’ be here or there or everywhere else. Right where you are! If you want to adventure, go! If you wish to stay home and sit in the sun or tinker on a project, do that. Take your days as they come and make the most of them. Stop fretting over where you think you should or shouldn’t be. So after experiencing one crazy train July, I have some advice for myself or whomever else may need to hear it before August comes to a close…
#WORDS TO WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DRY BOOK MOVIE#
My mind felt I should be somewhere else, yet my soul was pretty happy enjoying endless summer bike rides, movie watching at night, and relishing in the humidity right in my own backyard without requiring airport lineups. Staying home all summer (aside from my cabin getaway) has been frustrating yet enlightening.
#WORDS TO WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DRY BOOK FREE#
I may not have a river in my backyard, but a 4 minute bike ride to get to all these free beaches is nothing to sneeze at! My current home offers some really tough competition. So I’ve been looking around online just to see what’s out there.Īll these musings made me realize a few things I hadn’t taken the time to actually see in a long time… You also know of my pondering house hunting thoughts from THIS post. They both looked red all day and all night long. The haze did make for some unique sun and moon sightings. However the next day I was out on the bike again and did fine. The first AM I pattered out to the patio, I coughed and went right back in! Over time, you just got use to it… or the smoke lightened up. Regional forest fire smoke filtered into our valley and wouldn’t budge. However I will continue on working on settling my over-thinking mind so the good stuff can rise to the top again.įor the past two weeks during our hot weather streak, we even lost our sky. I am clearly not in full-out vacation mode. It was difficult to sit for long lengths of time, so I did more wandering than reading. I’ve made a few pitstops to the river, and even brought my chair twice to a little sandy beach all to myself. If you can wander into new territory, that IS an adventure right there. This is what I call a ‘something-to-do backyard’. Now I can take my bike right on the rocks wherever I desire! I haven’t been able to leave my bike unattended when on my trail riding so I’ve bypassed stopping for a river gaze. But with this new drought-like situation, no more. The pathways to the river down below are generally submerged. The riverbed is the new beach front where you can basically take your pick on which little still-water lake you desire! I have never seen the water level this low. These shots were taken during my most recent bike ride. I had forgotten what our summers were really like.įor one thing, our river is literally running dry. However being home this summer has brought so many new surprises.
It was the right season for all the right reasons. I have no regrets over travel like we have in the past. When our little valley locks in the heat, it does it well. I have heard the complaints when I’ve been in Maui over the past few summers, grateful to be in a more comfortable place. We have been experiencing what I would deem a mini heat wave. It’s just been nice to just get up, go make coffee and enjoy it on the patio without thought of much more. The little break is feeling good! I’ve continued to take lots of pictures so there are stories to be told. I could see my own tap was just running outta water and my mind needed to just live life without blogging about it for a spell.
You may or may not have noticed I took a week off from all things blog. Hello there! Wow, it feels good to tap some keys again!
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