The dregs of summer

Summer is barely holding on here in So Cal. We went through a few weeks of really gorgeous, cool, overcast weather and now the daytime temps are up a bit again. It’ll pass though, and I’m trying to enjoy all of it while it lasts. There’s something to be said for a warm afternoon that isn’t melting hot, so that you can take a walk for lunch at work. Plus, if I’m being honest, I’m basically a houseplant. I need sunshine to function.

I talked last week about how much better my mental health has been lately, and it’s honestly true. It was improved even more by spending a whole weekend with some lovely friends, making memories and just genuinely being relaxed for the first time in ages. It’s not that I haven’t been aware of how tense I’ve been lately, but more that I’d just learned to deal with it. This weekend unraveled that to an insane degree, and the weight I felt lifted off was just amazing. I feel like I can breathe, and also weirdly a little fragile if I’m being honest. It’s almost like that weight was an armor, and a prison at the same time.

What does make me extremely happy is that I’m back to reading regularly again. My brain has allowed me to read physical books again, and I’m eagerly snapping up the things that I’ve been wanting to read for a while now. You’ll probably see this blog get busy again for a bit but, as I have learned from past mistakes, I’m not going to push it. What flows, flows. This is supposed to be space for fun and not one for work. Just know whatever I post is from a place of happiness!