Love, rain, and blue jays

Today was a groovy day.
A grey-rainy day, dotted with splattering rain,
splashed with the colors of birds.
Blue jays
green mallards
red robins.
So lovely.

I feel like I slept the entire day away.
But I did not.
I did dishes, thrice.
I fed children...twice.
(pumpkin cookies were their self-serve breakfast...but that's ok, because, hey--pumpkin!)

That big ole (as opposed to "old") cat of ours is a sweetheart.
He is a good kitty.
He has learned not to rip us to shreds when we piss him off.
And I appreciate that.
However, just now, that great, lumbering-yet-lithe beast attempted to gain purchase on my lap and missed.
Instead, he tore a small hole in my jammies and left a large fistful of claw marks down my thigh.
Jerk.
Then, when I helped him settled so cozily on my chest, lying back in my chair so he was level, I reached up to stroke his head and he cuffed at me.
Jerk.
However...
watching that lean, mean, mousin' machine float across the air and land on the bed is pretty magnificent, I must say.

Friday night we get to go dancing, to celebrate the anniversary of the dance studio run by Love's best friend.
We went to it last year, when I was visiting.
Then, next Friday will be a formal event at a gorgeous resort a bit north of here...in Northport, ironically.
We will get all decked out and do some more dancing--hoooray!

I settle more and more into myself every day.
I am relaxing more and more about life in general and it is a beautiful thing.
I have been under so much stress of so many different kinds (mostly emotional) for so long that I had totally forgotten what it was like to just be me.
To just...LIVE.
To be the best of me, and give the most to those I love.
I am not saying I'm there yet, nor maybe ever will be, but I am so much closer to that state of mind.
I knew when I met my Love that with him I would be able to become the best Me possible, but I lost touch with that as the stresses of moving and starting our life together took the forefront in my consciousness.
Now, the dust has settled--figuratively, at least; this house seems to generate a metric ton of dust on a bi-weekly basis--and I am so excited to take on my life with this new, calmer demeanor.

Now, to follow through with all my greatest plans!
*apply for financial aid
*register for classes for the fall
*publish something

Yup.
I should be able to manage those.