Super Saturday

I'm not referring to the football.

It was a super Saturday at the shop today.

The first two and a half hours had somebody in the shop at all times. As one person left, another entered, so there was a steady flow of customers, but from about midday onwards, it was completely dead.

Nobody entered the shop for more than three hours, so I got a LOT done.

If I can remember my 'done' list correctly ...

• Dusted
• Cleared the old food out of the fridge 
• Did the dishes
• Cleared 3,800 emails
• Emptied the four bins in the shop
• Filled the gaps in the shop where sales had been made
• Took photos of new stock and posted them on our Facebook page

I think that's it.

I took my lunch of leftover chicken wings with salsa salad to work with me today - keeping our budget in mind, I'm attempting to save money by taking my lunch instead of buying it because I worked out that I'm spending over $60 week on lunches and coffee so I reckon I can reduce that and put the money towards my next road trip!

Who knows when that will be!

So the afternoon went quite quickly and around 4.15pm two more customers came through the door to boost our sales for the day.

Even so, by the time 5pm arrived, I was feeling absolutely exhausted and it's now 8pm and I feel like I need to go to bed.

Here are some photos that I took today ...

... we have two more shipments of stock arriving next week and we're not exactly certain where we are going to put it all!

I've got the day at home tomorrow, so I'm off to bed where I will probably stay for the next sixteen or more hours. Pampering myself by not having to move unless I want to!

I hope you all have a happy Sunday.

Nite all.

Gotta Go

It’s 11.30pm.

I’m tired.

Great day in the shop.

I won two meat packs at the club.

Adoring Husband cooked chicken wings for dinner

My footy tipping is going pretty well this week.

I’m working tomorrow (Saturday) and I have Sunday off.

I’m watching Crazy Stupid Love for the umpteenth time when I should be in bed sleeping.

I have nothing else to say and no photos to share. I have no jokes to tell and no lists to give you. I have no new recipes and no links for you you to look at.

So on that note, I’m turning off the TV and I’m going to bed.

Zzzzzzzz

Nite all.

Fun Fun Fun

Work was fun fun fun today!!

One big box of Ivys bags and scarves PLUS a box of Cenzoni bags, wallets and purses all arrived this morning and The Motivator and I spent the entire day unpacking, checking off, pricing, rearranging and displaying everything.

Just like Romy and Michelle, we got to fold scarves!

By the end of the day, we still hadn't finished and we may need to completely rearrange the shop to fit everything in! Not only that, but we need to make another couple of orders from suppliers that we've run out of stock.

Crazy.

NSW school holidays begin next week and we are wondering if we will have some southerners here enjoying our perfect Queensland weather.

We were so busy in short bursts today and very quiet for long spells, but that's ok because it was still a good day for sales and we also got a lot done.

Adoring Husband collected my iMac from the computer doctor but I haven't plugged it in to see how it's working yet, because we were too busy, but I'll have to check it tomorrow so that I can send our ad through to BHPA.

Here it is, almost 11pm and we are still sitting up watching Commonwealth Games events on TV.

My bed time. *yawn*

Nite all.

Rested

My question for today is ... why do we buy clothes that require “gentle hand washing”?

I have a long list of ‘most hated chores’ and hand washing clothes is definitely on that list.

It was a nice day at home avoiding people, but I still had to squeeze in a few loads of washing, some hand washing, some fridge clearing, some ironing, some studying, writing up the new advertisement for the newsletters and Adoring Husband and I sat down to start working on a budget - something that we’ve been meaning to do for more than ten years, but just kept putting it off.

Adoring Husband took my iMac to the Dr and the doctor called this afternoon to say that there is nothing wrong with it - just a memory and age problem, giving me advice on how to improve the situation. He only charged $50; so I’m pretty happy about that.

So it’s been a productive day and now I’m ready for bed.

It’s almost 11pm. Time flies when you’re having fun!
Nite all.

Bloody Hell

It was a massive 'I told you so!' moment.

My fury was immense and I had to sit with it and let it flow through me until it left my body.

My iMac (for those of you who don't know - an iMac is an Apple desktop computer) is very sick and desperately requires a doctor, so Adoring Husband and I decided to take it into The Bay today and drop it into the computer Dr to hopefully be fixed.

I told AH that I had my usual coffee date with the girls this morning and then he could pick up the computer afterwards on our way out of town.

I pedalled to the coffee date and then returned home afterwards and he asked me where the computer was... like he was expecting me to bring it home in the trike.

As you can imagine, this question confused me because my very large iMac would never fit in the basket of my trike so I couldn't understand why he was asking me.

He then informed me that I didn't need to take the whole computer, just the small box that attaches to the monitor.

I disagreed and reminded him that it was an Apple computer and I thought that everything went through the monitor including the wifi keyboard, mouse and track pad. All USB sticks insert into the rear of the monitor, including the disc drive.

So AH phoned the computer Dr and asked if we needed to bring the monitor or the box. He was told not to bring the monitor.

The only box, which is about the size of a CD cover, that is attached to my iMac is what I believed to be a disc drive, but it was the only box, so I detached it from the iMac and took it into town.

I DID tell AH that if we got all the way into town and they told us that they needed the monitor, I would NOT be happy.

Long story short ... I was NOT happy.

The language that surged through my head did not spew from my mouth and I did not shout "I TOLD YOU SO!" even though I so badly wanted to. Instead, I sat silently in the car forcing my anger to dilute, drain and dissipate.

I did a very good job of this and it only took about fifteen minutes to cleanse myself of my fury - even though, initially, I thought my head was going to explode!!

To cushion the blow, I made a couple of emotional purchases (I see you grinning knowingly) which now hang proudly in my wardrobe haha.

Afterwards, I ticked off some of the purchases from my 'to do' list, which included a couple of extras to put into The Blonde Bombshell's care package that we were delivering to the hospital while we visited her that afternoon.

I sat through a most unsatisfactory pedicure that took approximately fifteen minutes - to give you an idea - I had three turns on Words With Friends when she thanked me and began helping me put my shoes on. I questioned how she could already be finished and asked why my clear nail varnish was not even shiny or reflective.

I won't return to that particular salon, which now means I need to find a salon outside of Stocklands because both of those salons have failed the 'rQQzy' test twice each.

Soon enough, I checked my watch and was shocked to see how late it was getting, so we cut the shopping and 'to do' list short so that we could visit The Blonde Bombshell before it was too late.

We had her all to ourselves for almost two hours! It was a good visit. She talked and talked and talked, which I consider to be a very good sign. If there had been any awkward silences, I'd have been worried about her! All things considered, our friend is coping remarkably well with her current circumstances - not just her own health but also that of her Grumpy Pants husband who has his own big issues to deal with.

Before we overstayed our carpark time limit, we shared a warm hug and departed the hospital to drive directly into the setting sun.  Thankfully we arrived home safe and sound, although there were moments of doubt!

AH cooked some lamb steaks on the barbie while I made a quick fried rice with the leftovers from our curry a couple of nights ago. Fruit whip ice cream for dessert and we are both exhausted!

I'm off to bed, where I will probably remain until late tomorrow - I intend to totally enjoy my second day off work by avoiding all human contact.

Nite all.

Monday Already?

Monday arrived quickly!

I enjoyed my weekend at work, but I'm also looking forward to a couple of days off.

Meditation was great this morning and the regular ladies always get involved and make it enjoyable and a real learning experience.

The Motivator arrived earlier than expected and after we caught up with some news and work stuff,  I left the shop at 1pm and pedalled straight home. Adoring Husband had cooked lunch so I was able to collapse on the couch and relax straight away.

I'm having an early night because tomorrow is fully booked catching up on all the 'things' that require catching up, including finally visiting The Blonde Bombshell in hospital and I'm really looking forward to seeing her.

I'll be having coffee with the girls before I start my day.

On that note, I'm outta here.

Nite all.

Extraordinarily So

There were four businesses open in town today.

The supermarket, the takeaway, B Traders and The Happy Abode.

I drew an affirmation card first up ...

... that was my cue to hit my studies because I've neglected them of late due to time constraints and I figured that the quiet times between customers would be the perfect opportunity to get stuff done.

It was a very slow day. There were probably twenty people through the shop, but most of them were waiting for their food to be prepared at the takeaway, so were not interested in spending, just looking and filling in time.

This was not a problem for me because I got to complete a lot of study, watch a lot of the course videos, answer a lot of questions, clear a lot of issues and understand a lot about myself through this course.

I played some great music, did a little cleaning, vacuumed, cleaned the front glass doors, did the course, served some customers, chatted with visitors, researched some product websites and considered going home very early - but I stayed.

I don't feel like the day was wasted. I made some sales and caught up on the course content and just those two things alone were of value.

Tonight, I'm feeling quite tired and I was lucky to have some leftover chicken curry to reheat for dinner and added some rice (which is not my favourite option) and some fresh coriander.

I whipped up some fruit whip ice-cream for dessert and it was extra delicious.

It's almost 10pm and I'm ready for bed because it's an early start for meditation in the morning and I don't want to struggle to get there.

So nite all.

Weekend Working Warrior

Another big day in the shop.

No sign of The Little Mermaid because she is out of action for a while.

It was a long eight hour shift because nobody came through the doors in the last two hours, but prior to that, there were a LOT of holiday-makers out and about and admiring The Happy Abode.

I had to order some hats today because we have two left! So that means unprecedented sales in lady’s wallets AND hats! We are also running very low in Intrinsic affirmation cards and I sold the last of the pink journals, so a call to Intrinsic is on the cards (pardon the pun) very shortly.

Adoring Husband and I met the first aid trainers at the pub for dinner tonight, but it was obvious that we were all tired and the energy at our table was very low. I have to say that one of the bar attendants needs a fire cracker up her butt because she was working in slow motion and just watching her from across the room sent my frustration levels through the roof!

It’s almost 9.30pm and I’m expecting a big Sunday at work, so it’s sleep time for me. Sadly, my footy team has lost tonight, so I’ll sleep my sorrows away.

Have a happy Sunday!

Nite all.

Mindful Friday

The first 90 minutes of my day included three manic visits from The Little Mermaid, but after that, my day was filled with positive, happy people who filled The Happy Abode with fabulous energy and who made my work day very enjoyable.

I think the gale force winds literally blew everybody along the driveway to our door and they all walked in looking very windswept!

I worked the morning shift and The Motivator did the afternoon shift. Both of those shifts were equally busy, so we go to sleep smiling tonight.

It was necessary to order some more bags, purses and wallets today because it seems that everybody genuinely needed to replace their tattered and worn money holders this week. Unprecedented wallet and purse sales!

After such a big week, I was looking forward to a beverage at the club and spending time with the girls - even though there were only two of them there tonight. Babysitting duties, illness and holidays kept our numbers down, but Adoring Husband accompanied me tonight and between us, we were able to win 24 drinks.

The drinks can only be house wine or regular beer and since I don’t drink wine and Adoring Husband drinks lite beer, neither of us can use the prize, so we shared the cards with friends. It was still exciting the way I won it though and totally unexpected!

Now I must head to bed. My alarm told me to sleep over an hour ago, yet here I am!  The Motivator has two days off, so I’ll be working full days over the weekend. This means that I need to be on the ball. It will be my turn to take time off next week.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Nite all

Something in the Air

I had a good solid night's sleep and I didn't start work until 11am this morning, so I was able to take my time greeting the day.

But the day just hasn't felt right. I've been out of sorts. A bit weird in the head. Slightly on edge. Emotionally confused. Running on auto pilot.

I was working alone in our shop from 12pm til 4pm and in that time, The Little Mermaid came in six times - once to make sure that I had received the postcard and scratchies that she left for me earlier, twice to borrow money, once to offer me some of the food that she bought with the money she borrowed, once to use our toilet and once to ask me to phone her mother (who thankfully didn't answer her phone).

The Little Mermaid's mental state is quite fragile at the moment and I feel guilty that her constant presence in our shop today sent my mental state into overdrive.

I like The Little Mermaid and when her meds are working properly, she is an intelligent, articulate, caring and capable woman. When they're not working, or when she doesn't take them as she should, she loses all control of every aspect of her life.

There is a fine line between being the right kind of helpful and being the wrong kind of helpful in these circumstances. Some of the businesses and community members do what they can and are very compassionate, while others are intolerant and judgemental.

All I can do, is not enough and will never be enough, but the more we do, the more she will expect us to do and the less likely it is that she will get the real help that she needs.

It's a kind of Catch 22 situation.

Also, it's obvious that the 'real help' that she needs is not available in this area - because she has been trying to get help for years without success.

It bothers me that she walks directly to the area behind our counter without reservation.

It bothers me that she comes into the shop when there are other customers and begins her ranting behaviour.

It bothers me that her demeanour changes from hour to hour.

It bothers me that I hear small excerpts of her life story and I can't figure out what the important people in her life are doing to help.

It bothers me that I can't just make a phone call to fix her.

There are so many things that bother me about the whole situation.

Where is the line? How much do we help? Where do we draw the line for her? How do we help her understand that we have a line?

Aside from this extended emotional hiccup in the day, the shop did well and I came home at 4pm to make a chicken curry for an early dinner because Adoring Husband had SES tonight.

Now I'm off to bed to hopefully get another solid night of sleep, and hopefully tomorrow will feel right and I won't have to function on autopilot.

Nite all.

Faster Than ...

The day went faster than ever!

The weather was dreadful with gale force conditions and scudding rain, so it was about 10.30am by the time the first customer braved the walk up our driveway and came through our door, but the good thing was that they came in groups and supported each other in their purchases!

Our customers were very chatty today too. Some loudly chatty, which was disconcerting when The Gypsy was conducting therapeutic massage in the treatment room. I lowered my voice in the hope that they would follow my lead and do the same, but it seemed to make them louder.

The Gypsy informs me that the sounds can be heard but are quite muffled, so they are not distracting. I've questioned a couple of the regular customers and tried to apologise for the sounds, but they too, inform me that they don't hear the noises. That's a good thing.

The Motivator arrived at the shop around 1.30pm after frantically trying to get all of her errands done in The Bay and that was my cue to call for Adoring Husband to pick me up. We have trivia at the club tonight, so we've had an early dinner and have been watching some Grey's Anatomy on Binge TV.

I now have an hour til it's time to leave for trivia and while I attempt to ease my overwhelming frustration at Adoring Husband's incessant questions about everything and anything this afternoon, I shall sign off and try to be productive elsewhere.

Nite all.

All The Greatness

Yet another pleasant coffee morning with the girls - Tweedle Dee (new name yet to be announced) and Beauty were the only two girls available for coffee today but I totally enjoyed their company for the hour that they were there.

This is the day where all the customers who came into The Happy Abode over the Easter weekend, returned with friends and family.

So far, the pattern shows almost complete silence during the hours of 12pm - 2pm but very busy in the mornings and the afternoons.

That's how it's been since the beginning of last week.

I worked from 9am - 1.30pm and it was crazy busy from 10am - 12pm. Apparently it was also crazy busy after I left, so it's been a good day!

It was nice to come home early and just sit back and relax.

Adoring Husband wasn't feeling too well, so he went to bed for a nap and we missed the monthly barbecue tonight. The wind was pretty strong, so I think it might have been a little unpleasant out there by the water, but the sunset certainly looked spectacular from our lounge room window, so I felt a bit disappointed that I wasn't near the water to get some good shots.

After AH woke from his nap, he fired up the barby to cook our snags and I made a salsa salad to have with them.

Now my alarm is telling me to go to bed, so I'm following orders and doing just that.

Nite all.

Happy Arvo

Well, here I am at The Happy Abode and the clock tells me it's 4.22pm.

There have been plenty of customers through the door since I arrived at work just before 12.30pm and I'm expecting one more to arrive just before closing time to pay for the next Beginners Photography course.

The afternoon has gone quite quickly and Adoring Husband will arrive shortly to help me pack up and close the shop.

In the meantime, I'm browsing through some of the pamphlets that we brought home from the Gift Fair in Sydney and contemplating the sort of new stock that we can bring in with our next order.

We feel that we need to balance out our quality high end products with some fun or quirky items and I've just been perusing the 'alcohol' related products and 'caravan/camping' products.

If only money grew on trees!

Both of our donation vouchers for the fishing classic have now been redeemed - both of the indecisive winners took a long time to choose from our selection. Perhaps our vouchers should be for a lesser value next year - that should make it easier to choose!

... It's now three hours later! Beef casserole for Adoring Husband's dinner and grilled Barramundi from the takeaway for me. I made garlic butter asparagus to go with and for my dinner, I added tomato and avocado.

I need to drink more water because I think I'm a bit dehydrated - I've only had one glass of water all day - and THAT'S probably why I'm feeling so tired!

It's almost 7.30pm and I'm definitely ready for bed.

So I guess I'll sign off and lay my head upon my pillow.

Nite all.

Break Time

The morning was crazy busy in The Happy Abode.

The middle of the day was whisperingly quiet.

The afternoon picked up again and I left at 3pm, but The Motivator informs me that it was busy in the late afternoon too.

I do know that I am 'peopled' out this week.

Some people are quite draining and they suck the energy out of you. There seems to be a pattern too. You can go for days where everybody is very easy to deal with. They enter the shop on a mission, stay for a short period of time and leave on a high.

Others come into the shop intent on taking your time. They share their life story, which often includes some 'woe is me' episodes, rarely taking a breath and they only stop talking when somebody else takes your attention. By the time they leave, you feel like you need a nap or a Vitamin B shot.

Today was a bit like that!

We did sell some of our beautiful new stock today, which felt good. When our customers see the beauty and the value in something that we carefully selected for the shop, it makes me feel good.

The fishing classic finished today, so the town will be emptying out this evening and tomorrow. Some families will stay on for the school holidays and after they head home, it will leave room for the southerners and the grey nomads to fill the parks for the colder months.

There is always a steady flow of people through the town from April to November.

Adoring Husband picked me up at 3pm and I headed straight to the kitchen to start a beef casserole in the slow cooker, after which I made some chocolate energy balls. They are now setting in the fridge and I'll do a savoury mince shortly. That should feed us for the next couple of days.

I also desperately need to do some washing - there's always stuff that needs doing!

Last month marked ten years since I quit smoking - pretty happy with that, but I must say that I've actually felt like lighting a cigarette or two this week. I wonder why???

Adoring Husband is on SES duty again this afternoon and evening, so I'm having a quiet time at home watching the footy between chores.

It will definitely be an early night for me so that I can be recharged and ready for a big Easter Monday.

This is how I feel ...

This is how I want to feel ...

Nite all.

Winner was Grinning

Conditions have not been conducive to fishing.

Some heavy rain, then some light misty rain, some strong winds, humidity to kill an elephant and to top it off a one hour long blackout to end the day.

The fishing classic raffles and presentations had to be put on hold while they frantically searched for a generator.

One of the raffle winners came into the shop with her Happy Abode voucher looking very pleased with herself!

It was a great day in the shop with a steady flow of customers almost from the minute that I opened the doors. I have to say, it's quite exhausting making small talk all day and on the busy days, by the time I get home, I'm all talked out and just need some peace and quiet for a while.

There are fireworks going off right now ... the pub has entertainment tonight and are obviously topping it off with some fireworks. The dogs are freaking out and we've brought them into the lounge room to cower on the storm chair.

I'm watching the end of Pretty Woman ... yes I know ... this has to be approximately the 56th time that I've watched it. It never gets old and I enjoy it every single sitting!

I added some photos to our Facebook page today ...

Gosh, it's only 9.30pm and it feels like midnight for me.

So I'm done for the day.

Nite all.

On The Ball

It was incredibly busy in the shop with people coming and going all day.

Few of them wanted to spend money.

Many of them commented on how wonderful the shop is.

Some of them said they would return later without their kids/husband.

Lots of people commented on my photography.

There were friendly people.

There were unfriendly people.

There were quiet people.

There were loud people.

The Motivator removed herself to the training room to finish some important work that needed to be put to rest for the weekend.

We laminated lots of signs and I rode around town stapling them to poles where foot traffic would see them and hopefully come for a visit.

I rode to the Lions Park to check out where our signs were posted. Unfortunately our big signs didn't arrive in time for Easter so we had to improvise and make smaller ones ourselves. They are dwarfed by the larger signs of other sponsors of the fishing classic but they've been placed in positions that hopefully will be beneficial to us.

I put new postcards on the tables outside Foodworks.

I took updated signs to the caravan park and pinned one to the notice board in the laundry and handed over some new postcards to put into their information stand.

Adoring Husband took some postcards to the SES shed to hand out to the dog show people who will be using the SES shower facilities every evening.

We can only hope that people will eventually find their way to our hidden little treasure.

We've decided to stagger our hours over Easter. I will open at 9am and work til 3pm while The Motivator will start at 11am and close at 5pm. That covers all bases.

So it's 10pm and I am off to bed.

I hope it will be a big and busy day tomorrow!

Nite all.

Classic Holidays

There has been a steady stream of cars, boats, caravans and trailers making their way into town all day.

They filled all the empty car spaces at the shopping centre and the caravan parks are almost full.

While there was slow stream of customers through the shop early in the morning, the rain made the stream much slower in the afternoon, but it gave The Motivator and I time to get a lot of 'stuff' done, some of which will need to be finished tomorrow.

There was also a lot of silliness going on with the two of us making strange sounds and singing weirdly and joking around with each other, but we still got stuff done.

We are prepared.

We hope!

A lot of those holiday people were at the club for dinner tonight and the queue was a mile long as they all waited to order their meals. Some were beautifully dressed and some much more casually, but you could definitely sense the relaxed and happy holiday mood permeating the air!

I had a losing night and even the usual winners in our group missed out, while there were lots of cheers coming from the less familiar faces.

It's going to be a big weekend - lets hope we survive intact. Let's hope the weather doesn't cause any problems - and if it does, may it bring the bored people who can't fish in the rain, to our shop for some shopping!

Meanwhile, I wish you all a very happy Easter. Be safe and be happy.

Nite all.

 

Lunch with the Ladies

It took me forever to figure out what to wear to the lady's luncheon today.

I've been feeling decidedly frumpy lately, so I'm not comfortable in many of my outfits. I haven't gained weight and they all still fit, but I don't feel right and I try five or six different outfits before choosing something and then, more often than not, my choice is just the best of a bad bunch.

I felt comfortable in my choice today though, so I was happy.

There seems to be more newbies than originals in the lady's group these days.

It was still a pleasant day at the Golf Club where the food was delicious (a good range of GF options), most of the staff were happy and friendly and the atmosphere was really relaxed and comfortable.

There were a couple of new Happy Abode customers in the group and I was seated near them today, so I networked and told a few other ladies about the shop. I'm still surprised when locals tell me that they don't know about the shop.

We are now seven months open and I really thought that word of mouth and 'time' would have spread the news to the far edges of town by now.

Apparently not.

I arrived home at about 2.45pm so I slipped into something a little more comfortable and took the time to set up my new iPad, which was pretty easy and interesting.

For dinner I caramelised some sweet potato, carrot, onion and zucchini mixed with garlic and cayenne pepper and which I then spooned onto a bed of baby spinach and drizzled with balsamic vinegar. I served that with crispy skinned chicken.

It was quite delicious but I didn't make enough because Adoring Husband was asking for seconds but the pan was bare.

My watch has just told me to get to bed, so I'm signing off right now!

Nite all.

Outta Control

It was a day that began with a plan, but ended totally out of control!

The Motivator had a lot of work to do - unrelated to The Happy Abode - and we set a plan so that she could get it done.

The plan was that she would sit, head down bum up, getting her 'stuff' done while I tended to the customers.

Unfortunately the first few customers that entered the shop made a beeline straight towards The Motivator! They were all in for long discussions and even though she did stop to share in the joy of opening a box that was delivered to the shop ...

... she still hadn't got to her work by lunch time!

Try as she might, there was distraction after distraction including a long and detailed conversation about our dreams/nightmares and some interesting dream analysis, a visit by one of our artists to deliver some new leatherwork for us to sell over Easter and then a visit by the Secretary of the Amateur Fishing Club to collect our donations to the Fishing Classic.

We realised that Easter was almost upon us and we needed signage, new information postcards and business cards so I left work at 4pm with The Motivator still being her creative self and getting all of that organised.

Needless to say, her other work was still awaiting her attention by the end of the day.

Late today, I received a deposit from a lady who is going to attend my next photography course in June, which was pretty exciting for me!

Even though we were both totally distracted from our original plans for the day, it was a successful day in The Happy Abode and quite a lot was achieved, even though it wasn't on the original plan.

Adoring Husband went shopping in The Bay today and returned home with two new iPad Pros. My iPad is almost 8yrs old and has been on it's last legs and struggling to make it through each day for some time. AH uses his iPad for just about everything so his old one was well used and also struggling.

By the time I arrived home from work, he had already set up his new iPad and will now be able to give me instructions for setting mine up when I'm ready!

Wednesday is lady's lunch day and I have the day off work to have some fun with the girls.

This means that I must get some sleep now.

Nite all.  

Soooo Tired

Is it the weather?

I can't seem to raise my energy levels.

Actually, it's my mental energy levels. Physically, I feel pretty OK, but I can't seem to motivate myself to do anything much at all.

This morning, when I had to be at work early for meditation, it felt like the morning was going in slow motion, or should I say 'I' was going in slow motion and the clock was moving super fast! I arrived on the dot of 7.30am just as meditation was beginning.

The work day also went really fast and we had a steady flow of customers to keep us reasonably busy.  We also had a visit from our local artists to discuss and accept some new artwork to sell over the holidays.

We are rapidly selling our range of Intrinsic products, which is understandable, because they are beautiful and have a way of moving people.

Holiday-makers are already filling the town and some of them were here during previous holidays and already knew our location, so we were their first stop, which was nice.

The Motivator enjoyed a treatment with The Gypsy this afternoon and I spent some time laying out my vision board which I hope we can do together tomorrow if we're not too busy.

Looking forward to coffee with the girls in the morning.

Now I'm off for a good night's sleep.

Nite all.

De-what???

What was that word I mentioned yesterday?

Decluttering?

Haha!

Noooooooo.

There was no decluttering done today.

The most effort I made today was putting together a salad to go with our protein tonight.

I accidentally stumbled across my suitcase in the spare bedroom (where Adoring Husband had put it some time ago) and it still contained some of my clothes from the trip to Sydney!!

One of those items was a kaftan that I bought at a temporary kiosk in the mall near our motel.

Those of you who know me, know that I am not generally a kaftan kind of girl - but it is was bought as my anchor - my anchor to the magnesium filtered pool that is in our future!

I wore it today and it's comfortable if you're sitting around doing nothing, but it kind of gets in the way when you're trying to do something like getting clothes out of the washing machine, wiping down kitchen benches or grabbing lots of food items out of the fridge.

So the plan is to get the pool, wear the kaftan and sit around the pool doing nothing! Kaftans are perfect for doing nothing!

I have nothing to show for today.

Nothing to share.

I'm looking forward to some early morning meditation tomorrow and a lovely day at work with The Motivator.

HappyMonday!

Nite sll.