It’s almost the end of February now and I feel like things are looking up! I’m sure no small part of that is the fact that the days are getting longer and plants are starting to come alive. Even in a normal year it’s kind of exciting.
During the month of February I finished my 30 yoga challenge and haven’t done a second of yoga since then, but I do plan to do some today. I’m 2/3 of the way through my Indigenous Canada course and I’d say we’re about 60% complete on the house deficiency list, not including cleaning up the basement – I don’t count that as a deficiency because we never started working on it in the first place, it just needs to be cleaned out when we’re done with all our renovation supplies.
We had a full weekend of snow a couple of weeks ago, which was fantastic and magical, and we also celebrated the 20th anniversary of our first date. That is totally crazy to me because 20 years seems like it should feel much longer and more significant, but it kind of feels like yesterday. (Especially right now because my memories of the last year are mostly pretty hazy, just like the (lack of) memories from that first coffee date – for the life of me I can’t remember where we went or what the area even looked like at that time; it was right around New Westminster Skytrain station which is completely different now so there’s nothing left to jog my memory.)
During that snowy anniversary weekend we also streamed a newly released video of a 3.5 hour Pearl Jam concert we attended in Seattle in 2018. Right now it’s the closest we can get to a live concert and while it’s definitely not as good from home, it was still a great way to spend the evening.
Last week I had laser eye surgery, which is kind of a big deal. I’ve worn glasses (or contacts) for about 30 years, so it’s quite amazing to wake up in the middle of the night and be able to just glance over at the clock to see what time it is. I also keep thinking about my future travel bags and how little I’m going to have to bring with me when I go places.
And speaking of that, I’m starting to get a little anxious about how quickly the US is moving with their immunizations compared to Canada right now. My greatest concern is that they’ll get themselves back to normal and Pearl Jam will reschedule their tour before all the travel restrictions between countries are lifted and I won’t be able to go. (Obviously, this concern just reeks of privilege, but it is what it is.)
As a side note, and further evidence of how high on my list of concerns Pearl Jam concerts sit: From the time Michel and I got engaged until it was too close to the wedding to be possible, my greatest wedding-related fear was that Pearl Jam would announce a tour and the dates would conflict with the wedding, forcing me to make a difficult decision about my life priorities. Luckily it didn’t come to that.
But back to feeling optimistic and inspired, I also watched an amazing documentary this month called Fantastic Fungi. It’s all about mushrooms and the role they play in ecology and how they can be used in all kinds of ways that benefit the health of humans and the environment, plus areas of research they’re being studied in for innovative purposes like green building and breaking down plastics. It actually made me feel quite hopeful about the future of the planet. Highly recommend!
Today, I might work on some of my house deficiencies, but I might also just sit around and finish reading my book. Appropriately, it’s called Laziness Does Not Exist and it’s teaching me that sitting around and finishing my book is a good use of time, not something to feel guilty about. If that isn’t enough to make you want to read it, I don’t know what is but, in general, it’s super interesting and it will probably make my list of 5 star books this year.
Dancing In Irreverence 