We had a beautiful Winter Solstice gathering last night. Seven of us gathered to celebrate the return of the light and to relax and rest in the darkest day of the year. What a privilege and honor it is to gather with these friends.
Got up this morning and made some no bake cookies. Took some of them to a friend this morning and dropped them off. Took the rest of them to my aunt in Wichita.
Kathy and I went to Wichita and had lunch at Chipotle and then went to the Winter Solstice Spirit Fair. Lunch was a bit of a disappointment to me. The food tasted very salty today for some reason. I like salty food but not this one. This has never happened before at Chipotle and trust it won’t again.
The Spirit Fair was about what I expected. It was a bit smaller than I guessed it might be but was full of a variety of vendors selling stones, hand made soaps, jewelry, candles, etc. They had several people doing readings of various kinds and someone doing sound healings. It didn’t take long to walk through it all and see what they had to offer. Neither one of us found anything of enough interest that we bought anything.
We stopped at our Aunt’s house to drop off the cookies. She wasn’t home so I put the cookies by the front door and we headed home. It felt like it was a long drive home but we got here safe and sound. Traffic was heavier than normal but manageable. It was good to get home.
No plans for the rest of the day. I feel rather tired so may go take a nap after I take care of the chickens. I don’t have to get up early tomorrow so could stay up late tonight if I take a nap. We shall see what happens.
Tomorrow I am picking up a Walmart grocery order at 2:00. After that I will tuck myself in my house and stay in until after Christmas. It will be nice to have a couple of quiet days at home.
We got some rain overnight. My Tempest station is only showing we got less than half an inch. It isn’t always accurate though. There is water in the puddles on the road and in my back yard. That usually doesn’t happen unless we get at least an inch. Grateful for every drop we got. I’ll have to wear my muck boots down to do chickens later.
It has been a mostly cloudy, foggy type of day. The sun tried to break through on the way home but didn’t quite make it. The fog was rather dense when we left home this morning. It seems to be returning this afternoon. It is in the mid 50’s which is nice as you know the roads don’t have black ice on them.
Next week I am watching Cody for one day but don’t have much else on my calendar. I will continue to avoid the stores due to the after Christmas crowds. It will be good to get back to normal shopping conditions the following week. Next Saturday I am driving to KC to attend a friend’s retirement party. I will be making three trips to KC over the next couple of weeks to take care of the exercise programs requirements. Trusting this nice weather will continue.
Got the bill to renew my car insurance for mid January. I need to call them and tell them thanks but no thanks. If they don’t want to insure my house, they don’t get to insure my car. I have a reminder on my calendar to go in to pay for the new house and car insurance with the new company the middle of January.
Having trouble keeping my eyes open so think I will go lay down for a bit. I will take sleep whenever it finds me and it feels like I could fall asleep rather quickly right now. Feeling a bit out of sorts and know a nap would help that too.
Grateful for a safe trip to and from Wichita, grateful for a beautiful Winter Solstice Ceremony and conversation last night with my dear friends, and grateful for sleep whenever it finds me.