Inspiration

Sometimes I need is a little something.

Today I scrolled through Pinterest looking for nothing in particular. Just something…

The news today was full of dangerous weather, election coverage, war updates.

There’s a constant reminder of summer ending. (People take this pretty hard around here). Seasons, man, who knew?!

It’s not even 7:30 and

I’ve already managed to get myself on G’s last nerve. My general lack of boat knowledge is never ending. Apparently it’s common sense that you take the motor off when the boat comes out of the water for winter.

If you don’t have a trailer.

This trailer thing affects everything. Eye roll emoji

I just wanted a cute boat to tie to our dock. A boat on a trailer in the yard or driveway holds no aesthetic appeal whatsoever for me. So luckily that won’t be a thing.

Taking the motor off and figuring out where to store both is a silly thing to worry about. Especially since the lawn mower is broken, our WiFi and tv service is giving us problems, and there seems to be no end to other small annoying things going wrong…

I want something beautiful or fun to focus on. Just for a little while.

On top of everything that I’ve been doing a great job ignoring…

This could turn things around for me.

Finding something (anything!) is challenging me today. So I decided, after seeing many beautiful pictures on Pinterest, to come down to my boat on the dock, which needs bailing (because apparently that’s what has to be done every time it rains. Every. Time. (eye roll emoji again)

Whatever.

It’s peaceful here. The water is calm. It’s lovely.

But now I’m walking back up about to help load the lawnmower into the truck. Again. Yesterday it rained. That’s another story.

Heading to yoga now

Later…

Yoga was just what I needed.

The message was perfect.

Something about this owl character that signifies trust and not being attached and opening up to what might later be something much bigger and better then what we alone could envision.

Sometimes I just need a reminder to look for the good things, the things I’m grateful for. To fall back and observe my own thoughts. To know there’s so much good out there.

I was already feeling my mood lift when I noticed a missed call from a favorite friend in CA. I tried her back. We had a great chat. She had a good story about someone loving my book. I never tire of hearing this kind of feed back.

When I came home, there were a few failed attempts but eventually the motor was attached, filled, started and we took off out on the water.

Soon we had some speed, not too much because you have to gradually increase according to the boat motor instructions.

But oh my! That was fun!

We are going back out after supper!

Just another reminder, I can never predict where any day will take me.

Yesterday it rained unpredictably for hours. I guess the weather man and all the weather apps missed that or it was a New England surprise.

Things can can go in any direction, but good to see and remember good stuff happens too.