a very saturday type of day

 Good Evening, my Beautiful Friends!

 

This Saturday has been a VERY Saturday day...in a good way.  I slept in for about half an hour, then let the dog out, and popped the load of laundry I didn't do yesterday in the washer. Then I got sidetracked in the laundry room and started planning how I wanted to zhuzh it up a bit, and did some organizing. On to more bumbling around the house, possibly waking my son (though he claims I didn't), then making a breakfast of bacon, eggs, English muffins, and cantalope. After cleaning up breakfast, I looked for my "on the go" planner, which I had lost. I've been looking for it for two days -- I think I left it at the grocery store. And yes, I already checked with the customer service desk. 

 

After that fruitless search, I went to my face-to-face AA meeting. It was moving. The leader kept it simple and opened the floor to step one, to recognize those who come back. There was someone there who was back -- her day one after a relapse -- who was in tears nearly the whole time. Since I was one of those who relapsed and came back to AA meetings, I geared my share to her about how I felt about reconnecting with the community. After the meeting, I introduced myself to her and also told her about SMART Recovery. My thought is you gotta find the tools you can work with.

 

After the AA meeting, my husband and I went out to lunch at a local pizza place. I got a child's size pizza with pineapple, anchovies, and onion. Yeah. I know, not everybody's thing! But I love the pairing of the salty, unctuous anchovies with the bright and sweet pineapple and that touch of sharpness the onion brings. Yum. I had a house salad with that. My husband got a meatball sub and a side of macaroni. He's been napping all afternoon. If we ever get hungry again, dinner will probably be a bowl of cereal!

 

For the past couple of hours, I've started rebuilding an on-the-go planner. I tried a couple of different things for covers, but deemed them too flimsy. So I used a decorative filing folder cut to size, and protected it with a self-laminating sheet (which we all know is just a paper-size piece of tape).

 

I just realized I hadn't checked in here yet, so here I am now. It has been a truly lovely Saturday. 

 

I feel strong in my sobriety, comfortable with my eating habits, and accepting of the spending habits I am developing. Life is good.  

 

I hope each of you found a little bit of beauty during your day, and as always, thank you for being here.

roadwork

 roadwork

the temperature falls
misery hardens and cracks
asphalt to be patched.

2025.07.19