more living, more doing

there isn’t enough time in a day-a week-a month for all the things i feel like doing right now. i’m not talking here about things i have to do – but want to do… read more, go for walks and hikes more, get the big and small stitching projects finished, set up my house, play more music, have more social time, have more quiet time, get more letters written….. the list goes on and on. it feels like magic, this new life of being undepressed again…. of actually wanting to do things rather than simply going through the motions in order to keep myself in the flow.

and herein lies the tendency to get over-booked. i had forgotten all about that busy-life i had before, but it has come upon me again and i’ve got most of this month full up with commitments in the city, on vancouver island and in seattle. i am trying to keep my time on the sunshine coast unbooked so i have an excuse to stay home and be a hermit when i feel like it.

this weekend my father is coming to help me with some household chores like steam- cleaning the rugs, painting the outside trim, and cleaning the moss off the roof (there isn’t much on there, but it needs to be done). once we get the rugs done i can move the rest of my stuff in properly. i currently have several boxes that either need to be stored in the small room downstairs or unpacked, but have been trying to leave the carpets free of clutter to facilitate the cleaning. this means that everytime i need something i have to root through boxes to find it – and that box-room has become a giant mess in the process.

on monday i ran up and down the coast in my little tercel burning gas on errands, but i managed to not only put in an order for 2 loveseats (first time i’ve ever bought new furniture that wasn’t a futon or an ikea table) but picked up a flat of plants for my deck. i still need to get some more dirt and plant pots to fit them all in, but i’m going to have gorgeous tomatoes and peppers and basil and lavender and bay leaf and curry plant and oregano all basking in the sun on the deck in no time. i haven’t put this much into plants since i moved out of the house on kitchener street and had to leave the garden and the greenhouse we built behind. finally i feel rooted enough (and with space) that i can make things grow again. once i am done with the house and deck, i will start on the small garden bed below to prepare it for fall and winter vegetables.

i promise updated pictures of my house will come soon – i just need to get a few more things done before i am ready to show it off. i am not sure whether the loveseats will be delivered in time for my housewarming party (on the 11th of june), because they take 4-6 weeks, but i did convince the people at the furniture store to ask for a rush job on them so maybe they will be ready on time. who knows? it’s not that much of an issue in any case – since if the weather is good people will want to be hanging out on the deck anyhow.