The Extraordinary & Ordinary Intertwined

This weekend I was in and out of consciousness. My cold had me relegated to my home (mostly my bed.) Not by force (thank goodness) it was my choice. What can I say?! I tend to highly value maximum health. Amidst the sea of dreams, I experienced many firsts:

*I put my needs first & turned down a family invitation because it didn't feel right.

*I created the most luxurious spa experience in my bathroom complete with candles, lavender bath salts, extremely hot water, & a private showing of Eat Pray Love. Thanks to Netflix & my MacBook.

*I made the decision to, & began learning Italian.

*I claimed my space without guilt once & for all & now refuse to let my cats sleep with me in my bedroom anymore.

*I let my faith guide me through yet another extremely big change in my life. A person I love very much and have dedicated a good portion of my life to is no longer in my regular picture. Their departure from my every day has been surreal yet serves as another sign of what I "knew" the moment the clock marked 12am on New Year's Day 2011. I'm stepping into a whole new life.

The more I allow it the more I see the beauty of the extraordinary & the ordinary intertwined. It is beautiful, succinct, delicious. It is gorgeously intimate. I feel I am becoming a better person. This excites me. I've never experienced peace like this before, faith like this before, it is amazing.

I guess you could say cold and all, my weekend was great. Somehow 85% of the time spent in my room connected me even more to myself, the world, and you. Extraordinary & ordinary, indeed.

What an awesome weekend!

These last two days I have been concentrating on slowing down my pace a bit. Resting more, not going through so many things each day (like I usually do) and I tell you it's been great! I have had a wonderful, inexpensive, glorious two days filled with nature, learning, and fun. If you read my last blog praising the rain and kicking things off, I hope you'll like this journey even more. Here we go!!

Day 1) I sleep for an unexpected glorious 10 hours. My norm these days has been 6 hours a night. I also read, watched my favorite show Grey's Anatomy and I took a glorious bath with the most soothing inexpensive bath salts ever!

Today, was a whole other adventure on it's own. If you follow me on Twitter, you know what I'm talking about but for the length sake of this blog, we shall carry on. ;)

After gray skies, brisk winds, and a continuous downpour, imagine my delight at seeing this..

A few more paces and

This whole time our feet haven't touched dirt yet, can you imagine? How lucky are we to be so engulfed in wilderness and the beauty of nature and still be on pavement.

What's behind is nice....

But what's ahead...

Gratitude for this day, for this moment, for this view. Grateful for this knowledge, it's application, and YOU!



To recharged batteries and amazing views.