Back To Normal

Life is back to a more normal pace now that my paper is handed in. I really underestimated the largeness of it! We didn't make it to the community pot-luck. I ended up pulling an all-nighter finishing my paper, and was wrecked the next day.

Anyway, I love the still times in life, the little moments. Today we went down to the beach for TJ to take some film for a school project he is working on. Ares ran a lot, she is on a new food now, losing weight maybe!

After giving in and having a little caffeine to ward off my three day headache, my mind cleared up a bit. I thought about life here and how I contribute, how I totally create it for what it is. I am responsible for how my life is.

And two more random thoughts: I was pretty proud of the fact that I have been nursing this one bar of soap for almost three months now, in lieu of body wash. It was an aveda bar, which the previous tenants left behind (wrapped!). Sigh. It feels good! Then again, I haven't been showering as much, it was like, when I moved here in August, I was on my own for three weeks when TJ was still back in Alberta. I was walking to the beach every day, I was just enjoying the new place, barefoot, wearing as much patchouli as I wanted. Eating cabbage. And my inner hippie came out a little more. Why shower so often?

For exfoliating I use sugar and oil, or sugar and lemon juice (as learned from my mother in law). Not to mention I have been using the oil cleansing method for my face, with baking soda when I need exfoliation, and also using honey on my face in the shower. It works pretty good, especially at not drying my skin out, but sometimes I just feel like using my old clean and clear, so I do.

Also, today I made a soup. A new one I found here. It was pretty good. I added crushed rosemary sprigs, and made my own veggie broth with the ends of some veggies I had in the fridge...celery leaves, broccoli, onion skins, and the like. Oh, and TJ says no one says "veggies" anymore.