Living my best life.

Or, at least I am trying to! If you have been watching my YouTube channel, you have seen me finishing up my move into a new apartment. I decided to take a break from the clutter of unpacking and head to a coffee shop for a breakfast treat! I ended up at Manna Bakery in Salem, OR. I think their baked goods are the best in the city. It has been a lovely morning in Salem. The downtown felt friendly and the weather is perfect. I need to grocery shop or I will have to continue to subsist on cute coffee shops! A downtown grocery would be amazing but, that is not a thing right now.

It is a Thursday. I have been having a hard time with Fibromyalgia related pain. It has made taking a shower an epic event. I am starting to look at the piled up mess in the apartment and I am starting to pick away at the corners of everything that needs to be done. The whole place is currently one big Doom Pile. I am focusing on the bath and the kitchen first. Just battling back on the things that are currently less than hygienic.

Friday at the office has brought so many friendly people into my world. I have my Emotional Support book and am contemplating another year of working with this wonderful community theater called Pentacle Theatre. I have decided to reread Wildwood by Colin Meloy. It is a junior fiction selection but I have felt the need for some Pacific Northwest themed whimsy and this one hits the spot. I have never read the other two books in the series and it has been a long time since I read the first. A refresh read is in order.

This Friday is my first day free from the pressure of having to move. I am done. All my parts are on the new lily pad and my past is now completely in the past. I will continue to work on only dragging along the memories that nurture me.

Saturday has started with a harp ensemble rehearsal with my local chapter of the American Harpb Society. We started working on Powdered Wigs by Curcio. What a cute piece. I had to figure out how to get the harp through the moving maze that is my apartment!

I managed it! It was a journey. Rehearsal went well. Now I am at work. I arranged to come in late today to accommodate a bit more rehearsal time.

I have been doing a daily battle with my Fibromyalgia. I feel pretty good this morning but by the evening I am good for nothing but watching the car cross the bridge. It is very frustrating to have so many things you want to do and that you need to do and all you can do is be flat in bed. It does pass though.. I was due a flare up because of how much stress I have been under. Expected, but definitely not fun.