Anxiety, work, Birthdays and holidays

 My anxiety was through the roof yesterday.  If it was a hot day I would have floated in the pool and meditated, but it wasn't, so I stayed up, worked until I went to bed and then scrolled through reels and played word searches until I felt sleepy which wasn't until 1am. Then I woke up at 4am ready for coffee.....  I am feeling much better today.

Today is my daughters 30th Birthday and she is celebrating with her boyfriend in Belize.  Her cousin in NY is also celebrating his birthday today, so they share a special bond 11 years apart.

  

                                          Cousin and Daughter celebrating the same Birthday

The holidays are creeping up way to fast and my house isn't ready for the guests that will be staying with me.  My work has me driving out of town every week if not a few days a week. On the bright side November has been jeans and t-shirt kinda of  weather so that's been nice.  Today I''ve been working from home and it's only a few times a year I can open the windows and air out the house. Today is one of thosse days, low humidity, sunny and just right temperature. I just finished most of my work on the computer pending a few lingering items.  I'm hoping that I can get into my studio this evening and start on some of the ideas I have for Christmas gifts.

Meanwhile the Monarchs are still here as they countinue migrating towards Southern Mexico.

Inspiring

I feel that my attention span has been affected by the social media syndrom.  If it's too long of a read, I'll skim through it or just move on. I like reading novels, and reference books on art, but not much else. So when a friend of mine told me about the book In the Company of Women, published in 2016, I was'nt too sure I wanted to read it.  I bought it anyway, and when it arrived, it was a pleaseant suprise of 100 Makers, Artists and Entrepreneurs that were asked a short list of questions to answer.  The pages are filled with beautiful photographs and each interview takes up a couple of pages for each woman. The answers are inspiring.

One of my favorite things about this book, I don't have to read it in an ordely fashion.  I can flip through it, stop at a profile and read, which make me happy.

I do wonder where these woman are in their lives seven years later and after Covid. However, I think I'll just let it be, not google them, and just be inspired from the answers they gave a few years ago.