I haven't been posting much....mainly because the weather has been pretty steady at this state (above)...so naturally I have been preferring the fresh air over the stuffy attic air of my mother's house.
Loving my work schedule right now...even though its ungodly early....and seemingly late into the evening most nights (it's really not THAT bad) I do get to spend the middle portion of my day with myself...and on Tuesdays the mother dearest. (I did help her wash her car....)
The dog is loving the sun also...
Last week our power went out...which coincidently fell on the eve of another Erin epiphany...earlier in the day I had spent some time reading in the yard with the dog...and my one true love (F. Scott):
(Upon being on vacation on the shore of the French Rivera for merely a couple days...Rosemary and her Mother make the early on decision they would like to head back to the city sooner than originally planned....)
"After lunch they were both overwhelmed by the sudden flatness that comes over American travelers in quiet foreign places. No stimuli worked upon them, no voices called them from without, no fragments of their own thoughts came suddenly from the minds of others, and missing the clamor of Empire they felt that life was not continuing here."
-F.Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night
I feel like sometimes people are only craving experiences to share with others on social media. Some of my favorite memories over the last 5 years have been experienced behind/through the lens of some camera- (mostly camera phone).
I mean, I do like taking pictures....and I do like reminiscing in the past of some super fun time...but I'm finding that I'm taking away from the present moment...and truly enjoying that moment...while trying to capture something that I can relive later. This is just totally counter to what I've been working on- living now...not later -or what was- ...but now.
Anyway, that and I've been getting tired of spending too much time on the social media...seeing the baby announcements....engagement announcements...what someone ate for dinner....their current workout of the day.... (which don't get me wrong...I DO LOVE hearing about these things...ME MYSELF- was just tired of how much time I WAS SPENDING on Facebook/Twitter/ext...)
So I decided....to spend at least 1 hour outside a day over the summer...that is not my workout time. I think I just need that time to be quiet. To listen to the wind flow through the grass. Hang with the dog.
I mean, really...how could you choose inside...when this is going on almost every evening outside?
And to finish today:
Some of my favorite workouts are the ones that I get to just go. My mother and I made a plan that I would run out into the country toward Benton City (she was about 12 miles out of town) and she would pick me up on her way back home (which was planned to be about 30 min later)...
Knowing my mother I was thinking...well I'll probably get a solid 45 min in or so...which I would be happy about for that day.
Well...30 min came and gone...45 min came and gone...and finally when 60 min hit I gave her a quick call....
She did mention she would get in the car right away...she was JUST about ready to leave....let me just say at about 1:20...I decided to slow my pace...although it was a bit longer than planned...I really did enjoy every second of the run.
I mean...how could you not?
And onward.... for sure one day at a time this next week...and definitely going to fit in that quiet time...
Todds out of town this week...which means this girl gets to control the monkeys all week....
And to close...a pic with my friend Zack's puppyyyyy.
Love, Erin
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