Reset Forty-One, Day Twelve

Although I slept rather late Saturday, my timing was fortuitous, and I managed to get the laundry done. It had been piling up for a while, and there would have been no fresh towels for my next shower, and no lightweight clothes suitable for wearing in the upcoming heat wave. There is still bedding to be done, but I'm glad the rest of it is out of the way. Odd, how commonplace things can loom so large. Though far more important tasks remain undone, there is a strange satisfaction to having clean towels and clothes. I feel better.

Another thing making me feel better tonight is that I ate an actual dinner. Macaroni and cheese, with a cabbage salad and green peas. Comfort food, which actually brings comfort. Another thing I'm enjoying is the very soft rain that has been falling most of the time since shortly before nightfall Saturday. Most of the time it is more of a mist than rain, so that I can go outside for a few minutes without getting soaked. The tiny, cold drops are like the softest of massages on my face, and inexpressibly relaxing. The hell of summer may be looming, but for the moment I don't even need to think about it. The transient perfection feels like it will last forever. I'm reveling in the illusion.


( Sunday Verse )