Author: Christine

Christine http://www.mombie.com I'm a writer/storyteller/director/creativity & lifestory coach with a black belt in ITF Taekwon-do. I read voraciously and I write like my fingers are on fire. I'm the founder and Co-Chair of the Association for the Arts in Mount Pearl and I'm the current president of the St. John's Storytelling Festival. I bake a mean chocolate chip cookie.

Accidental schedule experiment

So, a few times in the last week, I have prepped supper early.

One day last week, I just chopped some stuff, no big deal, but it was helpful.

Yesterday, I cooked part of our meal earlier in the day so I could just reheat it later.

And today, I have made the whole meal by 10am and I am just going to assemble and heat it this evening.

This process feels really spacious.

Yesterday, my husband had to run an errand after work and supper needed to be about 30 minutes later than usual.

Since I had the main part of our meal cooked, it made sense to wait until he arrived before assembling everything else.

So, at the end of my work day, I had time to read and have a cup of tea before getting supper ready.

It was only a little bit of time but it felt huge.

And it really helped me separate the parts of my day.

Now I have to figure out how to make that happen more often.

Another small happiness

I love when Khalee sleeps with her nose pointed forward like this.

I don’t know why it makes me happy but it does.

A dog asleep on a bed
Image description: Khalee, my medium-sized, light haired dog, asleep on my bed. The photo is taken on an angle and her body is slightly curved so her right haunch and her tail are closer to the camera than the rest of her and her face and neck are elongated nap she kind of comes to a point.

A little colour

I just love these little plants that we keep on our kitchen table.

The fun little pots, the cute cactuses (Cacti? Succulents?), they just make me happy.

Two smal plants in pots on a wooden table.
Image description: Two small green cactus plants in pots on a wooden table. The pot on the left is blue at the bottom and white with thin lines at the top, the one on the right is orange and white with thin stripes. The plant on the left has flat, light green leaves the one on the right is darker green and the leaves are more tube-like.

Plagued by migraines

Damn was last week annoying.

I had two separate migraines. One on Tuesday night and another that started haunting me on Wednesday and didn’t ease until late Saturday evening.

When I woke up this morning and my mind was clear and I could easily move again and it was like a revelation.

“Oh, THAT’S why I had so much trouble doing stuff the last few days. My migraine made it harder!”

I mean, I knew all along that I was struggling because of the migraine and I was taking things as easily as possible but I didn’t realize how much harder it had been until it wasn’t as hard any more.

There’s a metaphor for ADHD in there, for sure, but I’m not digging it out today.

Friday Afternoon

Enjoying a pretend beer on a real sunny day with my real dog on my real patio.

A photo of a non-alcoholic beer, a dog, and flowers on a patio in the dappled sunlight.
A photo on a sunny day in late afternoon on my patio. My Corona Sunbrew non-alcoholic beer is on the right, my light-haired dog Khalee is standing side-on in the centre of the photo, flowers in pots on various stands are on the other side of my deck in the background.