tomorrow we will celebrate her with a little covid friendly party which will include a handful of friends
i cannot believe she is this grown already…
halloween 2020 was a great one
Lenore Osgood from Ratched
Lenore, Victoria and Frank n Furter
it was a quiet week without the pod and Lilian. and while the votes get counted, i kept busy at home cleaning and rearranging some things
the fuzzy chair is now in the “school” room. as well as a plant in the corner. i have struggled with this room the most but i am much happier with it now
with temperatures dropping into the thirties, i have also moved all the green babies indoors
this country feels more divided than ever…
trying to keep hopeful
when she turned four
one of her besties has severe food allergies. so this year, i ordered a vegan birthday cake as well as vegan cupcakes
was also a bit more social than usual this week. stepped out for dinner wednesday night with two girlfriends, lunch on thursday with three other girlfriends and dinner on thursday night with yet two other friends. felt great
on october seventh i left asheville before six in the morning, drove an hour to greenville and flew out to los angeles
it had been three years since i had been out there
the last time i was there was for my birthday
this time around, i went for my dear Connie’s fiftieth birthday
it was a mellow covid/quarantine trip where we mostly just hung out at her house/yard/neighborhood
we went on a few drives, got to see and walk around griffith observatory, out to eat…
there was no shopping or a trip to go see the ocean like previous trips but i did get to go on long beautiful walks every morning
los angeles looked the worst i have ever seen it look
so many places still closed and boarded up, more homeless people living in tents and under tarps than i have ever seen anywhere else, people in corners completely out on drugs…. reminded me of nyc in the eighties before giuliani cleaned it up
it felt like the apocalypse
for the first time since moving to asheville, it felt good to return home from a trip somewhere
no desire to return any time too soon….
first lunch upon arrival. delicious mexican food
a beautiful california sunset with palm trees in the distance
first morning in silverlake
lots of morning walks
birthday party day
leftover birthday cake. probably the best i ever had
Lilian will be coming home today after being at William’s since last friday
this is the second time she has been away for a full week since we moved into our casa azul and if i can say so myself, i handled things much better this time around
the first time around, it was too soon into our move
i felt betrayed, hurt, alone and cried for the first three days
this second time around, i chose to fill my time with house chores, walks, the making of rainbow makers, updating my etsy shop and dates with girlfriends
having her gone is not easy and i miss her like crazy but i think with time it will get easier
it has to right?
happy friday friends
i started a learning pod at our home every other week. these three girls were all in Lilian’s fourth grade class last year. some of them have been together since first grade. now, although not all of them are with the same teacher, they get to remote learn together every other week. it’s working out great!
the house is also coming along and feeling like home
