Monday, July 31, 2017

Dear Diary

Wrote this yesterday:

Gaaah! Has it really been 2.5 months since I last posted?

Spent all day today going slow, giving myself permission to do a lot of nothing. I spent a few sessions of 20-40 minutes with my hugging pillow (or a substitute), feeling the sensations in the body and encouraging the voices that accompany them. Most of the messages are familiar ... I heard one or two new things.

I am in awe of the notion that I no longer need to work for wages. What an incredible privilege. What an amazing Seattle summer to lounge around in--it's been sunny almost nonstop for weeks.

Finished reading All The Light We Cannot See. I really enjoyed the first 30% or 40% of the book. Then it got complicated and I couldn't follow it. Details about what happened during the war.

I spend much of my days fantasizing about the next delicious thing I might eat. A couple of weeks ago I started exerting more restraint in what I've been eating, because my clothes were becoming tight and I really want to wear a certain blue dress to N's wedding in September, otherwise I'll have to obtain a new one.

Last night I saw "Neither Wolf Nor Dog" with my friend S.