Marsia's Diary

Thanks, Petal! It feels good to not push too hard especially as I have been driving heavy music equipment to the school each day for the musical and lugging it around. Just got back from that actually, and it was one of those mornings where it had just rained, and the fog was lifting in whisps out of the redwoods, so there was dark gey-blue sky and whispy little white fog-clouds against the layers of redwoods. And the sun lit up all the raindrops on everything. It's such a beautiful drive in the morning! I like to roll down the window and yell hello to the cows as I go by - I probably look like a lunatic, but a happy lunatic!
 
You sound so happy and so positive. That stuff is contagious xoxo
 
Thanks Cate! I'm a cross between deliriously tired and inspired! Got a lot done today on decluttering and am feeling really good about being ready for company this weekend. Also it helps looking through my books to sort when I need a break because they are amazing and give me so much joy.

I made corned beef and cabbage (with yams instead of potatoes) for everyone for dinner and I will have this tomorrow for lunch, as I was feeling like I was coming down with something this morning so ate a big breakfast at 6:30 am, so am skipping dinner. It came out yummy - I had a little nibble to make sure!
 
Food that´s healthy and delicious? Count me in! I like that you say hello to the cows :) I may not shout it at them, but when I´m alone I definitely greet any animals that are near enough that I´d greet them if they were human :D
 
Hi everyone! Sorry I wasn't on the forum for a few days. I have been driving my daughter back and forth from the play (and rolling down the car window to sing out a hi to the cows as a fun ritual with her now! - I think they smile back!!) I've also been volunteering back stage a lot, bringing snacks and water for the huge cast and crew and having company over, too. So had a few days of cleaning and shopping and cooking until I was too tired to move. The play is incredible - as good as the Broadway version except with amazing kids who I listen to talking back stage and most of them are so mature and interesting I would join their friend groups if they would let me! And I met a wonderful mom who I talked to one whole show. I know now that a lot of my social anxiety was from being in the wrong private schools where the teachers and parents were competitive and clicky. I am so incredibly happy with where she is going now. Amazingly loving teachers and staff. We're so lucky!!

I also went to a talk yesterday with my Zen Buddhist teacher who gave the most amazing talk on deeply and lovingly listening to yourself and what you really need. And the company we had over did German board games that were especially great, but I had to leave early to get to my teacher's talk and then just met everyone at the play. K's music teacher came to the play, and our friend who was in a locally famous band and who lets K jam with her band occasionally, and our guests from out of town. So really nice amazing night! Now I get to relax for a week and just garden and finish my song I am writing and hopefully get to sketch a lot. Sorry such choppy writing - thinking clearly is still not happening!
 
Marsia said:
The play is incredible - as good as the Broadway version except with amazing kids who I listen to talking back stage and most of them are so mature and interesting I would join their friend groups if they would let me!
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Aren´t young people great? I´m sure there are some shitty youngsters about as well (shitty people get everywhere) but looking around me I really don´t know why folks like to pretend that the world is going to hell in a hand basket. If it is, our generation´s at fault!
 
Thanks LaMa and Cate!!! I am still tired out even after lazing around all of yesterday, but the sun is coming out and it's going to be up to 15.5 Celsius today, so great gardening day! I'll leisurely garden and go grocery shopping and maybe stop at a cafe today and sketch or read. I am going to print out a nice card (from a graphic my daughter made of the play) for the high school guy who plays Dewey in the play. He taught my daughter power stances and things so she would look theatrical for the play and was so encouraging of her. I think I'll go buy him some chocolates, too. He is super perfectionistic despite having this almost impossibly hard part in the play and he feels bad if he goofs up in any way for a performance, so I really want to write him (and have my daughter add some to the card, too) about mistakes being a part of the process and to go easy on himself. His mom was the mom I talked with the other day through a whole show back stage, and I really like them both. Time to start the beautiful day!!
 
What a lovely thing to do. I'm sure he will cherish & remember that card.
Enjoy your beautiful day, Marsia, xoxo
 
Thanks you guys! It's raining today and I may try gardening in the rain a while. It was an extra rainy rainy season this year, and I notice a lot of top soil washed into the ditches on the sides of the road, so I want to get out there and get it while the soil is still soft. After rainy season it doesn't usually rain until next winter again and the ground gets really hard. Yesterday I didn't get to the gardening, so did lots of resistance training, which I am doing with much better form lately.

I am picking out modern bookshelves for our house because I want to put out my cookbooks, plants, knick nacks and things soon, and our house is so minimal now that there is nowhere to put them. It will warm up the place considerably with a nice book case in each room with some personal stuff in it.

I finished my song yesterday and my daughter really likes it. We still have a few days to ourselves before more play, so may work on the melody together. It's going to be nice next school quarter not having any sports or plays or anything and getting time to hang out and stand up paddle board and hike and bike and things! When we went to regular rock band practice the other day, I noticed the play really improved my daughter's stage presence. She sings with more confidence and power, moves around a lot more, and smiles a lot more which makes the other band members smile more and get into it more. It's so nice watching them all enjoy practice so much!! It made me really happy, too!
 
You get too much rain, we get too little.
Your relationship with your daughter sounds like a lot of fun! How old is she again?
 
I imagine you pushing wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow of wet topsoil uphill! Go, you.
This play has really done wonders with your daughter's confidence obviously & also brought out some more in her Mum. :) You do seem to have a lovely relationship with her. I love rock music. I grew up with it. I have the DVD of School Of Rock & I think I have watched it about 20 times as the GK's love it.
What is your song about, Marsia?
 
Hi LaMa and Cate! I pooped out after a couple of wheelbarrows of soggy dirt because I found big stepping stones in the garden just under the top soil, and spent about an hour digging and rolling them out of the way - too heavy to pick up. But I have nice space now for a bunch of bulbs, and put in gopher baskets so my new bulbs don't get eaten. I also got some pots ready for blueberries- just need to go buy some organic top soil and am all set.

My daughter is 12, and is so happy and positive. I am so, so lucky to have such a great kid! We've watched the School of Rock a bunch, too. The teacher is so much like her actual rock band teacher it's hilarious!

I just came in to have a salad but am too pooped to go out and garden again today, so time to wash all the happy mud off!

Hope everyone is enjoying their evening!
 
Oh, and my song is called The Tail Wags the Dog about a dog and all the misadventures he gets into and how joyful he is (from the "tail wags the dog" expression that means the little seemingly insignificant things can often determine the power dynamics of a situation, but I turned it around to it's literal meaning that the little fun things are what usually bring you immediate joy). It's one kids would like because they just get into the joy of doing things and later realize all the rules they broke that they are going to get in trouble for. So she likes it a lot, because we have always had that type of relationship where I look at the happy messes she made and remember back to me getting in trouble for much worse, and I usually laugh and we clean it up together.
 
Thanks Cate! Can't wait until we get a melody to it! We already made up a fun song together called Holy Crap It's Grandma about a bad driver grandmother that K sings at open mike night sometimes.

And the furniture dolly sounds like a godsend! I need to redo the stepping stone steps going up that hill and will use these stepping stones, but didn't know how in the world I was going to roll them up. I don't want to copy Sisyphus!
 
:D That does sound like a lot of fun. You´re clearly a great mom.
 
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