Vey detached, no longer anxious, in limbo

[Phoebe]

Back again, journaling.

I had a really good day today. I saw my therapist and we had a really productive talk, and then I got together with H-freind and we had a really great walk! Her D16 came along, and she is always good for some amusement. She decided that she had to take a picture of this cute little mushroom, but she had to first do some grooming of it to remove some dirt, and then she had to stage the picture by adding a few colorful leaf props. It was amusing.

H-friend then invited me to go kayaking with her on Wednesday, something I haven't done in years, so I'm pretty excited about that, too.

On the legal front, I found out today that my case in H's state has been continued until December!!! Actually I'm hella happy about that. I won't go into why that's a good thing for me, case-wise, but it really is a good thing. Beyond that, it was an enormous relief that I can avoid the possibility of seeing WH for a bit longer, and it also bought me a bit more time to be free of legal stuff, and that is always good thing.

In other news, this week I have been in email contact with a person who I met a few years ago that I first met because he makes cider. WH and I built our own press a few years ago, so haven't seen him since, but he has kept in touch at this time every year since. He's also interested in heirloom apples, and has offered to try to help me in identifying the old trees on my farm. I'm really excited to finally have to chance to make a bit of progress on that front.

I've been planting young heirloom apple trees, but I have a lot of old, old trees on my farm that make some amazingly good sweet cider. Wh and I made hard cider, too, but we were just maybe getting a handle on that process when he went AWOL. Ah well. I still have the cider press, and even though WH is no longer here, I'll be darned if the cider making goes away! H-friend is interested in making cider, as is her husband, as well as my scrap metal friend and L-friend. If I can convince them to go out and help me harvest (and H-freind brings along some of her own apples from her place), then I'm thinking that maybe a cider-making party is in order? That would be fun. Of course, I'd have to clean my house.... Ugh. I can probably manage.

Today I joined a native plants group that has a local branch. The local group is having a 5 week course on being of a steward for our own little patches of Earth. It would be in discussion format, based on reading and video assignments, plus our own reading. I contacted them to see if there are any spots still open because, not only would it be great to gain the knowledge, but it would be even better to meet a bunch of like-minded people. I found this group through H-friend. I'm starting to think that meeting her at the State Park MeetUp walk a few months ago was a very happy accident.

L-friend just got back into town tonight, so I'm hoping to get together with him tomorrow for a bike ride, or something.

As usual, I'm busy, but not too busy. Better yet, I'm feeling a whole lot better than last week at this time. I'm also feeling like I may be starting settle into nice social circle. Each of my new friends has their own friends that have welcomed me, too, and I'm enjoying meeting so many new people that never knew WH. I get to be just Phoebe, not half of the Phoebe and WH pair, and that's a totally new thing for me. I liked it the old way, but now that that has changed, it's nice not to be reminded of the old way sometimes.

Hello to Painter, SH, Cherry, BUxon, Blu, Grl, JK and everyone else I've "talked" to here. Hugs to all!!!