Not So Maudlin

I’m feeling a little introverted these days. It’s not a depressing kind of introversion, just a still type. I don’t know if it’s the heat or what, but I feel I need to sit quietly and reflect on a few things. Nothing serious, just reflection. It feels good to be quiet. Along with this, my mind has been calmer as well. Not completely calm. That would take a miracle.

There have been some rumblings around the house about possible remodels. Tripp and I talk about this stuff a lot - mainly because our house is officially a 2 bedroom, but we would love for it to have 3. I really like the current idea and I think he and I are on the same page. It would certainly make us enjoy our place more. I guess we’ll have to see.

I didn’t get much sleep last night. Stayed up until 2 am trying to do something on the computer and by the time I actually got to sleep, it was about 3 am. It might be an early night for me tonight. Possibly going to the hometown, tomorrow, to see the parents, grandparents, and maybe a friend. I need to get out of this house a bit. I get cabin fever way to easily to sit around in a house all day and the heat has been unbearable.

A friend and I went walking in Chattanooga’s Renaissance Park, this weekend. I snapped the picture below with my phone, but I thought it appropriate for how my mood has been, lately. Maybe there’s a calm before the storm - in the good sense. I can take that.

Vacation, tomorrow! I can’t wait to get away for a few. However, I’m going to incessantly worry about the cats while I’m gone. I always do. It will be great to relax before school starts in a couple of weeks. I’m excited to go to get the last two semesters over with, but I’m also dreading it.

I’ve (or I should say “we”) have a lot to do before I start back on the 17th. We’ve got to get our garden lined and put in the fall vegetables. I’m actually more excited to garden in the fall than I am in the spring/summer months. I deal better in cooler weather. I never even want to step outside on 90 degree days, much less go out to the garden. We’re learning every year and I’ve got some plans for next spring. Maybe they will pan out.

I love the above shot of my mom and me. I was about five and had some of the biggest cowlicks. Some things never change. That clown was a favorite until I saw Poltergeist. It then got stuffed to the bottom of my toy chest and stayed there until whoknowswhen.

I like the look of the photo. It is a scanned Polaroid and has that nice vintage graininess to it. The colors are also amazing. I need to scan in so many old pics.