Got up before 8, decided to go hit the store...home by 9am! ...and other Solstice ruminations...
Now I can chill the rest of the day (clean house, LOL) until around 7pm...then I'm going to the Beach to drum the Sunset 
Woke up thinking abut how I wouldn't recognize my life from a year ago, much less even 6 months ago. I'm FREEEEE from the abusive ex, starting my own biz for reals instead of playing at it, and happy being alone for the first time in my life.
The alone part is a mixed bag though. Yesterday I had some medical urgent issues, and NOBODY was around to help! I've leved in Tahoe for 30 years, and yet it feels like everyone is just an aquaintance. I think I need new friends. (It shouldn't be that hard to get someone's prescription and bring it to them) My two besties are still in the Bay Area, and my kids are in Reno and North Carolina... need some people HERE that I can trust. And while I am seeking to expand my "tribe" through my classes and work, those are gonna be 'clients' mostly, so mixing the two isn't proper.
Got a old friend who moved up here last year from my high school days, he's lamenting about being lonely...so I suggested we get eachother outta the house once a week to a trivia night or something.
It's a strange balance being older and an empty nester and enjoying my solitude and needing to have people nearby who care...
Anyway, Blessed Solstice!! :hugs:
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