- Massage night. Sri knows all the good spots.
- Singing mantras together. Improvising. Lyra's and Sofia's beautiful voices. Waking up with new songs stuck in my head.
- Ginger lemon tea. Roasted pumpkin seeds. Purple risotto with lemon zest and parmesan.
- Lots of talks and practice therapy sessions confirming what I need most now: a clear goal. A direction. Priorities. Inner leadership - filling the vacant role of a director for my very own play. Lovingly guiding my own parts through tough times, emphasizing what I want and why.
- Learning about the difference between needs and strategies.
- Driving home with Ems; good conversation.
- Coming home, talking with C. all night long, forgetting about time and space.
- Writing short lists with little things that bring us joy for each other. Guessing correctly. Realizing that we know each other very well already.
- Painting and drawing together, all three of us. Listening to old Christmas classics.
- Hiding candy in our boots on 6 December. Leaving a trail of chocolate Santas to L.'s room.
- Going to the city centre twice, spending time with C.'s friends. Seeing a play with the kids with the cutest little girl on Earth on my lap.
- Mutual understanding, loving touch and massages, playfulness, matching each other's vibe (doing weird voices or silly dance moves), developing ideas for a novel together, coaching C. through work problems.
- Solving the advent calendar puzzles together; working on my Christmas jigsaw puzzle. Also, I found a whole page with sudokus, crossword puzzles and other games in the trash and spent an hour happily working on every single one.
- Motivating Findus the cat to come down from the tree. Seeing him surfing down from the bench with the boxes that are stored there.
- Painting L.'s face with glitter stars and bats.
- Cuddling. Letting AI come up with interactive bedtime stories. Telling L. about the Land of Milk and Honey where everything is made of candy. Sending him on a fantasy journey of a special Christmas Eve to help him fall asleep.
- Making breakfast. Telling each other about our dreams. Singing together.
- Baking cookies with L. Decorating them together with lots of chocolate and sugar confetti.
- Honest appreciation for my cooking.
- C. told me how hard it is to see me wasting my time, avoiding what has to be done. And sent me on a mission to visit a nearby school. I actually went inside and spontaneously talked to one of the people responsible for new hires! I'm going back there next week for a proper job interview.
- Drawing a full image on coloured paper, switching up styles; being inspired by C.'s sediment drawings.
- “You’ve got a freak flag, you just don’t fly it.” - one of my favourite lines of the annual trashy Christmas movie marathon.
- A surprisingly nice day with my oldest friends. Lots of joking, real talk, card games, delicious food and a long walk.
- Talking about Motivational Interviewing with Lena in the car.
- Starting to make my vision board for 2025. Working until 3am.
- Hugging my blanket. Breathing in fresh laundry smell.
- A cute little video message from L.
- Wearing an old pair of super comfy jeans.
- Baking a very elaborate cake for C.'s birthday. One slice and you don't need any more food for days.
- Giving him one of my paintings as a birthday gift. He really liked it when he saw me painting it in France and already asked if he could have it back then.
- Roasted hazelnuts in toasted bread.
- Making plans. Oh, the dopamine I get from envisioning my perfect life.
- Falling asleep with my hand on C.'s chest underneath his soft and warm baby alpaca sweater.
- Joking around with C. Being ourselves. Silly, childish, authentic. Emotional warmth.
- Scratchy massage therapy for the three cats (who kept coming back for more).
- Spending a few hours at the free school nearby. Learning about their concept. Meeting a few students, singing together. It was weird, but perhaps not in a bad way?
- Braeburn apples.
dec 4 2024 ∞
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