It's been a shitty couple of years.
My professional career has "taken the fast track". However, my so-called success has led to more responsibility, more deadlines, more stress. It has also led to less family time, and less time to take care of myself.
All this "success" has been at the expense of my sanity; and it's finally taken it's toll on my well-being. My relationships have suffered. My physical health has suffered. My mental health has suffered. (Everything has suffered in more ways than I am comfortable sharing at the moment.)
Today was one of those days. I needed to escape - just for a few minutes to regain my bearings. Something - ANYTHING, to lower my blood pressure and clear my head.
So I took a drive...and ended up at a Thrift store. Not sure how that happened. But as I wandered around the brick-a-brack, refurbished electronics and musty clothing, I unexpectedly began to find beauty and inspiration all around.
I fell in love with this old typewriter, but it was broken and I just couldn't justify buying a nifty old dust collector
Although it was a mass-production piece, my eye was drawn to the needlepoint and the heart design (and I'm a total sucker for girly floral patterns)
Third times a charm! I simply couldn't resist the lure of this pretty teacup and saucer, knowing it would be the perfect way to decompress after a long day.
Not bad for $2.00, eh?
Oh, and a dozen pink roses from the grocer sure helped transform my space.
And finally, the ultimate way to shake the bad vibes of the day: an evening of Eddie Vedder's Ukelele Songs on vinyl...
and a candle-lit bath with a glass of red wine.
Serenity now.
Tomorrow is another day.
Sweet dreams.
xo
2 comments:
Seems like a soothing afternoon and evening ... hope you soaked some stress away.
I hope your evening was a little more stress-free. Lovely soothing images.
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