brackish, gradual as my grief
the paralysis of its apologies
natural as my sorriest excuse
I start another broken journey
into the wholeness of today
and fierce bruises growling
your hypothesis of heavens
a harbor dangerous as hope
I'm grateful for fall break, the change of pace, and being able to take a break from the news today.
After I took Nu to the school bus + Max and Huckie out to potty, I crept back into bed to read for hours. It felt glorious. Big A popped in after his meeting to marvel that I was still abed at eight and to check if I was sick. (I'm not!)
After a short rainy walk, a shorter weight session, and a very long soak, I stopped by the bookstore. I had a gift certificate from my birthday and more money on it than I remembered and got some extra stuff for Nu's birthday.
Later, while texting, I discovered that At had the day off too, so we hung out to chat in person and got haircuts and pedicures. The stylist at the Supercuts was a bit mystified by the way my hair looked (I had cut my own hair the night before the semester started), but I admitted nothing. Also, it had been so long since I had a pedicure, that I didn't know there's now a "shellac" option where you can put your shoes right away with nary a smudge! How long has this been going on?!
Pic: Waterlilies and koi at Radiology Gardens.
7 comments:
Enjoy your break. What a nice surprise finding you had more $ than you thought on the gift certificate. Also, nice to have a day with your eldest.
Enjoy your poem, picture, and day.
StephLove--yes--both delightful.
Thanks, Gillian!
Oh, man. I have only ever had shellac on my fingernails and that did some serious damage to my nailbed! Please keep me updated on if this happens with the pedicure!
Ha! I always get shellac pedicures. I started in Calgary because I needed to wear winter boots after my pedis. I will never ever ever go back to regular polish!
I on't like the UV situation for shellac AND I like getting a pedi every 3 weeks, so I usually do regular polish. But not having to wear the silly disposable shoes is pretty great
Sarah's comment reminded me--the shellac is going great two weeks in. Not having to wear those fiddly disposable shoes IS pretty great.
Like Nicole, I don't know that I can go back to regular polish...
I hope it doesn't damage my nail beds a la NGS, and also I really hope I don't get skin cancer on my toes!
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