More Snow in Space and Mind
And guess who's a happy girl? She was dancing in the snow, trying to catch them with her open mouth, built a miniature snowman, ran around and just enjoyed it. Meanwhile, I had to drive to town for some shopping. It's been a while since I drove in snow. Maybe 2012 was the last time, but I think even before that, since I didn't own a car. It wasn't fun. I had to concentrate a lot, and I wasn't in a good space.
I'm anxious today. Maybe the last days have just been to much for me. They were awesome, though. Or maybe that's just it. It was too awesome, and the thought of going back to Ecuador in a few days makes me feel that way. I haven't accomplished too much of what I wanted. Because it was too much in the first place, as I can see now.
Johnossi is a great band. This one is their most famous song, and it's very catchy, but if you like Indie music with a touch of Punk, listen to the whole album.
I made an honest effort, most of the time. It's not easy to balance my only real vacation time with the little one, moving mom, meeting friends, reading, doing something for myself. Besides Lily's happiness, I got nothing near the point that I had hoped.
But I did great ground work. It was a success no matter what. We were able to bring some of mom's stuff over to the new flat, and helped her envision everything. We talked a lot, I talked a lot to all of my family, and I really hope I was able to help them. The worst part of being far away is not being able to help the way I'd like to, not even the way I feel myself responsible to. Something to think about. Something to improve, somehow.
I met a lot of friends and family and had some awesome conversations. Not on the depth level that I would love to have, as many of those are incredibly smart people and a deep conversation requires knowing on what level the other is, and that takes time I didn't have. Still, I was very content seeing them all.
Just stumbled upon this one in my "To Play" list on Spotify, songs that I'd like to play in a band one day because either they're awesome, or because I have many memories attached to them (aka nostalgia), or both. For some reason, of this song, I only remembered the refrain. When I started playing it, I was like "Huh what's that?"
I started reading Marcus Aurelius with my friend @socraticmthd, which is incredibly interesting as he has such a vast background of Stoic studies. And I got him to publish his novel here on PeakD in chapters (chapter 2 just dropped), which is kind of perfect as the setting there is a lot of snow. Which lead me to take a few pictures for him today to use instead of the stocks that he has. Since I have a new cellphone with a decent camera, I'll probably feature those in a first post in a photography community. But here's one I likes, unedited. Tips and tricks are welcome...
So, that's the atmosphere here at the moment, both outside as well as in my head. I hope I'll make it to bed early today. Read a little. And then rest.
This one, too, fits the mood. Always does.
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I really love that you live away from home but still love home and your family and friends there. I know it can be hard sometimes - I've lived on the other side of the world from my family too. But you're still blessed with strong relationships and connection to Germany which is nice, you know? Not sure if I can explain why. It's better than a total severing.
Sorry I haven't got into the MA content to engage with - I'm just flat out with things here so I haven't had time or headspace to engage with the philosophical, not that I haven't wanted to. It's summer here - the antithesis to musing in the snow.
It's great to have those people here, and I'm sure that I could reconnect with them very quickly - if I lived here. It does make more sense to focus on the friendships that I have in Ecuador, and it's hard to maintain long distance friendships. Even with my family I sometimes feel that I should call more often, but I just can't make it a habit, no idea why.
No worries about the philosophy, you have a garden to set up and a house to finish! That's more than enough musing on the other side of the spectrum. We move slowly on MA, so there will be plenty of time when winter knocks on your door, too 😅
I think you have to set an alarm to call them more regularly - I'm sure it'd bring them joy. You know when LIly grows up, you'll miss the heck out of her too, and wish she'd call you more often...
Yes, I know. The hard part is to integrate it into my life. When I wake up, they're asleep. When I go to bed, they're in the middle of their day. And when they wake up, I'm in the middle of my day. That constellation of time makes it hard to remember at the right time, if there's a right time :-D
Ha, yes I suppose - but we do have dual clock widgets on our phones. No excuses these days! Time differences suck though, and when we have daylight savings here, the time changes again! And then you're in different vibe zones when you're pm and they're am or vice verse. Gah, you should see my useless ex and my 28 year old son try to co ordinate calls. It's weeks of back and fro whatsapp and missed connections - they're hopeless.
The dual clock thing is a nice idea. I would only use it for them, so every time I look at my phone I'd be reminded of calling them. And I do look at my phone just a little too often :-D
Yeah that's the ide! PeakD has an app? I didn't know that... I'll have to download it!