snow daze

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we have more floof and i am unable to be out in it and enjoying it because three days ago (or two, who knows), i did far too much romping and twisting and running around with the dogs in snowboots that i didn't bother closing up all the way (i'm calling them my snow flipflops). anyway, all of that resulted in me twisting my back to the point i was out of commission for two days. boo. 

i really need to work on my core. feh.

today is going to be a pivotal day: i feel MUCH better, but i still need to take it easy, otherwise i'll just be back in the same sitch as two days ago where i'm hobbling around feeling pathetic and sorry for myself. don't like, would not recommend. 

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word on the street is that someone is writing up an offer on cali house. i will believe it when i see it....and won't really believe our house will sell until escrow closes and we get dollars in the bank account. on the real estate front, i'm feeling pretty jaded. 

it will be so nice to get that weight off our shoulders — that way we can make room for new things to be on our shoulders, right?

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i'm trying to embrace this winter as a time and place of quiet and gentleness. i KNOW it's not a good thing to be constantly go go go go until you get so physically and mentally exhausted that you need a long period of recovery to get back to a position where you are go go go go again. that was my life as a teacher and i never want to go back to that. 

out here in the northlands (i don't even know what to call it here...northlands? north woods? keep up with minnesconsin which is my fave?), winter feels more natural and lasting — in my part of california, winter feels....like a novelty. *nod* that's it. a novelty. 

there are a huge number of things i miss from my beloved california, but i'm not hating it here, to be honest. if/when i find my friend people, i might even say i like it. 

i'll never love it like home, but that's OK. and who knows? maybe we'll win the lottery and i can buy a house in cayucos and just live near the beach. because that's the one thing HERE that i do love — being so close to big water. 

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family is trying to catch nandor the dumbass husky. both he and yoti are going to the groomer today. little shits. ;)

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ok. need a bit more coffee and water, then there's stuff to do for kid and her school + some stuff to get ready for my virtual doctor's appointment. i love my california doctor so much that i'm holding on to him as much as i can before he tells me i have to get someone out here.