Thursday July 25, 2024
Dear Diary,
I woke up at 4am. I wrote my blog until 6:30 am. I was writing about something Tracey had said and I couldn’t remember exactly how he worded it. I called him to say good morning and asked him to repeat his words that I was wanting to write about, so I could write them down accurately. He repeated them and I wrote them down. We talked a while longer. It started raining and we enjoyed listening to the rain together while we talked.
When we got off the phone, I let out the chickens, ducks and geese and Angel and I went into the house. Christopher had already left for work and it was a peaceful morning with the rain coming down. I let the yorkies out and fed them. I made Angel breakfast and for myself I made tea and a smoothie. Angel and I let all the dogs and cats in the house and everyone was having fun running around playing. Then Angel and I got ready to leave to pick up Finn.
We were running a little late to pick up Finn and ran out of the house to the truck. It was raining really hard and traffic was moving slowly on the highway. When I was about 5 miles down the road I realized that I had forgotten Bits and had left all the animals in the house. I turned around and went back, I let our dogs and cats out and put the yorkies in their kennel. I got Bits and we hearted (headed) out again.
It was still raining heavily and I was enjoying the drive on the back roads when all of a sudden I realized that none of the scenery looked familiar and I wasn’t sure where I was. I wasn’t even sure how I could’ve gotten lost because I’ve driven this route to pick up Finn many many times. I pulled over to look on Google maps but there was no service. So I kept driving a little while longer until I was able to get service. Then I saw where I had made a turn in the opposite direction of where I was headed. I turned around and finally made it to pick up Finn. Angel and Finn were really excited to see each other.
I messaged Ms. M’s husband letting him know I was going to be a half hour late and I hearted (headed) that way. When I arrived, Ms M’s husband, talked to me for a while about my move to Idaho. I had called and told him about it a few days ago. He said he wanted to host a going away party for me and I thought that was a very kind and generous thing for him to want to do. I got Ms. M in the truck and we drove to the Lutheran Church. Ms. M sat in the nursery with Finn and Angel doing her crosswords and watching the kids play while I cleaned. It didn’t take me very long since I’ve been keeping up with it really good. When we left, I drove the kids home and dropped them off with Christopher so that Finn could spend some time with his grandpa. Ms. M loves going on drives and looking at the scenery. I drove back to Rockdale and dropped Ms. M off at home. Then I went and did a car sitting opportunity and drove to Tracey’s.
Tracey made me tea while I worked on a puzzle and a suduko game. Then I took a nap. When I woke up, Tracey and I had a wonderful afternoon together getting to know each other better and resting. It’s not very often that we get to spend time together without Angel and it was a great time to talk about things and just be.
At 4 pm, I had a life coaching session with a client over the phone. The session went great and as soon as I finished, I got ready to go to play practice. I went to find Tracey to say goodbye to him. From a distance I saw him by a tree surrounded by chickens, turkeys, ducks, dogs and goats. He was holding down a branch from the tree so that the goats could eat the leaves. It was a beautiful sight seeing Tracey interact with all the animals surrounding him. It’s amazing how animals flock to him, wanting to be in his presence. He saw me watching him and walked over to me. We hugged goodbye and I drove to play practice. On the drive, I talked to a friend on the phone and then called my mom and told her I was moving back to Idaho. She told me that it would take me years to fix up the house in Shoshone and even though she seemed glad I was moving back, I felt that she was discouraging.
Play practice went good other than forgetting my lines in the middle of one of my big scenes. It was our last practice before dress rehearsal. I think we are going to actually be able to pull this thing off 😁. On the drive home, I talked to Tracey on the phone and told him about the conversation I had with my mom. I told him that my mom seems so unhappy all the time and I wish there was something I could do to ease her suffering. Tracey suggested that maybe she’s happy being the way she is. I appreciated him sharing that perspective. Just then my mom called on the other line. I hung up with Tracey and answered the call. My mom told me she had been thinking about the house in Shoshone. She said watches a YouTube channel about a family that is fixing up their farm. They ask people to sponsor each project they are working on. She thought maybe that would be something I would be interested in doing in order to get help with the cost of fixing up the house in Shoshone. I felt blessed by her thoughtfulness. I had not been expecting that and was amazed at how the instant I change my perspective of her, she shows up for me in a whole new way. Absolutely incredible! I got off the phone with her and called Tracey back. I told him about the miracle that had just happened.
When I arrived home, Christopher was in bed and the Yorkies were put away. Angel was watching a show on her phone. I took a shower then Angel and I went to bed in the banana hut. We called Tracey to say good night. Then I turned on a unicorn meditation and we went to sleep at around 10:30 PM.
Thank you for reading my blog and being a part of my life. I appreciate you.
Love, Victoria
P.S. this blog post was inspired by the Holy Spirit.