Coffee Talk

Let’s catch up, shall we? It’s been two weeks and many miles since my last blog post, and I miss this space. Grab a cup of coffee (Or a glass of bubbly if you’re done work for the day!) have a seat, and let me know what you have been up to.

I’ve been on the go-go-go, and I am exhausted. I worked all summer long on PR and social media for a big wine event in California, and it happened over Labor Day weekend. Lots of work, long days, plus travel made for one crazy week-plus!

The work part finished up for the most part about two and a half days before our departure, so we scooted out of our work hotel in Sonoma and headed straight for Healdsburg, where we visited new and old wineries and relaxed. Blog posts on Sonoma County to come.

I thought that once the event was over, I would be happy, relieved, excited to have a bit less of a workload for a period of time, but instead, I find a little free time to be anxiety inducing. Does that happen to you? I suppose it’s the nature of my work; there are ebbs and flows and I can’t keep up with 13 hour days all the time, but at the same time, I am always hoping to have enough work, if that makes sense.

Being present is something I struggle with terribly, but I am trying to practice that now, grateful for and proud of what I have done, while being excited and optimistic for all the possibility to come. I am meeting with a new client this week, and I can’t wait to get started!

It was an interesting summer for us. Our boat died, we didn’t get a CSA because of our travel schedule, and my garden was not great, so I was missing out on a bunch of things that make summer “summer” to me. In exchange though, we discovered new beaches, took day and weekend trips, spent time on friends’ boats, and had a vastly different summer than in years past. And it was okay. I tend to have a set view on how I want everything to look, and sometimes I have a hard time living a different reality.

Between Ireland, two Sonoma trips, a trip to the Cape, one to NJ, and another to Mystic, I was away from Boston a lot this summer, and there’s more travel to come. We have a wedding in Myrtle Beach in late September  and plans to travel to Chicago for the Chicago Marathon, which I am registered for. . . But I am injured and not sure what to do about that. I have until Tuesday to defer, and while I would feel incredibly guilty doing so, I also want the experience to be a healthy, positive one.

Also weighing on my mind is our recent addition of Lua, a sweet and spirited cat who unfortunately is not good with other cats. We’ve had to separate her from the rest of the clan, and even though she is well cared for and loved, it makes me feel awful. The current solution is not permanent. Ideally we will find her a home with no other cats and someone who will love and play with her. Until then, I lay awake at night worrying about her, hoping she’s happy, and wondering how we can find her a happy ending.

Also keeping me up at night is all that’s going on in the world. My mind races when my head hits the pillow, and my heart breaks for refugees, wonders what the answer is, and finds it unfathomable to be in their situation or that of their loved ones abroad. Most of us will never know such fear or poverty or violence, and how lucky are we to live where we do.

As always, I’m trying to take it all one day at a time, focusing on the good or what I can do better to make things good, feeling lucky, trying to get some coveted sleep.

What’s new with you?