Happy first day of spring (yesterday)! In Seattle, spring has officially sprung. Daffodils are bright and beautiful, the cherry trees are pink and white and breathtaking, and the daphne makes the air smell sweet and flowery. The weather has been a little all over the place — sunny one moment, raining the next — and really feels like the change of seasons. Things have been a bit crazy here in the world of Serenity in the Storm, so just a quick update before I dive back into my to-do lists. Maizy has had a rough go of it with her digestive system lately and we have had many consults with the vet (thankfully, it seems like that’s working itself out); Saoirse is terrified (I mean, terrified!) of the sun reflecting in through the windows and making weird shadows on the ceiling; Eden narrowly escaped a tumor (which turned out to just be a muscle — over-protective parent here!); Abigail is generally cranky that she’s not the only-animal in our lives; Eric has been doing lots of projects around the house now that he is temporarily unemployed; and I’ve been battling abdominal pain and migraines and am eagerly awaiting an endoscopy in a couple of weeks to see what the problem might be. School stuff has been busy, busy, busy. It’s funny how, even when I’m not teaching, the end of the quarter feels insane (this is finals week). I finally submitted my paper on sexualized violence and the gendered commodification of the animal body in the dairy industry to a journal and now I’ve got to get going on the next one and try to forget the agony of waiting for feedback! The AAG (annual geographer’s meeting) is at the beginning of April in LA and I’m preparing for that. Lots of long-term projects and little immediate things to do and I’m trying to wrap up lots of things before my mom comes to visit next week. We’ve already got quite a few items on the agenda for her visit (a trip to the nursery, some gardening, some walks in the great outdoors, shopping, Passover Seder, and a trip to visit my soon-to-be-99-year-old (!) grandmother in Portland). We try to pack in as many fun things as we can when she comes to visit since we don’t get to see each other that often.
There’s something about spring showing up that makes me feel energized and productive… I suppose it’s the rebirth of the landscape, the baby birds and animals being born, and longer days that make us feel alive and engaged with the world after a long winter. We have been trying to celebrate spring by cleaning out the garden, taking walks with the dogs and doing some spring cleaning in the house to clear the decks for a new season. What do you do to celebrate spring?
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Happy Spring to you! Thanks for the updates. I do hope you feel better soon! I’ve had a recent health scare and now I’m down with a wicked cold….let’s hope all the life affirming energy of Spring helps us all heal quickly! xoxo
Happy Spring to you! Thanks for the updates. I do hope you feel better soon! I’ve had a recent health scare (thankfully it was nothing in the end) and now I’m down with a wicked cold….let’s hope all the life affirming energy of Spring helps us all heal quickly! xoxo
Hello my dear! Thanks for the well wishes. I’m sorry to hear you had a scare and SO glad it was nothing!! I hope you feel better from the nasty cold soon. Hugs!!