Week Two - Check In

How did you do? Each week we'll answer the following questions, either for ourselves, in our morning pages or (AND/OR!) here in discussion with others supporting your journey.

1)  How many days this week did you do your morning pages? Seven out of seven, we always hope. How was the experience for you? What were you surprised at finding yourself writing about?

2)  Did you do your artist date this week? Yes, of course, we always hope. And yet, Artist's Dates can be remarkably difficult to allow yourself. What did you do? How did it feel?

3)  Were there any other issues this week that you consider significant for your recovery/discovery?  Describe them.

That's it! Tomorrow we begin Week Three.

Re: Week Two - Check In

I am playing catch-up this week! I was out of town for the long Labor Day weekend and then this week has been a zoo with the kids' school starting and my own job (at a college) becoming very busy again after a relatively quiet summer. I managed to post this check-in list and the bare bones for week 3 a week ago, and now I am filling in my own blanks!

Through all of the chaos, I have been faithful to my morning pages and very glad to have them. Unlike trying to convince myself to exercise, I am drawn to the morning pages like I am to that first cup of coffee! They have been the place were I see things put back in to place, into context. It's meditation on paper.

My Artist's Date for week two was short, sweet and quite impromptu. On Monday of week 2 (8/28) I when I left work at 6 p.m. I saw the opportunity for an extremely fun Artist's Date. Rain had been falling off-and-on all day and when I was leaving there was avoiding it. The faucet was “on.”  I really enjoyed myself! I took off my glasses and put them in my tote, and then just walked, chin tipped up, eyes half closed. I really loved it. By the time I got to my car I was absolutely completely drenched. I rooted around in the back for something dry, and found a shirt to put on over the wet stuff, and a jacket to dry my hair a bit with. Even though it wasn't a very comfortable ride home (especially since there was barely any visibility and the roads were extremely flooded) I was very relaxed and smiling over my 10 minute walk in the driving rain with cars passing by thinking, “WTF??”  Hee hee. I when I got home I peeled everything off and had a nice shower and then went to my neighbor's to work on Eben's quilt.  I love to walk, but a walk in the rain beats 'em all.

And that's it for week two for me.