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2021 Farm Log
sKePTiKal:
I think I need to go rocking chair shopping. After 3 weeks, we're as cozy as Ma & Pa Kettle. All the usual old people stuff - his back pain, my obligation to help Hol fill her empty hours (S will be back Monday) - the kitties, and cooking duties - everything has worked out & through like we've been together for years.
We're still talking about everything under the sun. We still give each other plenty of space. I feed him, he feeds me. We giggle & laugh & fall contentedly tired together.
:insert wide-eyed shocked face:
lighter:
Has it really been 3 weeks, Amber?
Amazing how fast time goes, isn't it?
Of all the things you've curated and collected, I'm surprised you don't have those Ma and Pa rocking chairs painted and in place, ready to go; )
So glad thing are comfortable and happy.
Good for you.
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
Thanks Lighter! Yeah, I hesitated. ;) There were a few things I was waiting to hear - and see - how they went before I did more than keep things rolling along on the metal shop (facilitating a place for him to work & putter & put the stuff he is moving). He and Hol are getting along way better than expected and I don't think she's just putting on her "hostess face". She is opening up to him; he is contributing to her knowledge base on work-related things, stuff we're tossing around about the farm, etc. And yes, she is pretty open with him about her relationship with me and S, while not really getting into over-sharing as much, with me. She's happily pushing on with her projects too.
All my anxiety about possibly managing tense situations was just that. Things are going just fine. I don't need to "work" at being an interpreter or liason or negotiator. We know where the bulk of the objection and worry originated - and she is very clear that she will deal with it in her own time. She & I were given the space to discuss that in detail - her strength and clarity is pretty impressive but then, she's paid her dues and learned some important stuff the hard way.
Right now, I'm getting to indulge myself in the "domestic" side of life and stuff is still getting done. Timelines & plans getting nailed down. New projects starting to pop up on the horizon but they're still in the "future" thinking brainstorming phase.
Hopalong:
Oh my gosh, Amber.
Through you, the universe has just PROVED to me that the possibility of good things happening is real. Real real real.
I am just over the moon for you, and for Pa.
There is no happier post than what you just wrote.
So happy to read it, and vicariously share it.
WOO HOO. Words totally fail.
hugs
Hops
lighter:
Amber:
What herbal books do you use as references?
Lighter
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