Man, I feel like I could sum up today in a paragraph. Maybe it’s just the current setting of planets or whatever affects my moods, but there always seems to be some sort of dejection happening in January. Lucky for you, I won’t just skip through it. Mainly for me. I want to look back and see the days clearly.
I woke up early. Going to bed early will do that, so I’m attempting staying up late(r). 9pm and it’s too cold to do more than huddle under blankets. But that’s why I saved writing until now.
So, all dark out and I crawl out of the bug quietly, letting sleeping dogs lie, also applies to humans. I cranked the heat and prepared myself mentally. Turned on some music right as Atreyu was peaking out of his covers. Not long after, Galixy awoke too.
First thing, after fully waking up and all, was the play ground. Clear blue skies looked promising with sunshine, but the chill and wind still bit so the kids were bundled in thick coats running around Town Park.
After plenty of playing, I lured them into the bus with jelly breads and we headed over to Desert Gardens to check out the beginnings of the shows. Then we hit Tyson Wells where we undid my bike and the kiddie cart. We zoomed around on it pouring our riches into apparently worthless gadgets (I’m trying to make the propane tank run both my stove and my heater without having to switch the lines manually every time or even running them at the same time! The luxury! And it’s just not working out for me.)
We also purchased some groceries and headed back to the bus where we packed up and headed for our campsite, stopping to purchase fire wood for a neato warmth source outdoors. The kiddos immediately set to playing in the wash right next to our parking spot. After watching them play a while, I asked them to come into the bus where I made them eat some noodles and work on our alphabet. Atreyu is really hard to deal with in that respect. It seems as soon as it gets just minorly inconvenient to him he stops listening.
When the sun disappeared behind the mountains, we built our fire. It burnt for a good while into darkness before the kids got bored of running, feeding the fire and looking at the stars. I put them back on the bus with a movie and made some cheese hot dogs while watching the tiny left over fire out of the bus window.
The embers were looking sad and sparse when I tor back outside to smoke, but with just a little toeing there were plenty of flames to last for my spliff. When that was gone, i pushed the embers apart just so the heat would radiate but thensmoldering pieces could die off. Galixy fell asleep during the movie, so atreyu and i snuggled until a little after the movie was over.
So, here we are, back in the bug and super tired. Tired of doing this all on my own mostly. Swimming against the current and each stroke is getting harder. But I know it’s only temporary. This mood shall pass too.
Loving you!
Matilda the Bugus 