On the road again

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airport, flying, Miami, postaday2013, travel

I’m on the road again, in the airport Miami International, sitting in a Starbucks, writing this at 6:02 in the morning waiting for one of my flights back north, back to my hubby, the baby boy and to Jack. The baby girl will be fine and she is now embarking on an exciting journey in a safe, intellectually challenging world that is the University, I am so happy for her and proud of her.

I am flying to Boston to meet my hubby and we will go home together. I figured that I would write this small missive now because who knows how I will feel after two stops and many hours later. I am flying to Tampa, changing planes and airlines (this could be a little crazy) and then flying to Newark, New Jersey, changing planes and then off to Logan airport in Boston. So my first plane leaves at 7:40 a.m and I finally get to my destination at 3:40 p.m. I will be tired and stale afterwards so I definitely think it best to get my words out while I am relatively fresh and awake at 6:08.

Starbucks has a great Banana Walnut bread, I highly recommend it. I was hoping for their peach, raspberry granola yogurt parfait but all they had was strawberry, blueberry and I am allergic to strawberries so that is why I opted for the Banana Walnut bread. I just looked up and caught a lady eating oatmeal, I had completely forgotten that Starbucks had oatmeal on their menu, I wish that I had been a little more awake when I had ordered, oatmeal is good for me, much healthier than the banana walnut bread but what can you do? It was really good.

Today is going to be a long day, not in a bad way just a long day. I can’t wait to see my hubby, our baby boy and of course Jack. I do miss my baby girl but she is about to have fun and learn a lot and that is what I need to remember and focus on, she is doing what is going to lead her to great things.

Daily Prompt : On the edge

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baking, cooking, Gardening, postaday2013, therapy, writing

We all have things as need to do to keep an even keel — blogging, exercising, reading, cooking. What’s yours?

I have written about finding and keeping that even keel. As a recovering anorexic, I have read A LOT on the subject and it is such a complex disease; linked very closely with depression, anxiety and the latest is that it has been linked in certain types of autistic expression. It really is fascinating and it gives me a lot of insight into myself and the triggers that led me to develop this often debilitating and insidious challenge.

Luckily for me, I have found many outlets that today give me the even keel that I have always needed and searched for; writing is such an anchor and stabilizing influence on my life. I look forward every day to share my thoughts with you, even when I have “nothing” to say. Putting thoughts on paper gets them out of my head and leaves my mind less cluttered, always a good thing, getting the excess whirling, churning noise out of your mind and finding calm.

The baking, the cooking and the gardening that I love doing, are equally important tools in my repertoire when it comes to keeping me happy and fulfilled. These activities may make me exhausted and nowadays I take care not to over do it, but they are so important to me. They serve as creative outlets and reflect another side of me that doesn’t come through in other ways.

I am so very lucky that I was given a second chance almost six years ago when I was in the hospital, to come back and find all of these ways to live my life in a better, more fulfilling way, a much more expressive way and a way that is full of promise and life.