Halfway Through August

I’d be lying if I said I was completely okay right now.

I’m currently nursing a migraine brought on by this heat. And even though we have an AC unit in our condo, only the living room stays moderately cool throughout the day, and that means that I have to rest on the couch instead of in bed, which is where I really want to be right now.

Extreme heat — which, for me, is anything above 80 — gives me migraines, makes me irritable and cranky, and I honestly become very unpleasant to be around. But I genuinely hate the heat. I hate it. I used to love the summer. It was my favorite season, and there are things I live about summer; the beauty on the coast, the bright skies, the ability to go to all of my favorite places in nature. But really, I prefer all of those things when it’s autumn, winter, and spring.

Next week, I get to go back to the coast for a writing retreat, and I honestly cannot wait. It’s not even the amount of writing that I hope will get done, it’s the coolness of the air, the fresh breeze, the crisp salt scent from ocean spray, that will help me to relax and heal my mind and body. And after this week, I’m gonna need it.

My current work-in-progress, a collection of sonnets about the first year of my spiritual/personal journey after my divorce, is coming along really well. It will be getting an enormous amount of revision and editing over the next couple of weeks. And then I will start trying to find publishers for it.

This is honestly all I have the energy to write right now. I can barely keep my eyes open and I’m choking back tears for no reason at all. So I’m going to let this post end here.

Hope you have a great day.