HoneyBee Royale

This morning I woke up to my husband getting ready to take our older son to an appointment.  I wasn't ready to open my eyes or have any thoughts yet.  Irritation was rampant in my body.  How dare he put on a belt! Maybe it's PTSD, maybe it's just my normal anxiety, I seem to wake up with scrambled eggs for brains.  I never know which way to go first.  I really should go for a run, but i also could goto the gym, maybe I should fill out that VA form I need to send in.  I remembered the idea of a morning routine and how much calm that my arch nemesis, meditation, is actually capable of giving me.    I did a 15 minute meditation.  It was a simple visualization "hypnosis", with no breath work.  I hate breath work.  Just like how I hate lunges.  I'm not good at it and I feel like it's harder for me than everyone else.   I came out of my meditation with a feeling of calm and I was able to focus enough to sit with my 9 ...

Do you remember 1999?  I'm sure a lot of you don't, but hang on, I have a point.  When I think of 1999, I think of this Esprit backpack that my late Uncle bought me.  It was a grey, wooly bag that, on first glance, was your normal run of the mill messenger bag.  However, to keep it from the mundane, it had chunky pockets on the outside and thick straps that tucked away on the interior that could be used to convert it to a cross body satchel.   an example of 1999 fashion goals This bag allowed me to slowly dip my feet into a more mature fashion, but also allowed a safe alternative.  Fashion was leaning toward the Yohji Yamamoto Y2k aesthetic.  Fashion was becoming utilitarian & useful, yet excessive.   The popular fashion at the time was inspired by the idea that we were heading into a brave new frontier, yet it was also the future.  I mean, we'd all seen Blade Runner and Tron (the original), the 21st century had to be s...