For the second time this month, for a long weekend, I sit in a quite place. The first one was for our anniversary, and we relished being meters away from the coast and hearing the waves crash upon our rocky beach as we sat on the balcony, or merely just opened the door to our bedroom. The bed wasn't anything to write home about, but the small apartment with a balcony, big comfy sofa and nice tv, and a kitchen equipped to do what we needed, is all that we really wanted for those three nights.

Today, my views are birds and sky, sheep and rolling olive groves and pretty Spanish villas that used to be second homes. The two dogs alternate coming out on to the terrace to sniff the air, lay in the sun or shade, and make sure we are still around. The pool glistens underneath me, matching the blue of my aptly named Aygo, Blueberry. This weekend we are house sitting and after a long stretch of a lot of work, and some really tough emotional moments, this is respite.

It's all I can do, just sit here and watch the sky change. Maybe tomorrow the energy will come for a long walk.

Why the utter exhaustian? It's been a winter and a spring, replete with clients, friends, hikes, work, and relationships with ups and downs. Life is never easy, even when you live in a world where rains come and cover the moutain with much needed snow, and the next day the sun shines so bright you can't hardly stand it. And then the rains bring all the flowers and achoo! all the allergies.

And so here I am two days later after starting this. This weekend has been one of more forced rest, like darn it, you need it Jamie. Andrew and I crawled into bed both nights an hour or more earlier than usual, mostly because we know the two dogs we've been caring for would wake us up, but yesterday there was a huge nap in the middle of the day. I crawled onto a yoga mat for the first time in two months and feel significantly better even though it was a scant 15 minutes. A bunch of emotion bubbled to the top and came out and its what I needed.

I guess this post is merely about active rest, some time looking out of a window, petting the doggos, going into town for a few needs and seeing Sofi, and some movies with Andrew. I'm so ready for these current events that have swirled around us to finish and some will this month.