Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Walked and ran in place to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, raisins; water. Vacation day. Recharge Medical work for Drew: new USCIS flyer. In the morning a king cake arrived from New Orleans earlier than expected. Lunch: leftover spinach salad from last night. In the afternoon, Patrick and Sam returned with groceries, then we all visited Kerry and Mom Ryan and we brought along a Sucré king cake, which was topped with glitter in the Mardi Gras colors of purple, green, and yellow. Kerry made a pot of coffee, which we drank with milk and a Starbucks creamer. Glitter seemed to have gotten everywhere: faces, hands, clothes, tabletops. We chatted a while then departed. Sam drove us home. Later, still full from the king cake, we dined late: Whole Foods deli pizza, water. We watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes then continued reading Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart. I'm now about a third of the way done. So far it's a great read, and like all her work it's full of wisdom and insight. I don't think it was intended as a reference book—there's no index and the emotions aren't alphabetized—but I could picture people attempting to use it that way, to get better understandings of feelings and emotions when or shortly after they occur.