Regrouping

I've had an interesting week. I really tried to take it easy. I've been doing so much and so overwhelmed, and I decided that I needed a break. We went to see some movies (something I don't do very often). I've been relaxing at home rather than racing for appointments. No, I'm not eating very well (seems that the donut diet was replaced by the cookie diet, which was then replaced by the caramel pecan brownie diet), but everything else seems to be relaxing a bit. May was an overwhelming month for me, and I'm glad that at the end of it I took a break. Remembered to breathe. Got outdoors for a while. Even finished planting my garden - the tomatoes are in now. And I'm very excited since I see our first red strawberry (not ripe, but it's there!) and - oh my god - the broccoli is flowering! I really can't believe I've grown broccoli. Now, I have no idea how to know when it's *done* but I think it's pretty cool. For that matter, I have no idea when fennel is done either. It looks big and strong and very beautiful. But god knows what's going on under the soil. The little kid in me wants to dig in and find out. :) On Monday a Stellar Jay decided to visit my strawberry container. Frankly, I'm surprised I still have a strawberry after that. I wished I had a camera nearby - to see that beautiful, majestic bird on a small container was very stunning. My cat did not agree and wondered if he "clucked" loud enough through the window that he would go away. When the Jay went away, I kissed the cat's head and told him he was so awesome for scaring away the bird. :) I made a vow to a group that I attend that I would clean my computer area by my next meeting (next week). I didn't do a thing on it until tonight and then went into a cleaning frenzy. Okay, so maybe not *clean* as 1/3 of it is on another counter. But it's a start. No pile is more than 1" high. Most are less than that. And only about 1/3 of the table has anything covering it at all. That's progress, believe me! So, this is why I haven't been posting - it felt too much like *work* and I didn't want to work; I wanted to have fun. Today the blog felt like fun. :)