Ten years ago when I turned 40, I remember that I didn’t feel good about passing that milestone. I felt that my life was narrowing, getting smaller. But then I chose to flip my thinking, and I threw myself an epic weekend of celebrations with female friends and family members, as well as a party with all of my local friends and colleagues. Choosing to celebrate with special people made it easier to move forward…
Since returning from my summer in Dalyan, I can say I have checked off nearly everything on my post-move/settle-in to-do list. It has been 2+ months of nesting, arranging, rearranging, shopping, waiting on deliveries and assemblies, and then the unpacking of more boxes and luggage, and final arrangements. I can say that I feel 95% settled. I have a few items to get framed and hung on the walls, but otherwise the major list items…
After a few days spent unpacking and settling into the new (to me) flat, I packed up Ziggy, Jinx, and myself, and relocated us to Dalyan for the rest of the summer holiday. Driving down with one cat was always noisy–but with two it was three hours of them calling back and forth to one another, and Jinx reaching her paw out trying her damndest to get hold of something, anything. Believe it or not,…