Life downtown

I enjoy living downtown. It's only been a few weeks, and summer is probably going to be the time of year I enjoy the least. It's not like we have Lake Coeur d'Alene outside our bedroom window, so to enjoy grass, parks and such... we have to travel a little. But another apartment complex probably wouldn't have been that different. And summers can be short.

It's good. It's ours. Not to own, but the contract is ours. We decide when we move out.

There's a lot of relief in that.

Last night after dinner I put Ellie in the umbrella stroller and let Lou ride her little bike to the main square where the city has put up a little portable pop-up playground. The sun was out and people too. Even though I'm a worn out mom of two with no other plans for the late evening than maybe Netflix unless I fall asleep first, it feels good to be among the city life for a bit. I think. I like it.

Fresh take on things

I just had lunch with my cousin. I have a lot of cousins and don't really hang out with many of them, much. As we're sitting there one of our other cousins actually walked by and stopped to chitchat for just a second. With the other cousin, that is. I don't even think she realized who I was. Anyway.

This cousin who does know who I am is such a great conversation partner. We have so many similarities with where we are in life, what we want, what we don't want. What we're willing to compromise.
Whenever I talk to her I feel refueled afterwards. Like she just made me take a step back and see that the spots I've been starring at are really just part of something bigger.
She is wise.
And I don't think I throw that word around too much.