Helena

 

 

 

Last week Evan had to last-minute go to Helena for work.  He last-minute invited me, and I last-minute decided to come along.  It was so nice to get out of town and I think I have a small crush on our state's tiny capital city.  Since everything was so last-minute, we brought Gesso along.  It seemed like such a great idea!  I mean, Evan would be gone all day and I would need somebody to hang out with.  And Gesso is getting more mature, certainly he could handle a hotel stay.....
After our first night, I sleepily dropped him off at a pet boarding facility.  Live and learn I suppose.

I'm not much of a city girl.  All the hustle and bustle wears me out in a way that hiking all day never does.  But I made a goal to be good at visiting a city.  I was going to work on being a flexible traveler, good at navigating traffic, people, and spontaneous decisions.   So I walked walked walked around all day, did a little shopping (for thrifted treasures and men (Evan I'm JOKING!!)), and tried to be very flexible about everything.   Not to brag or anything, but I think I got pretty good at it!

I picked up Gesso the last day that we were there and took him sightseeing.  He really appreciated all the neat buildings!!

A picture of some muffins that were really tasty

I wrote a to-do list on Monday that is four pages long.  Things are going to be busy busy for the next few weeks and I am one of those weird-o people that can't leave home with an unfinished project on my desk.  Or a messy house.  Because then I think about it while I'm gone.   It's kind of a problem.  Hence the list.

This afternoon I am tackling my mending pile.  Because while I really like to sew, mending seems like such a chore and doesn't often get done.

Blueberry muffins were on the list too (those I can handle no problem!).

Some good happy things:

::  the elderly man in line behind me at the post office telling me that he liked my (purple sparkly) toenails.

::  receiving a pineapple in the mail from our landlords (who live in Hawaii now).  It was delicious.

::  another week of 70 degree weather.

::  finding some pink and green plaid cupcake liners at the store.  Which means I need to add cupcakes to the list.  I wonder what goes best with plaid??  Chocolate or vanilla?  (I'll let ya know)

::  coming home from the thrift store with a fresh pile of books.  I can't wait to actually have time to read them outside with a juicy popsicle in hand!

Hope you are having a happy Wednesday!