2024 Happy Blog Challenge Continues

September 28th & 29th On Saturday morning, after a night of sleeping in the wilds of the White Mountains, my friend Stephanie and I woke up alive!  This was the expected outcome, of course.  I can't say that I slept through the night, or well, but I wasn't kept awake by noises.  It was mostly a pain in my lower back, probably from falling on Thursday, that made it hard to stay asleep.  The forest was much quieter than I expected.  I expected to hear critters of varying sizes making noises and wandering by.  I could have slept through noises, but when I was awake, I heard very little.  There wasn't even much of a breeze.  Anyhow, here are some other happy and not so happy things from Saturday and Sunday: We got up and out of our tents around seven-ish Saturday morning.  It took about two hours to get the bear bag (which appeared untouched), eat breakfast, and repack all our stuff before we were ready to continue our trek.  This was lo...

 Happy Monday things: Last night was the first night sleeping in the apartment as my space.  I went to bed way too late, but I slept well.  When we went to Ikea I got a new pillow and I used it for the first time.  It is the kind that has contours for neck support.  It was very comfortable.  I now have a view of the backyard.  The tulips are still blooming.  I'm enjoying them and I hope to find the time to plant more in the fall. After spending way too much time in Lowes I got what I needed to put up a shelf in the closet.  That, and pulling a few more things out of my room in the main house and bringing them to the apartment is as far as I got.  It was a small step day. ☮ Currently listening to: The Body Keeps the Score , by Bessel Van Der Kolk.  (Listed this wrong yesterday and it will be edited). Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.