January Recap: Journal of Memories

 

Recap of my January memories/moments:

Jan. 1: A sunny day and cross country skiing out in the yard with Phil and Tommie - Oregon home. 

Jan. 2: The New Year Women's Retreat that I organized! 

Jan. 5: Sami turned 25

Jan. 11: We purchased the Baker House (Phil and I): 1035 F Street

Jan. 13: The start of our Pause Retreat: Drove 7 hours to Salt Lake

Jan. 14: Massage at a Salt Lake Spa

Jan. 15: Epic 'eyeball hurting' drive to Palm Desert: 10 or 11 hours of weather. Ug. But there's a lemon tree and orange trees in the backyard and a pool and a hot tub/jaccuzzi! We made it! 

Jan. 16: The start of our 2 mile/day walks - 

Jan. 17: Bighorn Overlook Trail hike with Phil and Tommie

Jan. 18: Beautiful dinner at a French Restaurant

Jan. 20: Hitting golf balls at a beautiful golf course: SilverRock Golf Club. 

Jan. 21: Hike to Palm Desert Cross with Tommie and Phil. Paula's birthday 

Jan. 22: Played 9 holes: Executive Course. 

Jan. 23: Found a great ramen place for lunch! Sapporo

Jan. 24: Walk along Butler Adams Trail

Jan. 25: I made a lovely dinner, Phil golfed 16 holes at Desert Willow Golf Club

Jan. 26: Back to Bighorn Trail - lunch at Sherman's

Jan. 27: My golf lesson. 1 hour. How to hold the club and distance from ball. Game changers!

Jan. 28: Erin and Pam arrive for 3 days! Beautiful dinner at the Cork Tree

Jan. 29: Murray Canyon hike with Erin and Pam outside of Palm Springs (on an Indian Reservation) and lunch in Palm Springs. Another lovely dinner, this time at a Italian Restaurant. Mamma Gina. 

Jan 30: Shopping and bopping. Palm Desert with my friends while Phil got a massage. Favorite store? Sundance!

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Deep conversations with Erin and Pam. Heavy stuff. Pam's husband's death, 8 months ago, and how she has been surviving. Family Drama. How to move forward. What am I doing for my own end of life preparations as well as Phil's.  These drained me. I'm still tired. Exhausted. 

Too much eating and drinking. Need to detox. Feeling bloated and large.

Lots of snuggles with Phil. Beautiful time with this man.

Lots of great walks with little miss Tommie, who know goes to the door when we say 'let's go for a walk'. And then she tries to lead.