Good morning?!?

I don't often succumb to being affected by "outside" news events.  If I'm in a funk, it's my personal life that's causing it (mostly, usually).

Life feels heavy right now.  Not my life necessarily, but things around me.  The virus, tornados in Nashville, family illness, election anger, NON-STOP rain for days at a time, the stock market.  Every time I turn on my computer, see a notification on my watch ... it's something scary or sad or frustrating ... and out of my control.  I feel a vibration of worry under the surface too much.

People want to talk and over-talk about heavy things (as I'm doing this morning too!!).  Hubby is worried about job choices, stock market.  Friends upset about travel issues and weather issues.  Politics.

Every day I need to focus HARD to see better things, notice goodness.  I woke up to the news in Nashville.  Went to bed with family worries.

It's not my usual to personalize things that don't "belong" to me -- at least not THIS much.  Makes me want to hibernate and isolate which makes it worse.   I'm trying to keep the faith that this is part of things-getting-better, not everything-falling-apart.  The universe is working for us, not against us.

Guess waking up to the alert on my phone about Nashville put this on my mind this morning.  I have alerts and news minimized, but I need to have SOME information.  As much as I'd love to put my head in the sand, I need to look up a little.  It's hard to not absorb it.

Here's some better stuff ....

Shower invitations went out.  I got suckered to pay for the Evites, but they look nice ($15).  The free options were a little lame for what this is -- free is great for a neighborhood potluck.  I think I'm set until about a week before when I need to finish food specifics.  Taking it off my mind for now.

I'm having the cake knife engraved tomorrow.  The kids are using the wedding knife that was engraved for our wedding.  How nice if this becomes a family piece?!?  I love something with a history.  Now it will have 2 sets of names/date.  I have plenty of time, but I want to act as though I don't -- too many bumps in the road lately.  I want things FINISHED.

Hair appointment today and we'll schedule everything for the wedding.  I need a few more practice hair days too.  I was hoping to get my hair done on days when it would be fun, but it's not working out.  Neither shower date works (one is out of town, the other too early in the day) and I have nothing else on the calendar LOL.  I'll keep thinking on this -- hate to waste a special hair day!!  Maybe I need to make some special days ...

I survived the Costco run yesterday.  It was PACKED ... on a Monday, in the pouring rain.  The meat manager said it's the virus -- can't keep the shelves stocked.  I'm set (for now) on meds, paper goods and I bulked up the pantry and freezer a little too.  Can't hurt to be prepared for empty shelves and crazy panic if there is a local outbreak.  Taking action makes me feel better.  IF things get dicey here, I want to limit exposure and being stocked helps minimize crowd interaction at Costco -- hah.

Some of my goodies from Etsy are due to arrive soon -- clutch bag and earrings.  Stay tuned ... and fingers crossed.

My focus today is to limit my worry and the focus on the good.  I'll steer conversations to better things and stay clear of the news cycle.  Acceptance.  It's a beautiful thing when I remember to use it. Later gators.