I slept pretty well last night. I think I could have gotten up a bit earlier than I did, but I ended up staying until nearly 6:45. I had some interesting dreams. One involved encountering my ex-husband. We tried hard to ignore each other.
I’m feeling better today, overall. My tummy is still feeling bubbly, so I went ahead and drank the senna tea, which should clear me out tomorrow. I hope that ends the wonky feeling in my body.
Or maybe the mountains will heal me. I hope I can find a good spot to camp when I drive out tomorrow night. It stays bright pretty late, and it shouldn’t take me too long to drive out. I might want to call in and order my pizza before 5 so I can get a good start. Mapping says it should take about an hour, so I’m thinking two.
I’m not sure how I’m going to do blogging up there when I’m out of signal. I might make posts up there for each day that I’ll then post when I get back to internet, or I might just do one post for Monday and talk about the whole weekend. A combination post for all the dates. That might be the way to go. I will be bringing my computer because that’s how I prefer to journal, but I’ll also have a notebook if this thing runs out of juice.
I walked to the mailbox today. Felt good. No twinges on that left calf. I got a registration notice for my car, so I took care of that when I got back to the house. I’ve been working on my list of things to pack throughout the day, during breaks. In the evening, I got my bedding and the “get home” box into the car. I’m taking Ambrose’s sleeping quilt, even though it stinks like Febreeze. I hate that he Febreezed everything in the week before he died. I wish he had put it off so I could smell him instead.
The food and cooking gear is packed up, but not in the car yet. Same with the tent. I’ve got to get my clothes together. Figure out which boots I’m going to be taking. Maybe I’ll wear the clogs and bring my hiking boots. That will work out if I want to go for a little day hike. I’ll be bringing my day pack so I’ll be ready. There’s a peak not far from where I hope to camp, so I might do that.
Tomorrow morning, I’ll be getting up and packing the car. I’m going to bring my chairs. I only need one to sit on, but the other one is for me to put stuff on. It’s like a table. Or a guest seat, though it’s starting to tear at the seams and might fall apart if someone sits on it too hard.
Today started out rainy and gray, but ended up sunny and beautiful. Memorial Day is usually rainy. That’s what it has been most years for our traditional Memorial Day trip. It’s really hard to pack everything up for this trip without him. Knowing he won’t be going with me this time in anything but spirit. But I’m also honoring him by going. Honoring what we built together. I think I’ll feel him strongly out there.
