happy....

So as it turns out, Portland is small and I have met a lot of people.  I find myself seeing familiar faces in the new places I go check out.

Spring started on Monday (which also happened to be my day off) and I took a small hike with some red curry and found my first patch of trilliums.

 Also some stinging nettles to cook for breakfast and make tea out of.

I felt myself getting a little congested, (I think partly because I kissed a boy who told me the next day he was miserably sick) so I drank the fire cider I made the first day of February.

Fire Cider = Apple Cider vinegar that I infused with turmeric, ginger, onion, garlic, elderberry flowers, cayenne pepper, black pepper, blood oranges, lemon zest and more, that I left to sit in a cabinet for 6 weeks shaking occasionally.

Any who; this stuff is magic and makes me feel so good in the mornings.  I also boiled my reishi mushrooms that I found and dried to make a tea with the nettles, so I feel like my immune system is strong and I'm taking all the measures to take care of myself.

Yesterday, I went dancing at the Goodfoot, but I still wasn't feeling 100% so it was a slightly early night but great none the less.

Life is good.  Going to all these places that I want to go to is good.  Not worrying about another person is good.  Life is still busy, but I'm getting on track.

I intend to enroll in one credited class about native plants and geology at PCC, and am planning to hit some Hot Springs on Sunday, then a little hike on Monday.

Doing all the things that make me happy :)