I am currently soaking in a hot bath filled with Lavender Pure Epsom Salt. I ended up with two days off work. My back was acting up yesterday so I had to cancel my shift and make an emergency Physio appointment. The muscles in my back and legs don’t work as they used to. Because I was all twisted and bent over for about 6 months my body is out of whack. My left lumbar muscles over extend themselves because they think they have to activate with every move I make so they are working and over extending leading to pain. I have to retrain my muscles to relax when they aren’t needed. This will take core work and a lot of stretching to loosen them up.

Today was a scheduled day off and since my back was feeling better I did the usual cleaning, grocery shopping with my partner. When we got home I made a honey lemon tea and we sat on the couch. He wrote while I daydreamed and sipped my tea.

I’ve been thinking about camping lately since I’ve seen a lot of tents lately in local parks. I believe these are homeless people from the city trying to find shelter. There are clothes and bags all over the grass outside the tents. It reminds me of the one and only time I went semi-camping with my ex. Someone had a house party out in Windsor and we stayed overnight in a tent on the large piece of land. But it poured rain and the tent broke. We got soaked through. We tried to fix the tent in the rain with no luck. I never went camping again.

I would however camp on a beach by the water. That seems dreamy to me. Even if we end up sleeping with sand everywhere.

I’m more of a cottage life girl. My parents have a cottage in Orillia, Ontario on the lake and I love spending summer days by the water with a book. My dad also takes us on boat rides and used to take us tubing and water skiing when we were younger. I’m still terrified of wasps but I love being in nature. Walking through a park or forest area always brings me peace (unless there is a wasp).

I’ve been thinking about the cottage too. I only went up once this year because my schedule was crazy. I hope to get up there more next summer. One day I would love to retire in a place like our cottage. Somewhere by the water with trees. Or maybe get a condo on the beach in St. Martin… a girl can dream.