Under Construction - MHWA Retreat

Hey Char and everyone!

Things have been pretty good for me mentally since January 4. I’ve been feeling really happy and excited, especially because we’re going to Hawaii on January 23! I do feel like I have a little bit of “senioritis” at work, just trying to get everything squared away before we actually leave. My birthday was January 2, but honestly it was kind of shit. January 4 was my man‘s daughter‘s wedding, so that was really nice to be at. I wrote about it here: "But I Only Have Eyes For Him"  Now I’ve just been riding that high and getting more and more excited to see my extended family in Hawaii. So even though work is actually three meetings every day and absolutely horrible, I’m not doing too bad.

I’m reading (mostly kids books), feeling inspired to write poetry again, and handwriting every day in a physical journal that was given to me through an auction on here. (Thanks Whata!)

As for non-labor-intensive activities this group can do, I was in another group once where we had a Campfire Creative together that was really informal and fun to just give updates like this or whatever else you wanted to share every once in a while when your turn came up. The only work would be setting it up and then it kind of runs itself

I hope everyone is feeling good!
-Emily