I Feel Rich

I was up late last night so this morning in lounged around in bed until 9:44 am. That's really late for me since I'm usually up at 5:30. Somehow I feel rich today (only a rich person would stay in bed this long).

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The sun is out after days of rain and the sky is an expansive blue. A shaft of sunlight shines on me and there's a part of me inside that throws her arms in the air and dances around in a circle. I admit it:  I'm solar-powered. When the sun is out I feel happy and energized. I think I'll clean the living room, and scrub the toilet, maybe get my car washed, rearrange my closet, plant some flowers by the front door, drive my Mom around on errands, go to the health food store, drop a package off at Mail Boxes Etc., do laundry, send donations to my favorite charities (PG&E, the water company, and others), call Johnny to confirm his travel plans, and and and...

I'm just like the Energizer Bunny...only I'm not pink, and my ears aren't long, I don't wear sunglasses, and I don't pound on a drum, but other than that, we're exactly the same.

Oh, the sun slipped behind a cloud.

The brightness is gone.

Maybe I'll just lay here for a while.

The sun's out again. I jump up to stand in a sunbeam, palms out to absorb the Light. Fill me. Heal me. Warm me.

Now it hides behind a baby cloud, but I just smile. I know it's playing peek-a-boo with me and will come out agin.

I'm beginning to trust. I'm beginning to relax. I'm beginning just to be.

Be happy in this delicious moment while eagerly anticipating the next one.

Somehow I feel rich today.
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I'm famished and decide to have brekkies at my fav restaurant, River Street Cafe. Fried farm eggs sitting on a bed of potatoes and spicy rounds of sausage, plus a big glass of pomegranate kombucha on draft. I like to think I have a personal chef who cooks organic yummy meals for me whenever I want them. I feel rich today.

I stop by American Apparrel looking for some pants. The sales girl walks me around the store and shows me the things she loves that just came in, but aren't on the floor yet. I feel like I have my own personal shopper. I feel rich today.

A bit hungry (because I ate only half my breakfast), I walk over to the Delmarette for a warm cheese scone and a cup of light roast Verve coffee. I feel rich today.

I found seven stretchy bracelets strung with silver beads and fresh water pearls. I bought them last weekend at the Napa General Store and forgot about them. I slip them on and, oh, I feel rich today.

My Mom boiled two freshly-caught Dungeness crabs for dinner. Oooo...the succulent meat...dipped into warm pots of sweet butter. I feel rich today.

I usually bake on Sundays. Me and my fam take one skinny piece of cake and I take the rest to work. Elizabeth Falkner of Citizen Cake shared a recipe on Daily Candy:  Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. A tender orange crumb balanced with a creamy, tangy frosting. Heaven! I make about 15 of them. I'd never buy that many from her bakery so I feel rich today.
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May richness surround you today.

Warmly,


Catherine