It just keeps getting better. Today was somewhat typical although my mood is not always this elevated.* I woke up pretty early (earlier than I wanted but my body gets to choose these days!) and enjoyed some coffee and puttered a bit before going for a walk in the beautiful weather we are having.
I was walking with a big grin on my face just so happy to BE and watching the activity pick up on the sidewalks as people start their day. When I was on the pier, it hit me... I have no worries. None unless I make up something. Things are good. I have good friends, family I am looking forword to visiting next week, feeling optimistic that I'll meet someone to share my FIREd journey with (broke up with the girl I was seeing and we should remain friends, we were on different planes -She LIKES TPS reporting!), my knee and shoulder have been behaving better, I live in an amazing booming fun city, I was looking forward to my second guitar lesson (finally have the time to correct 15 y/o me's mistake of not taking lessons). In that moment, I just stopped and looked out over the bay and back towards the city and felt more relaxed and stress-free than I've ever experienced and just savored it for a minute (my eyes are watering as I type this). I did it, I got where I planned and worked to be, and I just was and enjoyed it! It was a wonderful feeling!
After my walk, I did my exercises and cleaned up and had lunch before my guitar lesson. I enjoyed my lesson and think I found a good teacher and cannot wait to practice (need to rest my poor virgin fingers). On my way home, I hit the grocery store mid-afternoon, the shelves were restocked from the weekend locusts and I shopped with that same stupid grin on my face at a leisurely pace. After putting away my groceries, I took my chair outside on the stoop and read a book and puttered on my phone for an hour and a half before coming inside and making dinner. Now, I'm going to turn on the TV to relax a bit before bed where I expect to fall asleep with this same stupid grin on my face.
*Finally got confirmation yesterday that my out-processing was actually received and processed by the bureaucracy. It was a stressor as I was still getting deposits I was not entitled to into my HSA that will need to be backed out and I was worried they wouldn't fix it before the end of the tax year and every time I called I got a run around "I did my part" response but no follow up. I think feeling some relief from this helped make today extra good.
