I was off work today for the holiday and spent some time shoveling the driveway again. Seems like that\u2019s all I do anymore when I\u2019m not working or sleeping, but it needed to be done and I got to talk to the neighbors for a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I was done, I went back inside to take care of the dogs and then decided to treat myself for lunch. I had a list of errands to run as well, but lunch was first on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went to Honeygrow – a savory bowl\/yogurt\/honey bar – and ordered at the kiosk. That\u2019s the only way to order in person and I took my time building the perfect bowl. I subtracted a few ingredients, added a few, and topped it off with a drink. Easy. I got my cup from the counter then found a small two-person table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had a book with me and started reading while I waited for my food. It was a good book, but I managed to keep enough of my attention free to listen for my name to be called. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When they brought over the food I was genuinely grateful – it smelled amazing and I couldn\u2019t wait to get started. With a book in one hand and a fork in the other, I dropped into a bubble and tuned out the rest of the restaurant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I might as well have been the only person for a hundred miles in any direction – so thoroughly did I tune everything<\/em> else out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I finally got to my last few bites I \u201csurfaced\u201d and took stock of my surroundings.\u00a0 The restaurant had been nearly deserted when I walked in and was now bustling with people ordering at the kiosks, waiting for to-go orders, or trying to find a table. \u00a0 I realized a family of 5 was near me looking for a table and if I vacated, they would have the table of 4 next to me and my table as well.\u00a0 I finished up, collected my tray and book, and offered them my seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I took my tray and dishes to the bin and refilled my drink on the way out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve lost myself so thoroughly in a book – the phone has made my attention span go to shit – but I was in a bubble while I ate and read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But the meal ended and I was back in the real world. I went on about my way and carried a little of that simple peace on my travels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I had been lost for a little while there and I was more than fine with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was off work today for the holiday and spent some time shoveling the driveway again. Seems like that\u2019s all I do anymore when I\u2019m not working or sleeping, but it needed to be done and I got to talk to the neighbors for a bit. When I was done, I went back inside to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3307,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions\/3307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}