I Finally Bought The Coat - Monday Morning/Weekly Check-In Post
How Are YOU?
“What coat? Now what is she talking about?”
Yeah, I hear you. If you’re not caught up or don’t remember (and I do not expect that you would have remembered) you can read my original screed on buying coats and magical thinking here :
With winter approaching, and the possibility that part of our winter may be spent in Chicago, I felt it was finally perfectly acceptable for me to buy the coat, so I did, on November 17th, the day after we spoke with our friends who are family in Chicago and felt the immediacy of cold weather and snow as a real possibility.
Now I am not saying that our landlord letting us know the very next day that we can stay through the winter and into the beginning of spring is because I bought the coat, but, I am pretty sure it is. This coat and the buying or not buying of it I have clearly imbued with magical powers and I am wondering what else I can make it do for me/all of us. I mean, it ended the drought in Southern California last year and is making it possible for us to enjoy the holidays and our birthdays here in Ojai, so I am pretty excited to find out.
I have processed some deep layers of grief around the possibility of leaving Ojai and am now just feeling more relaxed about the opportunities ahead, many of which are completely unknown to me in this moment. Yet I can feel them, brewing, and when I tune in I feel lighter and happier, except for when I think about the packing and the actual physical moving. But then I remember to ask The Faeries for help, they are excellent at assisting in tasks that feel heavy, and once again I feel lighter.
Somehow we are headed into the last month of 2023. I was thinking about the whole “time is an illusion” thing that is often said in New Agey circles and otherwise. Hell, I have said it/channeled it myself. Yeah, let me just say, that knowing we have four months to move as opposed to two months makes a huge difference in our experience here in very real and grounded ways. So, even though on some other dimension it may be an illusion, it’s a very real thing here in 3d. Now, sure, it can be manipulated. I once got somewhere in 10 minutes that should have taken 30 due to an urgent need to make it happen, and this did not include speeding or the running of any red lights, so this kind of magic is possible, and yet, '“time is an illusion” said to someone who is suffering/struggling due to the constraints of time, may simply be offering them a bypass.
How are you? Please leave me a comment below and let me know.
P.S. The Moon is full in Gemini right now along with a few other intense astrological aspects. I certainly started to feel the heaviness I sometimes associate with the full moon energies yesterday along with feeling some pressure regarding figuring out the rest of my life. I sat and ran a FOAL and talked it through with my trusty companion, Jon. If you’re feeling it, this too will pass shortly.
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I love your coat, Nora and I love mine, too. I walked in it this morning to a nearby get together and with the addition of a warm scarf I was comfy in my new coat at 32 degrees. It was sunny with no wind, and I was happy to be warm enough.
Thanksgiving was surprisingly fine at my sister in law's home. Her partner's family was there too so our hostesses were on their best behavior and a good time was had by all. I had nice conversations with everyone at some point in the gathering.
I'm starting to feel weird at these check-ins as I seem to always say I am doing good, fine or the like. Yes, I have problems with money. Yes, my brother is sick with cancer, but I still feel optimistic and interested in life and supported and loved. I danced by the light of the full moon and had a wonderful turkey soup dinner with a neighbor last night. I have found more interesting Zoom workshops than I can possibly attend (though I do catch several a week.) Mostly I am fine because of being retired and having my time as my own. I just need to move more--my one goal that I don't seem to get a grasp on, but even so, life is good and I feel good.
Thanks for the chance to check in, Nora. Much love to you and your faithful companion.
Thank you for reminding me how The Faeries can help, with big tasks and more. If you don't mind I'm going to be judgemental, you and Jon are doing a fantastic job of grappling with the hugeness of the move!!! It's inspirational. Check-in.... I'm having fun and also getting overwhelmed by the book I am writing. Every hour I remind myself that I'm not an impostor, I am creating something that may just turn out to be GREAT. Time is an illusion, 14 years ago I embarked on the path that has led me to today's work. I'm like an oyster growing that pearl. And you my friend have given me that not so little grain of sand where the beautiful pearl grows. The morsel of wisdom, we are love and light incarnate came from your transmissions, from you. Thank you Nora.