Greyscale

February is always a challenging month even though it's so short, and this year it's getting to me more than usual. Last month's snow has all melted leaving the world grey and gloomy. The news every day is frankly appalling and I'm struggling with what a customer at work described yesterday as "cosmic and spiritual exhaustion" - feeling a duty to stay informed and fight back by contacting my elected reps as much as possible, but also feeling deeply overwhelmed by it all and just wanting to hide.

Lots of changes are going on at work too, and that's stressful in the moment and also making me even more anxious to get finished with my coding course, pass my exam, and get a new job (with the added dread of trying to job hunt in the current uncertain climate, for a job related to the medical field.)

Oh and my husband just tested positive for covid, because we need one more thing going on!

In the face of all this I've been priorizing my afternoon walks and trying really hard to find something beautiful every day, even though it's all cold and wet and grey. I've shared some of those things and I hope they make you look a little closer at the tiny beautiful things in your life, even if they are shades of grey.