The plan, at least for this week

Uneventful trip with the truck: Check.

Successful and easy unloading: Check.

All boat-stuff appropriately stored: About 75% so far. But the laundry is all done!

Week-long retreat with covenmates, affiliated covens, spouses, and about 450 other people: Check. We left about 18 hours early, at my request. Ritual together with the group was awesome, distance with disaffiliated spouse was challenging. Spouse had a lovely couple of days sitting in the outdoors with a book. As we left he remarked how much he liked the venue. 

For me, the venue is nice -- ex-farm beautifully converted to retreat center, trees and birds and cabins oh my. But it's also full of flashbacks to some of our most difficult moments when his overuse of alcohol and underuse of communication came to a head a few years ago.

For me, the flashbacks were the price I was paying for being here with the elders and siblings. For spouse, the moments of ritual (most of which he skipped) were the price he was paying for being here with me and feeling like he was honoring my request.

The Talk needs to happen today ... after two more rounds of shopping for necessary goat-fence parts (he's off doing that now).

In other news, some moving and shaking in the next generation of the family. A residential boat that has become untenable, and a lot of 'not sure what we'll do next'. Me, I'll stay tuned and help where possible.

Today I'm seeking love and light wherever possible, too.