Actually, the headline is a lie.

I started writing after days and days of depressing gray, cold weather. I’d heard Rhode Island was beautiful in September and October. This year, not so much.

But today the sun is out, and it looks like a week of beautiful 60 degree weather. I am grateful for this, our last week in RI.

1. How affected I am by the weather.
2. That body image crap stays with you, even into your 70’s
3. How routine helps with everything from exercise to reading.
4. How lucky I am to have two lovely places to call home.

Speaking of routines, I have been pretty much sticking to my morning routine again: wake up and make Aeropress coffee with a scoop of Fortibone collagen for my osteoporosis, check emails and instagram (I know, I know), throw down the yoga mat for 15 minutes of stretches and weight lifting- count to ten on each move, then eat a healthy breakfast of oatmeal or high-protein, low sugar granola with a banana followed by vitamins (CoQ10, D, and multi).

The days I don’t manage this, I can tell something is off. In a week, we head back to Virginia for the winter, so I’ll have to regroup in a new space. Somehow leaving this year seems easier. I haven’t started getting teary-eyed every time I think of packing up the car.

But I did run down to the dock to capture this yesterday. So, sometimes disrupting the routine is well worth it.