Lets catch up!

Lets catch up!

So I have been doing lots and been all over the place and eaten a lot of cake. I also have a water infection. So lets start with Thursday.

Thursday I was trying to balance getting lots done and preparing for ritual that night. It was a good one. The day was stressful but at the end of it there was cake. I really wanted to charge my friends Goddess figure well because of many things. Mostly because she helped make our re-renewal of vows so special, because she is a kind and lovely lady and because she has waited a long time for this baby. She and her husband will be amazing parents.

In circle we had D and N which for the most part was cool and everyone conducted themselves well. I cleansed the circle with water from the natural spring, with rock salt dissolved in it and used a bundle of fresh herbs from the garden to sprinkle and disperse the water around the space. Then came the incense. I cast the circle and called the corners. I knew I wanted drumming and chanting and had written what I wanted in my trusty notebook during the day. We were calling on The Great Mother's, Magna Mater. In the end we did three different chants. At the end of each chant I anointed red candles with oil and fake blood, then anointed me and N with it.  The last chant we called on the power of blood, chord and womb. I used all of this, focused it through the coven sword into the body of the Goddess.
TK and I blessed the cake and the cup. 
This seemed to inspire N and TK as they both started talking about creative projects. I released and thanked all The Goddesses and elemental quarters. Then I released the circle.
D then left as N was staying over to dog sit ( a job she did so well Lady wanted to leave with her when she came back!)
Friday morning was a bit crazy as the coach was at a little after 9am. Most everything was already packed and so on but I was not awake enough for making sandwiches (here begins the unhealthy food of the weekend!). So at the little Spar at the bus station the fine dining of macarons and apple juice, as well as chocolate eclairs (the sweets not the cakes) and a big bag of Monster Munch and a bottle of lemonade!
I chose to sit near the back, near the loo. This was a great idea, and a bad idea. I do not know who, or what made the bad smell in there but every time someone went into the loo a waft of stench came out! The journey wasn't so bad and we stopped and I bought the world most expensive apple (£8 for 3 apples). The air-con was mostly working but it was very sticky and uncomfortable. London was hot. I mean like, "I think my brain is cooking" kind of hot.
The next coach had no loo, and no air-con (you don't know what ya got 'til it's gone) and by this point I feel sort of drunk?
I can't for the life of me remember what we ate or did that night, though I think Game of Thrones happened...
Baby Shower!
I have never been to one before, and neither had anyone there. We were late/ S told some folks a set time and they helped set up and had to go not long after we got there. There was a lot of tea and cake. Which would have been awesome but I was backing into the shade at every opportunity like a vampire! I was surprised at the lack of practical gifts. There were some but mostly clothes.
If I ever organize a baby shower I am going to make a list like a wedding list with things like baby bath and stand, changing mat,  push-chair, bottle sterilizer, nappy bin, baby sling and so on.
It was a lovely day. The people a just met were nice. I was a hot mess as my darling Shai says. After all that sweet and there was a lot, we all need real food. Instead we went to get fried chicken and it was blissful.
Sunday I wake up with the UTI burn and pressure and bright green pee. I don't really have time to worry about it as I know I need to get it together for traveling home.
Different route this time with a wait in Birmingham in the middle. It wasn't so bad I just put my headphones on and tried to zone out from my discomfort and everything.
We get home and th house is cleaner than when we left. N and us order in Chinese and then I take a look at my under carriage with a mirror. It is not good, like REALLY not good and very gross.
I call my kidney doctor the next day and wait for her to call me back. I write a lot. I sleep a lot. Drink pint after pint of water with lemon in it. 
My doctor call me into hospital yesterday morning for anti-biotics and to run some tests. I had planned to keep writing and maybe make some felt charms but I just zoned out all day. I think that is all caught up?

Bright Blessings and drink lots of water, it is damn hot!