Blissful Simplicity

I’d forgotten how blissful it could be to get an uninterrupted night’s sleep and wake in the morning to a simply perfect breakfast. I’m staying in Chattanooga for business and unlike most times when I’m here, I’m the only person traveling which means there isn’t the pressure to go out with the team every night. Don’t get me wrong, I love my team and enjoy hanging with them, but sometimes it’s really nice to just luxuriate in the quiet aloneness of a hotel room.

Last night I stopped at Greenlife Grocery for some simple fixings for breakfast and dinner. I got the most awesome chicken satays that were divine when warmed up in the microwave, some cheese and crackers, some andoulle sausage, some fruit, and a piece of Southern delight pizza. I indulged in a rose scented bubble bath before dinner and then enjoyed an incredible dinner of pizza and satays (hey I hadn’t eaten lunch) topped off with a Doubletree Chocolate Chip Cookie. After dinner, I crawled into bed at 9 pm, turned on 24 and enjoyed watching the show and texting my honey at key points during the show. The bed was warm and comfy and as soon as the show was over, I turned it off and snuggled down into the cozy comfortable (as Caitlin would say) for one of the best nights sleep I’ve had in a really long time.
When my rooster alarm went off this morning at six, I stretched, hit the snooze and snuggled back into that incredibly indulgent bed for a few more minutes of sleep. I finally rolled out of bed at 7 and indulged in a long hot shower that wasn’t quite as satisfying as the hot bath, but close. Breakfast was cheese and crackers and a sausage warmed up and served in a Wolfgang Puck paper coffee cup. A very simple, but satisfying breakfast as I couldn’t even eat all of my cheese and crackers. From a diet perspective, the good thing about cheese and crackers is that it is truly body satisfying and not like eating pancakes which will have you hungry again in 20 minutes.
Now it’s time to head off to work and the long day that I know lies ahead. We’ve got guests in this week so my chances of another comfy self indulgent night in my hotel room are slim, but maybe I can at least get back in time to get to take a bubble bath, fall asleep early in my comfy bed, and awake in a feeling of releaxed and blissful simplicity.

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Raine Shakti

Raine Shakti believes in living her life cairn by cairn and in helping others learn to do the same. Her day job is in the training and communications field and her best professional experiences are when she is able to empower people. She has spent the last few years reclaiming her life and her inner warrior. Part of this journey was becoming an ordained priestess with the Fellowship of Isis. Her Matron deities are Nephthys who has helped her become a true virgin woman, the Morrigan who has taught her what it means to be sovereign, and Yemaya who has taught her the strength in having a loving heart.

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