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Finally May( May the force be with you )






It's Finally May , 2020! Spring is in the air, flowers of plenty and yes, some of us are still under a stay at home order. Bright Side of this we are still on a vacation of shorts and making progress in life with great weather ahead ! I believe good things will happen this month and I am smiling about it as I type; good things ahead for all of us. Since my last update of life last month,before losing mocha; there was a new addition to the family if you didn't know already! Another German Shepard came into my life and his name is Mason, he has a story as well. He of course came from the Westside German Shepherd rescue in Los Angeles. Now there's three big German Shepherds running around and they all start with the Letter M! It can be confusing sometimes who to call , by what name some days but I guess it makes things intersecting.

And if you are like me trying to find as much normalcy as possible is key to stay on top of things. But I can tell you that I am enjoying the family that is around as much as possible , like soaking up as time I can with them either that be via skype or the ones home. I know we are struggling with work being difficult currently but I like to think that this moment is a reset button on that section on all of lives. We all work again and don't have to worry about making ends meet. Just have faith and stay positive as you can during this time.

We also have Mother's day to look forward to coming, Celebrations might look a bit different this year! But I think this year we can all be a little more creative to share each mother in our lives that they are special even if things are different this year. And I already have been thinking about what I could do this year even at a distance.

Now what in store for misread currently, I don't have a full answer right now but Collaborations are coming up! And I am just being relaxed with my blog and adding new blog post for the future daily. A few written pieces that I always wanted to finish are coming up sooner than later. And I finally have a clear schedule to layout a new print shop and hopefully will be more user friendly. Behind the scenes of it all, I am writing again on my two unfinished novels and going for it. I truly sat down and thought, "What do I have to lose right now ". My answer right now, " Is absolutely nothing", besides getting it out there for your eyes Finally!

Let's all see together , what May brings and keep an open mind about it. Stay positive and don't forget to reach out to anyone and everyone.

Love , Misread

P.s : See you soon

 

Feeling lost without Mocha



It's been a few days since my Little mocha has been gone. I catch myself looking for her in the places where she used sleep in her days. That alone sounds weird in itself. I am writing this in my favorite chair that she took over because of the blanket. I have sat here and thought about her, her life and standout moments that I will always remember. I can say I don't I will ever own other kitty after her because she was special one and I can't see myself letting another kitty in my bed. Like what my best friend said the other day when she heard about Mocha, " Mastermind mocha ". And she definitely lived up to that name to her very last moments.



I have been sitting here with my phone in my hand the last two hours trying to figure out what to say. So I am going to say lots of things that might not exactly make sense altogether. I  made the decision unwilling to let Mocha go. She lived almost Sixteen years exactly,  born April 3rd, 2004 and her final day was April 15,2020. On her last day, she let me put her in her carrier with no problem for the first time in her life but we both cried all the way to town and I had my right hand petting her through the carrier as I drove the slowest I could. Let me quickly  say before I  forget I like to thank  Jonathan from Tehachapi valley vet hospital that help me ,help her after waiting in the full parking lot of pet owners. And I like to think it was her last and final sign to me because I  was thinking about a person with the same name that day before I made that decision sitting in that full parking lot. And he told me she was the sweetest kitty when he took her back and she's not one to like strangers at all which also shocked me to and didn't fight when she heard the razor which also shocked me . When it came to her final moment, I held her in my arms tight in my car and she was looking up at the sky , she was gone in thirty seconds. I knew I had the right call even if it killed me and doing it alone. And he took off her collar when I couldn't do it myself, holding her in my arms in their kitty blanket. I was a complete mess after that, I asked if he could cut a piece of her fur so I could take it home with me. When he took her away from me for the final time, I sat in my passenger seat crying my eyes out for I don't know how long. And when I could move, I stood up on the payment, leaned on to the car door until I could breathe and take a step through what seem a rainstorm of unless tears and I couldn't believe she was gone and she wasn't coming home with me either. And when I stop at a red light and no one was around, I looked into that passenger seat hoping she would just reappear and meow at me.

Coming home after everything else I had that day, I looked around my space and saw her everywhere and every moment we had together as I cleaned up my room.

Mocha was my longest relationship ever and it will be one I hold tight to by heart always. Over the last few days,I  have been looking for her in her favorite spots without even thinking or knowing I am doing it until a few moments later. I listen to my morning alarm and wait, wait for her to jump on my chest until I get out of bed but nothing happens. She would want me up so she could lay in my body heat before I made the bed after my cup of coffee. She lived well, she survived lots of things like being caught twice by two German shepherds,(King ) and (Gracie) side note the only reason they let her go because she peed on them in their mouth. She survived a week out in wilderness without getting attacked by anything when I first moved to the countryside . She found three rattlesnakes outside my bedroom window to warn me through out the summers she lived by the window seals . She's been my heated blanket before there were heated blanket made and then I had to convince her to let me have some of the heated blanket throughout the years.



Mocha was my favorite study partner when I went to school; she would seat on my back, my butt and head when I would lay on the floor for hours to distract me from my tasks.  She once brought a headless bird to me in the house and to this very day ,no sign of head in sight... Let all hope she left it outside. My mocha has been through everything with me since the age of ten, through heartbreaks, broken bones, surgeries and the occasional sneak out also the numerous colds. I also remember the time she took out the little christmas tree set we had with her whole body trying to get the dangling ornaments. What I miss the most is hearing her little paws running up and down the hallway tile in the midnight hour because she's fully wake from her full day of naps. I  miss seeing her little paw under the bathroom doors, telling me to let her in or she will open it and let me tell you she opened the door every single time regardless if I was in the bathtub or not. Today I  made my bed with new sheets and it took me just ten minutes to make it but I missed the moment where she would roll all over the bed with the new warm sheets and not let me make it until I caught her first probably in her mind it was my cardio for disturbing here from her nap.

I feel out of place without her and I will probably be for a very long time with her being gone. Reflecting over the last few days and reflecting all of our years together. I can say through all her masterminding moments that we both really understood each other fully and she was my other half but in kitty form. I miss those head nudges for cuddles and kisses the most all. My Favorite little Mocha in the world.

 

Happy Little Easter


Happy Easter to you all! I hope today, you are all enjoy this Sunday with those you have around and doing the family traditions that you would normally do if we weren't all quarantined as much as possible.

Today is also known as the Resurrection of Jesus Sunday then just Easter Sunday with all the sweet treats. I hope you all say a little prayer to start the day, I will be ; for all of us to get through these hard times and be able to hug, kiss our love ones sooner than later.

I thought I would share what some of my usual Easter Sunday traditions are. There isn't a long list of them, I will just share my favorites. And a few we do as a family even tho we are all adults now. We start the morning with a light breakfast of yummy things including hard boiled eggs. Start the meal by playing a game, that I have played since I was a kid called the" The Egg game" to me.You pick up a hard boiled egg out of the basket and either cup it in your palm horizontally to be the person that will get hit on the receiving end of the other persons egg or grab it with your fingers to be the one who will hit the receiving egg. Whoevers egg is left Un-cracked is the winner of each game. I tend to come in last place but throughout the years I have won a few times here and there. If you play this Egg game with your family around the table,it tends to get a little competitive, I am warning you now but it's still in good fun.

A little while after breakfast we start to cook a few yummy side dishes to have later for dinner that take a bit longer to prepare. One is usually a yummy egg salad using fresh boiled eggs and other top secret ingredients that no one knows what they are still to this day.And warm cheese egg rolls made out egg roll wrappers and three different kind of cheeses, which is very favorite little snack item any time of the year. And a assortment of pastry cookies , made by my sweet grandmother. In-between making the yummy food that turn into the best leftovers for the week, we color the leftover hard boiled eggs. Every year there tend to tie dyed ones and of course the tradition tan colored eyes as well (which I recommend to used in the game , I mentioned before.) Just don't tell anyone that I told you so.



A little while after breakfast we start to cook a few yummy side dishes to have later for dinner. One is usually a yummy egg salad. And warm cheese egg rolls made out egg roll wrappers and has three different kind of cheeses, which is very favorite little snack item. And a assortment of pastry cookies , handmade by my sweet grandmother and we all devour with a cup of tea . In-between making the yummy food that turn into the best leftovers for the rest of the week, we color the leftover hard boiled eggs from that morning and that also turns into another round of eggs. Every year there tend to be tie dyed ones and of course the tradition tan colored eyes as well (which I recommend to used in the egg game ,I mentioned before.) We take walks around the lakes and walk the trails of the fresh wildflowers that have just blossomed, which is favorite part of the day besides eating the yummy things. I tend to be the gigging one in the fields of flowers for no reason other than enjoying what was created long before I ever existed. If it's never been obvious before my camera is always attached to me on those walks in the middle of nowhere waiting for the unexpected moment to be captured. And yet I realised I am not a little kid anymore but seeing those blossoms make me feel that I am still each year and full of cheer on this particular day.

I hope you take this Sunday for yourself and your family. Enjoy that fresh cup of juice or hot cup of coffee, watch the blue-jays and cardinals flying around in the morning sky Enjoy church virtually, get all dressed and enjoy it outside if the weather you let's you. Facetime, call your love ones and see if they are doing well, tell them you can't wait to Hug them soon. Create a yummy brunch spread that looks absolutely amazing. Play the silly games and color eggs, hide the eggs around the house , make the best of this Sunday by being relaxed and blessed for where we are right now. We don't have to be in a rush for anything or buying the next big thing in the world.

To just BE in the moment for the time being, Enjoy every spare second of it.


See you on the Next post! We shall see what I post next because it will be a surprise to me too!

Be Safe and keep things light.

Love you, Misread.



 

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