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Friday Night Soak in the Tub, Woohoo! Self Care for Stress

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I didn’t have a bathtub for about 2 weeks, says the lady who is co-owner to BubbleBathSelfEmpowerment.  I’m a renter and the landlord has been re-doing the bathroom as they get time.

I came home from work last night not expecting to have a bathtub again, but craving a good soak in the tub after 2 weeks of washing up at the kitchen sink (no bathroom sink either).  But, to my surprise, the bathtub was in and plumbing was working!  Woohoo!

I located the bath-bomb my daughter bought me and the new loofah sponge I had and drew up a hot bath.  What a delight, and a reminder of how a bath is such a great way to take care of yourself.

It had been a week of a job interview, first 3 days on the job, financial worries and a relationship ending.  A week full of people when I’m not used to having people around all the time (not that it’s a bad thing – I’m adjusting back into work life from being self employed). A week of re-learning my old job, many questions about it, wondering if I’m good enough.  A week of having a bug that gave me soreness, chills and swollen glands. A week of big change.  I’m very thankful for these changes but so wanted to come home to a hot bath all week just to let everything go and de-stress. While this change is a good thing, it’s stressful right now.

When the day finally came that I had a new bathtub I was ecstatic! To just lay in a hot bath and let all my troubles go for the night. To soften my skin with the loofah.  To shave (lol).  To feel clean.  To have time to myself. To make plans for my future.  To thank God for all He has done for me.  To see my new bathroom taking shape.  Best Friday night I’ve had in a while.

~ Monica

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The pandemic brought a lot of awareness to me about climate change, food shortages, how quickly our hospitals could colapse and more. This has sent me on a mission of becoming self-sustainable, empowered and working to help heal the earth. That is what the focus of this blog has become. The main way I'm working at this is through building a food forest and documenting as much as possible in hopes to inspire others. The more of us that do this, the more it will help heal the earth. When we buy produce from the grocery store, it was grown through monoculture, and that leads to use of chemicals that goes onto our food and into our planet, destroying soil. If we grow our own through permaculture (a food forest), we give the soil health. We also give ourselves health by growing organic foods and herbs that contribute to our health. There's a lot more to this, but this touches the surface. I'm only one year into this but my food forest is growing. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

11 thoughts on “Friday Night Soak in the Tub, Woohoo! Self Care for Stress”

    1. Thank-you for the thought Amber! I was just glad to have a tub of water to soak in, and I had a bath bomb. I have bubble baths too, but wanted to try the bath bomb – it was the first time. Smelled good and it had sparkles!

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