I had a great day yesterday.  One of the local metaphysical shops, the one closest to me, had a 'party' to celebrate Earth Day.  I took my closest friend with me.  She's been interested in Paganism for a while and has recently started exploring it more.  She's also been interested in going to the shop with me, so it was a good time to bring her along.  We bought a few interesting things, I won a door prize(!), and I brought home a baby pine tree to nurture.  We came back to my place before joining our menfolk and children at the park to grill out.  My friend had asked me to do a tarot reading for her, so we did that before gathering the rest of the picnic supplies.  It was interesting.  I haven't done a reading in a while and am fairly inexperienced, but it went well.  It gave her a lot to think about, I believe.

Going to the park was nice, too.  It's the first time we've grilled out this year, and the kids enjoyed it very much.  They always like spending time together, and all were sad to part ways.

While the kids were bathing, I did a reading for my husband.  I've had my tarot decks for several years now and have never done a reading for him using either one of them.  The reading was frighteningly accurate.  I think it discouraged him in some ways, but I hope it acts as a catlyst for him and he realizes there are things he can do on all levels to make changes for the better.

I've come to the conclusion that I need to start developing my skills and studying my interests more seriously.  Right now, I have two I'd like to expand upon: learning about herbs and their many uses, and studying the tarot.  The problem is that I'm not sure I can study both of them at the same time, so I may have to choose which one I'd like to work on first.  However, I do have the Herbal Tarot, so I may be able to study both of them together.  Maybe I can pick a card from my deck at the beginning of the week and study that particular herb and the meanings of that particular card (both the traditional meaning and the meaning of the card as represented in my deck) for the rest of the week ~ longer, if I feel it's necessary.  I can try that and see how it works. 

Tonight I'm determined to begin my routine!