#cos we have to go home before 5 since my sister is going to homecoming

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*looks wistfully into the distance* when will I be home and be able to do replies/starters?

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Everything I Watched in 2020

We’ll start with movies. The number in parentheses is the year of release, asterisks denote a re-watch, and titles in bold are my favourite watches of the year. Here’s 2019’s list. 

01 Little Women (19)

02 The Post (17) 

03 Molly’s Game (17)

04 * Doctor No (62)

05 Groundhog Day (93)

06 *Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (86)

07 Knives Out (19) My last theatre experience (sob)

08 Professor Marston and his Wonder Women (17)

09 Les Miserables (98)

10 Midsommar (19) I’m not sure how *good* it is, but it does stick in the ol’ brain

11 *Manhattan Murder Mystery (93)

12 Marriage Story (19)

13 Kramer vs Kramer (79)

14 Jojo Rabbit (19)

15 J’ai perdu mon corps (19) a cute animated film about a hand detached from its body!

16 1917 (19)

17 Married to the Mob (88)

18 Klaus (19)

19 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (19) If Little Women made me want to wear a scarf criss-crossed around my torso, this one made me want to wear a cloak

20 The Last Black Man in San Francisco (19)

21 *Lawrence of Arabia (62)

22 Gone With the Wind (39)

23 Kiss Me Deadly (55)

24 Dredd (12)

25 Heartburn (86) heard a bunch about this one in the Blank Check series on Nora Ephron, sadly after I’d watched it

26 The Long Shot (19)

27 Out of Africa (85)

28 King Kong (46)

29 *Johnny Mnemonic (95)

30 Knocked Up (07)

31 Collateral (04)

32 Bird on a Wire (90)

33 The Black Dahlia (05)

34 Long Time Running (17)

35 *Magic Mike (12)

36 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (07)

37 Cold War (18)

38 *Kramer Vs Kramer (79) yes I watched this a few months before! This was a pandemic friend group co-watch.

39 *Burn After Reading (08)

40 Last Holiday (50)

41 Fly Away Home (96)

42 *Moneyball (11) I’m sure I watch this every two years, at most??

43 Last Holiday (06) the Queen Latifah version of the 1950 movie above, lacking, of course, the brutal “poor people don’t deserve anything good” ending

44 *Safe (95)

45 Gimme Shelter (70)

46 The Daytrippers (96)

47 Experiment in Terror (62)

48 Tucker: The Man and His Dream (88)

49 My Brilliant Career (79) one of the salvations of 2020 was watching movies “with” friends. Our usual method was to video chat before the movie, sync our streaming services, and text-chat while the movie was on. 

50 Divorce Italian Style (61)

51 *Gosford Park (01) another classic comfort watch, fuck I love a G. Park

52 Hopscotch (80)

53 Brief Encounter (45)

54 Hud (63)

55 Ocean’s 8 (18)

56 *Beverly Hills Cop (84)

57 Blow the Man Down (19)

58 Constantine (05)

59 The Report (19) maddening!! How are people so consistently terrible to one another!

60 Everyday People (04)

61 Anatomy of a Murder (58)

62 Spiderman: Homecoming (17)

63 *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (95) Of the 90s drag road movies, Priscilla is more visually striking, but this has its moments.

64 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (92)

65 *The Truman Show (98)

66 Mona Lisa (86)

67 The Blob (58)

68 The Guard (11)

69 *Waiting for Guffman (96) RIP Fred Willard

70 Rocketman (19)

71 Outside In (18)

72 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (08) how strange to see a movie that you have known the premise for, but no details of, for over a decade

73 *Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (91)

74 The Reader (08)

75 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (19) This was fine until it VERY MUCH WAS NOT FINE

76 The End of the Affair (99) you try to watch a fun little romp about infidelity during the Blitz, and Graham Greene can’t help but shoehorn in a friggin crisis of religious faith

77 Must Love Dogs (05) barely any dog content, where are the dogs at

78 The Rainmaker (97)

79 *Batman & Robin (97)

80 National Lampoon’s Vacation (83) Never seen any of the non-xmas Vacations, didn’t realize the children are totally different, not just actors but ages! Also, this one is blatantly racist!

81 *Mystic Pizza (88)

82 Funny Girl (68)

83 The Sons of Katie Elder (65)

84 *Knives Out (19) another re-watch within the same year!! How does this keep happening??

85 *Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (10) a real I-just-moved-away-from-Toronto nostalgia watch

86 Canadian Bacon (92) vividly recall this VHS at the video store, but I never saw it til 2020

87 *Blood Simple (85)

88 Brittany Runs a Marathon (19)

89 The Accidental Tourist (88)

90 August Osage County (13) MELO-DRAMA!!

91 Appaloosa (08)

92 The Firm (93) Feeling good about how many iconic 80s/90s video store stalwarts I watched in 2020

93 *Almost Famous (00)

94 Whisper of the Heart (95)

95 Da 5 Bloods (20)

96 Rain Man (88)

97 True Stories (86)

98 *Risky Business (83) It’s not about what you think it’s about! It never was!

99 *The Big Chill (83)

100 The Way We Were (73)

101 Safety Last (23) It’s getting so that I might have to add the first two digits to my dates...not that I watch THAT many movies from the 1920s...

102 Phantasm (79)

103 The Burrowers (08)

104 New Jack City (91)

105 The Vanishing (88)

106 Sisters (72)

107 Puberty Blues (81) Little Aussie cinema theme, here

108 Elevator to the Gallows (58)

109 Les Diaboliques (55)

110 House (77) haha WHAT no really W H A T

111 Death Line (72)

112 Cranes are Flying (57)

113 Holes (03)

114 *Lady Vengeance (05)

115 Long Weekend (78)

116 Body Double (84)

117 The Crazies (73) I love that Romero shows the utter confusion that would no doubt reign in the case of any kind of disaster. Things fall apart.

118 Waterlilies (07)

119 *You’re Next (11)

120 Event Horizon (97)

121 Venom (18) I liked it, guys, way more than most superhero fare. Has a real sense of place and the place ISN’T New York!

122 Under the Silver Lake (18) RIP Night Call

123 *Blade Runner (82)

124 *The Birds (62) interesting to see now that I’ve read the story it came from

125 *28 Days Later (02) hits REAL FUCKIN’ DIFFERENT in a pandemic

126 Life is Sweet (90)

127 *So I Married an Axe Murderer (93) find me a more 90s movie, I dare you (it’s not possible)

128 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (67)

129 The Pelican Brief (93) 90s thrillers continue!

130 Dick Johnston is Dead (20)

131 The Bridges of Madison County (95)

132 Earth Girls are Easy (88) Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum are so hot in this movie, no wonder they got married 

133 Better Watch Out (16)

134 Drowning Mona (00) trying for something like the Coen bros and not getting there

135 Au Revoir Les Enfants (87)

136 *Chasing Amy (97) Affleck is the least alluring movie lead...ever? I also think I gave Joey Lauren Adams’ character short shrift in my memory of the movie. It’s not good, but she’s more complicated than I recalled. 

137 Blackkklansman (18)

138 Being Frank (19)

139 Kiki’s Delivery Service (89)

140 Uncle Frank (20) why so many FRANKS

141 *National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (89) watching with pals (virtually) made it so much more fun than the usual yearly watch!

142 Half Baked (98) another, more secret Toronto nostalgia pic - RC Harris water filtration plant as a prison!

143 We’re the Millers (13)

144 All is Bright (13)

145 Defending Your Life (91)

146 Christmas Chronicles (18) I maintain that most new xmas movies are terrible, particularly now that Netflix churns them out like eggnog every year. 

147 Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse (18)

148 Reindeer Games (00) what did I say about Affleck??!? WHAT DID I SAY

149 Palm Springs (20)

150 Happiest Season (20)

151 *Metropolitan (90) it’s definitely a Christmas movie

152 Black Christmas (74)

THEATRE:HOME - 2:150 (thanks pandemic)

I usually separate out docs and fiction, but I watched almost no documentaries this year (with the exception of Dick Johnston). Reality is real enough. 

TV Series

01 - BoJack Horseman (final season) - Pretty damned poignant finish to the show, replete with actual consequences for our reformed bad boy protagonist (which is more than you can say for most antiheroes of Peak TV).

02 - *Hello Ladies - I enjoy the pure awkwardness of seeing Stephen Merchant try to perform being a Regular Person, but ultimately this show tips him too far towards a nasty, Ricky Gervais-lite sort of persona. Perhaps he was always best as a cameo appearance, or lip synching with wild eyes while Chrissy Teigen giggles?

03 - Olive Kittredge - a rough watch by times. I read the book as well, later in the year. Frances Mcdormand was the best, possibly the only, casting option for the flinty lead. One episode tips into thriller territory, which is a shock. 

04 - *The Wire S3, S4, S5 - lockdown culture! It was interesting to rewatch this, then a few months later go through an enormous, culture-level reappraisal of cop-centred narratives. 

05 - Forever - a Maya Rudolph/Fred Armisen joint that coasts on the charm of its leads. The premise is OK, but I wasn’t left wanting any more at the end. 

06 - *Catastrophe - a rewatch when my partner decided he wanted to see it, too!

07 - Red Oak - resolutely “OK” steaming dramedy, relied heavily on some pretty obvious cues to get across its 1980s setting. 

08 - Little Fires Everywhere - gulped this one down while in 14-day isolation, delicious! Every 90s suburban mom had that SUV, but not all of them had the requisite **secrets**

09 - The Great - fun historical comedy/drama! Costumes: lush. Actors: amusing. Race-blind casting: refreshing!

10 - The Crown S4 - this is the season everyone lost their everloving shit for, since it’s finally recent enough history that a fair chunk of the viewing audience is liable to recall it happening. 

11 - Ted Lasso - we resisted this one for a while (thought I did enjoy the ad campaign for NBC sports (!!) that it was based on). My view is that its best point was the comfort that the men on the show have (or develop, throughout the season) with the acknowledgement and sharing of their own feelings. Masculinity redux. 

12 - Moonbase 8 - Goodnatured in a way that makes you certain they will be crushed. 

13 - The Good Lord Bird - Ethan Hawke is really aging into the character actor we always hoped he would be! 

14 - Hollywood - frothy wish-fulfillment alternate history. I think the show would have been improved immeasurably by skipping the final episode.

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Opening Your Heart to Love CH1

Summary: Felicity never thought she would become her mother. A single mom to gorgeous little girl. She didn't regret it. No one meant more to her than her daughter.

Oliver had a plan in mind when he returned home. To continue his mission to right his father's wrong. He never imagined a little girl breaking through the walls of his heart, reminding him that there was more to life than the mission. And he never expected to fall in love with her mother.

Smoak girls were a force to be reckoned with. 

Felicity Smoak was used to chaos. It was a part of her daily life but the chaos that had taken over the QI floors wasn’t something she was prepared for when she came into work today.

5 years ago the Queen’s Gambit was lost at sea along with its inhabitants. Robert Queen, CEO of Queen Industries. Oliver Queen, the son of Robert and Moira Queen, the city's favorite billionaire playboy. Sara Lance, the sister to Oliver Queen’s on again and off again girlfriend, now, ADA, Laurel Lance. His father’s bodyguard, the Yacht captain, and the seven crewmen.

Every single one of them was gone. Believe to be dead.

Until now.

Oliver had washed up on the North China Sea, discovered by two fishermen, and had returned home to Starling City.

The whole city was in a frenzy but none more than QI and it’s employees.

It was like everyone forgot they had a job to do and would much rather focus on gossiping which left Felicity to pick up the slack.

When lunch rolled around Felicity was more than happy to head down to the lower floors.

She pushed open the door to the daycare facility that QI provided for its hard-working parents.

“Ms. Smoak, hi, I will have Addison ready to go in just one minute.” Victoria, the woman who ran the daycare greeted.

“I got it.” Felicity smiled, accepting the small green jacket from Victoria. “Addi,”

A little girl no older than 4 with long brown hair and green eyes, was sitting at a table coloring however head snapped up at the sound of her name. She smiled widely.

She scrambled to her feet, running across the carpet floor.

Felicity crouched down, bringing the little girl in her arms as the small child let out a delighted. “Mommy,”

“Hey, sweetie, you ready to go for lunch?”

Addi pulled back with a smile nodding eagerly. “Yes, I want fries.”

“Sounds good, but we have to go to the cafe around the corner cause Mommy has to be back here in forty minutes.”

“But I want to go to Big Belly Burger.” Addi pouted up at her with puppy dog eyes.

Felicity dreaded the puppy dog eyes. She looked like her father when she looked at her like that. It always brought a sharp pang to Felicity’s heart.

“How about we get Big Belly Burger tomorrow instead?" Felicity suggested. "It’s my day off tomorrow. We can make a day of it. Do anything you want.”

“Okay.” Addi plopped a kiss on her cheek.

Felicity smiles affectionately, smoothing a hand through her daughter's dark hair. Addi was easy to please and it was a blessing for a single parent like herself.  

Felicity helped her daughter into her jacket and took her by the hand. She thanked Victoria and bid her goodbye, telling her they would be back in a little bit.

9 minutes later and they were grabbing a table at the cafe near QC. It wasn’t their first time there and the staff had become quite acquainted with them. Within the first few minutes of sitting them at a table.

Addi had grilled cheese with a side of fries placed in front of her and a glass of milk.

Felicity had a plate of cheese fries placed in front of her and a glass of water.

“Hi, Addi, how are you today, sweetheart?”

Addi looked up at the older woman and smiled. “Emma, hi, I’m good. Momma says we get to go to Big Belly Burger tomorrow.”

Emma was the owner of the small cafe and she loved children. She was older, early sixties, and lamented the fact that her own grandchildren lived too far away for her liking. She was more than happy to dote all her grandparent affection on Addi.

Emma gave Addi a hurt look. “Oh, you don’t like it here.”

“I didn’t say that,” Addi protested. “I love it but you don’t have big belly burgers here or JJ.”

Emma’s brow furrowed. “What's a JJ?”

“My best friend!” Addi exclaimed. “We like to color and play hide and seek and watch cartoons and play at the park.”

“Yeah, I definitely can’t top that but how about you bring your friend in some time and I will whip up the two of you my family's famous Chocolate Chip Banana Pancakes. How’s that sound?”

Addi turned to Felicity, her little face eager. “Momma, can we?”

Felicity smiled. “I’ll talk to JJ’s momma. If she says yes we can come back on Friday.”

Emma grinned. “I look forward to meeting your friend.”

Addi grinned up at her. “You're my friend, too.”

Emma smiled affectionately. “You’re such a sweetheart.”

“She is,” Felicity grinned, reaching out to brush her daughter’s brown curl back over her shoulder. Her heart panging as she did so.

There were times she looked so much like her father. Like right now with her eyes filled with excitement.

It both made Felicity happy and broke her heart.

                                            ~*~ ~*~ ~*~

Felicity resisted the urge to reach into her clutch and check her phone for a text from Carly, JJ’s mother.

Addi was sleeping over at JJ’s for the night and by some miracle, Felicity had against her better judgment allowed her co-worker and friend to talk her into going out for the night.

Felicity came to regret that decision. She did not want to be at Oliver Queen’s welcome home bash.

She didn’t have anything against Oliver Queen. She didn’t really know him. But the wild parties, alcohol, the dancing bodies, low inhibitions was not her scene. It hadn’t been her scene for a really long time.

Not since her time at MIT.

Felicity moved to the bar and ordered a screwdriver.

“Oh My God, there’s Oliver Queen and Tommy Merlyn.” Vanessa, her friend, and co-worker from work tugged on her arm and pointed toward the stairs excitedly.

“Everybody man of the hour!!” Tommy yelled out loudly, patting Oliver on the chest.

The crowd cheered.

“Please, ladies,” Tommy continued. “Give this man a proper homecoming.”

The women cheered loudly than before with some men joining in.

Oliver descended the steps walking through the crowd and the crowd reached out touching him on the arms and his back with wide smiles and excitement as ‘we are the champions' echoed through the club.

Oliver climbed on top of a platform.

“Ollie, Ollie!” Tommy passed him up a shot of tequila.

Oliver raised the glass and down it. He looked out to the crowd grinning widely. “I miss Tequila!”

The crowd let out even louder cheers and Oliver climbed back down, his feet landing lightly on the floor.

Felicity looked at Oliver closely. There was no denying that Oliver Queen was very attractive. Beautiful in a roguish way, and it helped that he strike an imposing figure. He did not come back from an island malnourished. He came back even more good looking than when he left.

Still, something in her gut told her, his pandering to the crowd, his smile…

It was all for show.

Her gut was proven right when his smile fell from his face the second his back was turned from Tommy Merlyn.

Felicity stared at him, wondering why he was pretending to be the same guy he was five years ago for people he didn't owe anything to.

She jolted when he suddenly looked right at her, his expression unreadable.

She whirled back around toward the bar.

She waited ten seconds before looking over her shoulder but he was gone.

She let out the breath she didn't realize she was holding in.

"We should go and talk to him."

Felicity had forgotten her friend was there until she had spoken.

"No, we definitely shouldn't."

However, Vanessa continued on as she hadn't spoken. "I'm going over there."

“Good luck with that,” Felicity muttered, reaching for her glass, turning back toward the bar.

It wasn’t long before Vanessa returned looking slightly dejected, Felicity rubbed her arm in comfort and offered her a drink.

Her friends smile brighten, her woes forgotten, she drained Felicity glass and then tugged on her hand, leading her out onto the dancefloor.

Felicity allowed it. She had always liked dancing.

Sometime later, she looked around wanting a less populated area. She walked up the steps to the upper floors. Intending on calling Carly and check-in.

She knew Addi was in bed by now but she still just wanted to hear about her.

Felicity reached the top of the stairs and startled as a woman rushed past her. A woman she recognized from the news. ADA, Laurel Lance.

Felicity brow furrowed as she watched her go before looking ahead and her eyes widened when she saw Oliver Queen standing there. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt or intrude, I was just looking for a less crowded area.”

“You're not intruding.”

Felicity was not certain she believed him. She continued walking past him and stood a few feet away. She pulled out her phone dialing Carly.

She was aware Oliver Queen was standing nearby. She doubted he was trying to eavesdrop but he was close enough to hear her side of the conversation.

She spoke with Carly for a few minutes before hanging up. She gripped the railing looking below, seeking out her friend and spotting her in the middle of the crowd.

“Why don’t you leave?”

Felicity brow furrowed and she looked over at Oliver. “Are you kicking me out?”

“I didn’t mean it like that.” Oliver moved closer. “You just don’t look like you want to be here.”

“It’s easy to spot what you yourself feel.”

“What?”

“It’s clear to me. You don’t want to be here? So why are you?” Felicity countered.

“It’s expected of me.”

“It shouldn’t be. I don’t know you but I’m sure five years alone on a deserted island would change anyone. Including you.”  Felicity pursed her lips a second later. “Sorry. I don’t have a filter when I talk and tend to be more honest than people appreciate.”

“It’s refreshing.” Oliver murmured. “Why are you here tonight? You keep checking your phone. You clearly have somewhere else you rather be.

Felicity did.

She thought of her daughter, staying home, and the few occasion where she would let her stay up watching her favorite Disney movie.

“My friend wanted to come and well she’s a big girl but I want to make sure she doesn’t get too drunk she doesn’t know who she’s going home with.”

“Who's your friend?” Oliver asked, scanning the crowd.

“The redhead in the silver dress.” Felicity pointed down to her friend in the crowd.

“Oh, we’ve met.”

“I know, she sees something and she goes after it. Sometimes it goes her way and sometimes it doesn’t.” Felicity shrugged.

Oliver forced a smile. “I got that.”

Felicity looked at her friend and saw Vanessa scanning the club. She sent Oliver a polite smile. “It was nice talking to you, Mr. Queen.”

“I prefer Oliver,” he said but Felicity was already walking down the steps, the club music drowning out his words.

                                              ~*~ ~*~ ~*~

“‘Licity, there you are! So I was going to leave but I didn't want to before letting you know.”

“Is something wrong?” Felicity asked concerned.

“No," Vanessa shook her head and turned to wave at a guy who started approaching them. “I was gonna have some other kind of fun.”

“Are you sure? You’re not drunk are you?” Felicity questioned turning Vanessa back to her, looking at her closely.

“I’m not drunk. I promise. He’s just really hot and we hit it off and its been a while.”

“Okay,” said Felicity. “Then text me when you get where you’re going and text me when you get home. And keep your phone on you.”

If something were to happen she could track the GPS. “Will do. Love you, see you on Monday.”

She hugged Felicity just as the guy reached them.

“Ready to go?” The guy asked, and offered Felicity a polite smile.

“Yeah, bye Felicity.” Vanessa waved and grabbed the guys hand and tugged him back through the crowd and headed for the exit.

Felicity looked up to where she had been standing with Oliver but he was gone. Felicity shook her head not really knowing what to make of her encounter with Starling City’s returning playboy and headed out.

She planned to go home, curled up on her couch with a glass of red wine and Netflix.

A/N: You can also read this on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24086548/chapters/57973330

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Intuitive Astrology: Saturn Retrograde 2020

Intuitive Astrology: Saturn Retrograde 2020

By Forever Conscious

Saturn begins its annual retrograde on May 10th until September 28th, 2020.

This Saturn Retrograde is extra special because it’s the first time Saturn will be retrograding since it entered Aquarius back on March 21st, 2020.

During this retrograde, Saturn will move through the early degrees of Aquarius but will fall back into Capricorn on July 1st, where it will remain for the rest of its retrograde.

Saturn won’t make its way back into Aquarius until December 17th, but once it arrives, it will remain for the next 2.5 years, becoming a star player for many of the cosmic themes destined to arrive.

To give you a little preview, Saturn in Aquarius is a key energy in 2021 due to the alignment it makes with Jupiter. This alignment needs its own article to explore, but this energy is very ‘Age of Aquarius’ and is where we are heading.

But, before we can begin exploring Saturn in Aquarius and this amazing alignment it makes with Jupiter, we need to first get through this retrograde and this final visit to Capricorn.

Saturn’s Final Visit to Capricorn

Saturn ventured into Capricorn back in December 2017. During this time, we have been hit hard with Saturn lessons. This is because Saturn loves being in Capricorn and is able to express its fullest qualities while in this sign.

Being in Capricorn is also like a homecoming or rebirth of sorts for Saturn. Like all rebirths, the nature and quality of the planet becomes stronger and more aligned with where we are heading, rather than where we have been.

Saturn moving retrograde back into Capricorn is like the final step on this journey. It will return to the comforts of its home one last time to ensure whatever wisdom it needs to collect has been found.

This is being mirrored in our own lives too. Whatever work we have been doing since the end of 2017 is going to be highlighted for us, and the Universe is going to make sure that we have collected all of the wisdom and lessons that we have needed.

During this Saturn Retrograde, there is a balance between receiving the gifts but also tying up the loose ends.

During this period, we may feel a sense of reward for all of our efforts, but we may also be drawn to revisit the past and to look things over one last time.

Saturn will not return to Capricorn again for another 28 years, so it really wants to make sure that the work is being done.

To understand what lessons and work you have been moving through, think back to the major themes that have been present in your life since the end of 2017.

Where have you been guided to step up and take responsibility? Where have you been guided to set boundaries or to knock them down?

What areas of your life have felt like you were receiving a little tough love?

The answers to these questions are likely to be the work of Saturn, but if you want to dive deeper, you may wish to go back and read my article on Saturn in Capricorn and Saturn Leaving Capricorn.

What Saturn Retrograde 2020 Brings

This Saturn Retrograde may stir memories of our childhood and our relationship with our dad or the males in our lives. It may even trigger our connection with masculine energy in general.

We may be guided to take a more masculine approach when it comes to creating structure, order, and routine in our lives. We may even feel this sense of needing to take swift action or fix things so they can become stronger and more durable.

Saturn will also be asking us to look at what we have been working on over the last six months, and to think about whether we like how we have been spending our time.

Saturn rules over the construct of time. Even though it can be a planet of tough love, it wants us to be happy with how we are spending our time. It wants us to ensure that we are using our time here to work through our soul lessons and not to get too distracted.

Of course, distractions are a part of life and part of the process, but Saturn is here to be the voice of reason and to bring us back to the path that we know is the right and true path for our soul.

Saturn will not dry our tears for us as we battle uphill, but it will quietly whisper in our ear- “go on, you can do this, you were born for it.”

Saturn is all about hard work but the right kind of hard work. Saturn wants us to work on things that are meant for us and not the things that are not.

Saturn wants us to get out of our monkey-mind. It wants to teach us that we are wise and capable, and to take responsibility for our lives.

Think about where this may resonate for you right now. I know many of us feel that 2020 is not on our side, but Saturn encourages us to think again.

It encourages us to see what we can focus on rather than what we can’t. It encourages us to dive into the lessons that are being presented to us. It encourages us to step up and take responsibility for who we want to be in this moment.

How do we want to come out the other side of this? What do we want to look back and say as the year of 2020 comes to a close?

While it is important to be gentle, loving, and patient with ourselves and our journey this year, Saturn is the voice that encourages us to make the best of what we have been given.

It pushes us to keep climbing that mountain, and to know that we are strong enough to handle whatever comes our way. It is during this Saturn Retrograde that our strength can be recharged.

As we revisit the past and look back under this slower retrograde energy, we can be reminded that we have all been prepared for this moment.

If we look back over the past, we can see that we have been made ready for whatever is happening now and whatever is destined to come.

Look back over your life and see how the Universe has been preparing you for this moment.

With Saturn revisiting this corner of the sky for one last time, be sure you stay open to all the wisdom on offer.

Open your arms to receive the lessons being sent your way, and keep the words of Saturn close to you- “go on, you can do this, you were born for it.“

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‘A New Reality’: Students And Teachers From Puerto Rico Start Over In Florida

Claudio Sanchez, NPR, November 9, 2017

It’s 5:30 a.m. and dark in the fifth-floor hotel room, just a few minutes drive from the Orlando airport. There are still 20 minutes before the entire family needs to be downstairs to enjoy the free breakfast in the hotel lobby, then they’ll be driving the 15 minutes north to school--first period starts at the “very early” time of 7:20.

This has been the daily routine for nearly two months since Yerianne Roldán, 17 and her sister Darianne, 16, arrived in Orlando from western Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

They’re staying in this hotel room with their mom, Yesenia González, and their stepdad, Eliud Peña. Their bright hotel room is clean and pretty standard, albeit for the food stashed under the bedside table, and the piles of suitcases and random belonging stacked in the corner.

“This is a new experience and if you don’t have experiences you don’t have a life,” Peña says. He brought the family to Orlando because he has family in the area. “It’s a story for the girls to remember forever, they can tell their children one day.”

It’s a story the girls would definitely rather tell than live through. Yerianne, the older, more reserved sister says they’re still coming to terms with their new reality.

“We only had an hour to say goodbye to our families,” she says, “I’m just really worried ... most of my family are elderly.”

Yerianne’s younger sister Darianne says the first days here were the hardest. “In my mind, I was like, ‘Ok this is only temporary. I’m only going to stay here for a month and then I’m going back.’” But that’s not what happened. This is my life now, she tells me, showing me pictures of her new school friends on her smartphone. Darianne celebrated her 16th birthday in the hotel--the cleaning staff made a three-tiered cake out of towels and room service left a slice of chocolate cake.

Their family is not alone: Schools in Orlando have enrolled nearly 2,000 Puerto Rican students who’ve fled the storm-ravished island. Most don’t know when or if they’ll ever go back. Their stories are heartbreaking. Their future in limbo.

The district in Orlando has tried to make the process as smooth as possible, waiving documents necessary for enrollment and assigning kids to schools. And still, Orange County public schools superintendent, Barbara Jenkins, says she’s gotten angry calls about taking in Puerto Rican kids.

“They thought we were talking about immigrants,” she explains, “but these are citizens of the United States and they are welcome here and we will take every last one of them into our classrooms immediately. They are our children. We will never run short on compassion.”

That compassion runs deep at Colonial High School, where Principal Jose Martinez has already enrolled nearly 100 students from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. That’s where the Roldán sisters are enrolled. More than half of the 240 faculty and staff members there have family ties to Puerto Rico--including Principal Martinez.

That’s why every chance he gets, he reminds the students: “My family was you, my grandparents were you, my cousins were you. And though you may be leaving some of your family behind, you’re carrying them with you in your hearts.”

And it’s a welcome reminder--because the students who recently arrived in Florida are still pretty shaken up.

But the feeling of being overwhelmed is slowly subsiding, the students say. At Colonial, there’s a spirit week that culminates in Homecoming, events that slowly make the students feel connected to the school community. On Halloween, Darianne, who is sharing the hotel room with her family, even dresses up in costume--posting photos with her new friends on Snapchat.

“If you’re living somewhere and there’s an earthquake, hurricane, tornado or some kind of disaster, you might think you’re in despair,” explains Rebekah Felix Lambert, who came from Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. “But there will always be help there. Something good is going to come out of the bad.”

In order for the district to support the influx of new students, they need more staff. It’s a natural progression then, that as many adults leave their homes on the island and come to Florida, the school district has been at the airport--literally--hiring them as they arrive. So far, Orlando has hired 51 people, including classroom teachers, paraprofessionals and bus drivers--all from Puerto Rico.

Because so much of the island is still in the dark--less than half of the island now has power--many recent arrivals still can’t retrieve copies of their teaching credentials, proof of employment or transcripts from where they earned their teaching degree.

“We’ll be creative in hiring them,” says Jenkins, the district’s superintendent. “That might mean they could start as a substitute teacher until we find those credentials or gather what the state requires for their license.”

Like many teachers who left Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, Yara Ramos applied for a job at the airport, next to empty ticket counters in a once-vacant terminal. She’s a veteran teacher from Camuy, Puerto Rico who arrived in Orlando with her four children, still ambivalent about her career.

“I miss my people,” she says, crying. “They’ve been my co-workers for over 10 years. It’s family too ... my classroom, it’s probably there the way I left it, with everything packed in bags--all my computers were sealed.”

She pauses for a moment, “I’m not coming back,” she says, trailing off.

She’s waiting for her relatives back home in Camuy to send her the documents she’ll need to be hired as a licensed classroom teacher.

In the meantime, she’s starting over again as a paraprofessional at a middle school just west of downtown Orlando.

That’s despite her 10 years of teaching experience. And yet, it’s a full-time job, which means she can move out of her brother’s house--where she’s been living for more than a month--and start putting her life back together again.