Well, I guess it's only been a little over a week and I think I've gone longer than that between posts before.
It's a Thursday evening and I'm hanging out in a hotel room, killing time, while waiting to meet up w/B. I got a room for us for his birthday. In our many years together, we've never had a hotel room so this is gonna be fun and different for us.
It's not a fancy place. Just a Days Inn but it's functional and clean. And it has a pool! Have I ever mentioned how much I love swimming even though I rarely go/do it.
I checked in and then and went and had me a little me time in the water. I love the feeling of floating weightlessly. I actually had it to myself too. Yippee! But at the same time it was a little lonely. It would have been nice if B could have joined me for that but he is still working. And later we're gonna be much too busy to be thinking about swimming! ;)
This is my only full day off this week since I picked up a few hours for a co-worker yesterday. But I'm not complaining after I had that nice 4 day off stretch last week.
The Thursday was a bust though...was supposed to attempt to get together w/B and Ryan both but neither happened. Oh well. Then Friday was a day I thought would have me leaving the house to go somewhere, do something, anything, since it was a payday too but nope. Ended up just staying home.
4 days at home and the good news is that I didn't fall into a pit of depression from being so isolated...not that I'm ever really alone thanks to living w/the fabulous and her animals but...in the past not talking to anyone would have sent me over the edge. Not this time. Hallelujah! What a freakin' relief. I was a little bit worried but it was all for naught.
So now it's my day off and tomorrow a full work week starts up again. And life continues on.
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Continuing to feel grateful for so many things in my life, including the fact that the other day I got pulled over...apparently my left turn signal was not working, same with the left light/brake light. Thankfully I was wearing my seat belt AND I didn't get a ticket. Just a nice warning. And now thanks to my brother, they're working again...well the left turn signal works when the lights are on so until I can take it in to get properly fixed, I'll just drive during the day w/the lights on. No biggie.
Oh! There is no fridge in the room but duh, I could go get some ice to nestle my Vitamin Water in to chill it. Or just drink it over ice...
But then I'd have to go get dressed and I don't want to do that until I take my shower and start to get ready for B. Yup. I think I just admitted I'm writing this starkers. Are you shocked? Appalled? Titillated? :P
There is something very freeing and a little bit naughty about being buck naked in a hotel room! (Yes, I've got the doors bolted/chained) But after I was done swimming, as much as I don't care for the smell of chlorine, I just didn't feel like jumping in the shower...I can't think of why not right now and so now of course I'm thinking I should...
So enough for now.
Onward. To the shower.
Musings from a big and beautiful sometimes "drama queen" on her current state of existence
What's It All About?
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.
You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.
Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!
Things I'm grateful for everyday....
- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
Current Favorite Quotes
“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)
- 1. No one can bring your life to you
- 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
- 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
- 4. Every choice means giving up something different
- 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
- 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
- 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
- 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
- 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them