Happy 1 week anniversary in the new place! A week ago R & I were working our asses off to move me in. I'm so glad that's over. I'm never moving again.
So here it is...my "new" life. Living in the city again is quite the experience. I didn't realize how quiet things were out in the 'burbs until I got back into the city. Though the building is awfully quiet and I haven't seen a lot of people yet.
Taking the bus again is quite the adventure, but at least it's any easy one this time around.
My car is currently sitting at work. Waiting for me to decide what to do with it. It's been the best thing to leave it at work since I can park it there for free. (Have I mentioned what a pain it is to park downtown?)
I went to the Farmer's Market for the first time today. I was surprised by how many sellers were selling the same things -mostly spring onions, asparagus, lettuce & plants. But apparently they have to live within 75 miles of the market location & grow the stuff themselves. And it's not time for fruits & such yet. I did manage to find a booth selling cucumbers & broccoli so picked some of that up, as well as getting a bouquet of flowers. I'm toying with getting a plant or two. That sure would be a new thing for me. The last time I had a plant, it was a cactus and I managed to keep it alive for quite a few months! So maybe it's time to be brave and hope that I could succeed with plants.
I haven't put up any pictures yet because I just don't know what I should put where. And my walls are so....big and my pictures so not.
I'm also daydreaming of finding a pair of matching lounge chairs. And a rug to help create the "living room". And I still want a storage ottoman. And what should I do with that corner by the bed? I feel like I need to do more to make this place "homey". But I don't want to have a lot of stuff.
I just have to be patient and let things happen as they happen.
I'm a bit bored right now. And I'll admit it. I'm a bit lonely. I knew that would happen and that was the advantage to living with others. I was never really alone.
I'm sure I should call up some of my St. Paul friends and set up some times to get together but something keeps me from doing it. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's that those friends have such full lives with close friends/family that I don't quite feel like I ...fit in. ? I'm sure my expectations are too high and it doesn't have to be a big deal to just get together with someone for a meal or a movie or whatever but knowing that I'm not even the most important person to my friends makes me just want to keep to myself, even if it means being a bit lonely at times.
Yet, as much as I want to be somebody's best friend or the love of their life, I do cherish my freedom and independence. I am truly a contradiction come to life.
I guess I could at least check out things to do down here and see if there isn't anything I'd enjoy doing by myself...see if there are classes or whatever.
*Sigh*
I knew that no matter where I went, I'd still be myself ...and that just because I put myself into a new environment that my life wouldn't suddenly become perfect.
So now it's time to start enjoying making a home for myself and get some new interests. Right? Right!
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