So the weirdest thing is happening right now. I'm exchanging texts with my upstairs neighbor and it's awesome. I'm finally asking if I have the volume on music up too high (so far, no) and we're talking about the guy who lives upstairs in the front part of the house, who plays the electric guitar loudly (and is not the friendliest.)
I've decided tonight I'm just going to write about the things I'm doing as I'm doing them.
It's fucking cold outside and I'm so glad I'm inside, on a comfortable sofa, with warm fuzzy blankets (thanks K! She really gets that I'm a homebody. God bless her.)
I was supposed to have another NYE with M but he's "wussed out" on me this year so it's just me. And I'm going to have a really good night. I've got treats and booze. I've got internet access. And the best part???
I have the day off tomorrow.
Don't get me wrong...I really like my job (hmm, said I loved it the last time I mentioned work...hmmm) but I LOVE LOVE days off.
And now the pizza (from Pizza Luce) that I'm treating myself to is here.
Later.
Back and very full.
Random post-y thing from FB...
Some horoscope thing and 2014.
LEO - The Lion (July 23 to August 22)
Great talker. Attractive and passionate. Laid back. Usually happy but
when unhappy tend to be grouchy and childish. A Leo's problem becomes
everyone's problem. Most Leos are very predictable and tend to be
monotonous. Knows how to have fun. Is really good at almost anything.
Great kisser. Very predictable. Outgoing. Down to earth. Addictive.
Attractive. Loud. Loves being in long relationships. Talkative. Not one
to mess with. Rare to find. Good when found. 7 years of bad luck if you
do not share this post.
Love how it's all this random shit (that does and does not apply to me) and then ...BAM they have me.
Loves being in long relationships.
Bloody hell.
Well currently I'm very happy in my long time relationship. He reminded me recently just how nice it is to just be together. I like his company. I like him as well as love him (and you know how important I think that is) and after all of the years I've known him, he can still surprise and delight me.
And a song is playing that by an artist he once told me he liked...
Janet Jackson ...and how fitting the song is "That's the Way Love Goes".
That's the way love goes.
So now, to put the leftover pizza away (I didn't eat it all! Yay me.) and figure out what I'm going to do next.
I'm torn between trying to find something brilliant to do and really making this night special and significant (it's New Years Eve for gods sake) and doing what I usually do on a day off...nothing.
Or I could finally start doing some laundry...
...before I forget...this is also something I wanted to be sure to write about tonight...
The Year In Review. Part I
It's been a big year.
1. E was born and I became an aunt for the first time.
2. I moved again
3. Kept the job (for another year)
4. I've had some of the best...finished/styled hair I've ever had (and I really really need to learn how to do it myself)
5. I fucking joined the gym at work.
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