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.

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase." MLK

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Fall 2022

I don't know if anyone is still reading this and if not, it's OK. I have been keeping this blog as basically my journal for the last...ten years or so.

So this fall has me making some big changes to my life. 

1. I went back to college. I am officially a college student again! I work for CU and one of the benefits, the most excellent one is that I can attend for FREE.

I never thought this would happen for me, to me. 

I had to write some papers about myself and my educational/journey so far and really, third time is the charm. 

I'm excited about learning and sharing (! :D -yeah, a new audience for me LOL) 

And...

I've chosen to get breast reduction surgery.

I never been happy with the girls. All they've done is cause me pain - physically and emotionally. I'm not going to keep living like this if I don't have to. 

First plastic surgeon said - happy to, after you've lost 30-40 lbs and have the RA under control for a year in February next year.

I will find one who will do it now and/or sooner. I want it done before the end of the year. 

Just like my uterus, I won't miss them as they currently are (and have been most of my adult life. I don't even think I made a stop between training bra and then ill-fitting, improper sized for decades.)  

And I got approved for medical marijuana. My primary physician ROCKS. Thank you so much Dr. P. -that reminds me...I need to send her a message w/update and get opinion. 

I trust HER. 

So those are the highlights. I'm OK with highlights for now. Maybe one of these days I'll get into details but this is good enough for now. 

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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)

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.

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