Things that were good about today:
1. Visiting the new Sam's Club -- oh, to live in a smallish town and be so easily amused as us!
2. Entering a restaurant and being hailed by TWO separate groups of people and then mushing them together to form one big table.
3. Eating at the aforementioned restaurant WITH MY SPOUSE... It's his day off - yes!!!
4. Spouse did some laundry. Not much, but SOME!!
5. Spouse took one of the kitties to the vet. YAY, SPOUSE!!!
6. Watching the office get distracted by a dumb guy who drove into the mud (there's a ditch between our parking lot and the restaurant parking lot next door and people often use us as a way to get over there) and got stuck. All work stopped in favor of the ongoing saga - it took him all day to apparently pay a wrecker to come back and unstick him.
7. The Parking Lot Ducks came to visit at work. Everything is better once they have been spotted.
8. Rehearsal -- the play I am helping with is really starting to look and sound fab. AND all the people involved are cute like a box of lil baby puppies. I want to take each of them home with me individually and feed them baked goods.
9. Rosie went to a different vet and they are actually going to DO something about her problem and not just scratch their heads.
10. A friend told me an exciting secret that made me happy for her.
11. Best for last -- I got to see an old friend and though it was under sad circumstances (her dad died) -- we engaged in pretty much the best hugging session I've had in a long time. I think it's safe to say we've reconnected and I'm so glad!!! We can always use one more in Camp Me.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Transmission #2
I really do wonder if I'm bipolar.
I felt all shiny and optimistic for a couple of days. I really did feel poised on the edge of all sorts of epiphanies and breakthroughs and such about myself and my life on this planet...
... but the Fish of Understanding slipped the hook and disappeared back under the surface. Now I'm just depressed like usual. Surely there has to be some kind of explanation for how I can change so drastically from day to day.
So instead of working things out and realizing things that will ultimately make me a better person like I set out, I shall instead make a list of what was good this weekend:
1. It was the weekend. I didn't have to go to work. Not going to work (while still within the confines of a paid, employed position, of course) instantly makes everything better.
2. I got my hair done. I have discovered a radiant, red color that makes me very happy and am seeking to maintain its brilliance. It also makes me feel like a useful adult to have a regular grooming schedule where my personal care is tended to.
3. I saw a great number of friends that I love - including (but not limited to): Melissa, Garrett, Colby, Kris, Blaine, Libby, Melissa's Mom & Dad (who - for brevity and affection's sake - I refer to as "mom" and "dad"), Beau, Leisa - who does my hair, Chesna, Meredith, Paige, Adam S. (I don't know why I feel the need to designate since the only other Adam is "Adam R" - my ex-husband and he doesn't live here!), and Lori.
4. I ate Chinese food THREE times. I love Chinese food.
5. I cleaned some things out of my closet and gave them to friend, Kris. This freed up space in my closet and made me feel helpful.
6. I brought in a lovely girl who cleaned part of my house for me (the other part will be next weekend.) This is huge because my house is a continual source of guilt and embarrassment for me because it is so beautiful on the outside (and will be again on the inside, my Cleaning Fairy assures me) and yet we have done such awful things to it by living in it. I want to have people over again!!!
That's really it.
I felt all shiny and optimistic for a couple of days. I really did feel poised on the edge of all sorts of epiphanies and breakthroughs and such about myself and my life on this planet...
... but the Fish of Understanding slipped the hook and disappeared back under the surface. Now I'm just depressed like usual. Surely there has to be some kind of explanation for how I can change so drastically from day to day.
So instead of working things out and realizing things that will ultimately make me a better person like I set out, I shall instead make a list of what was good this weekend:
1. It was the weekend. I didn't have to go to work. Not going to work (while still within the confines of a paid, employed position, of course) instantly makes everything better.
2. I got my hair done. I have discovered a radiant, red color that makes me very happy and am seeking to maintain its brilliance. It also makes me feel like a useful adult to have a regular grooming schedule where my personal care is tended to.
3. I saw a great number of friends that I love - including (but not limited to): Melissa, Garrett, Colby, Kris, Blaine, Libby, Melissa's Mom & Dad (who - for brevity and affection's sake - I refer to as "mom" and "dad"), Beau, Leisa - who does my hair, Chesna, Meredith, Paige, Adam S. (I don't know why I feel the need to designate since the only other Adam is "Adam R" - my ex-husband and he doesn't live here!), and Lori.
4. I ate Chinese food THREE times. I love Chinese food.
5. I cleaned some things out of my closet and gave them to friend, Kris. This freed up space in my closet and made me feel helpful.
6. I brought in a lovely girl who cleaned part of my house for me (the other part will be next weekend.) This is huge because my house is a continual source of guilt and embarrassment for me because it is so beautiful on the outside (and will be again on the inside, my Cleaning Fairy assures me) and yet we have done such awful things to it by living in it. I want to have people over again!!!
That's really it.
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