Health Crap gets in the way of everything :-(
So, how have I been lately? Not that wonderful, unfortunately.
Last week I had some sort of ear problem, may well have been an ear infection. That was not fun. While it was only one day of screaming agony (and I do mean that quite literally), I spent the rest of the week with my ear extremely swollen, making half my face feel tight and swollen, and not being able to hear very well out of that ear; it was uncomfortable and disorienting, and pretty much knocked me out of commission (which made the whole no internet and no TV thing that much worse, since I wasn't really good for anything except sitting and staring at stuff). There was a lot of sick sleeping and boredom sleeping going on. Thankfully this shit has flushed mostly out of my system and my hearing is returning.
My dry skin has also gotten really bad. I'm so not happy to have finally fallen into that family curse, for years I had the opposite problem. If my skin isn't doing one thing its doing something else. I had to go out and buy some new soap at Trader Joe's, something made without any chemicals (and wasn't that expensive either). Renee bought me some cream to try, this Body Butter from The Body Shop that unfortunately is very expensive ($20 for a tub), but its worked for her before and I got to say, I've only used it a few times but it does appear to be making a difference (which is a good thing because, between this and the ear thing, I'm getting ready to take a knife to my arms).
So spiritual stuff has been on hold (which really sucks, so close to my dedication and all). Any writing I've been doing on hold. And now that I'm feeling better and will be having a week all to myself (girlfriend leaving for some job training), time to reconnect with Hermes, time to get to work.
I did do a lot of reading on my down week. Finished the Raven Kaldera books I had downloaded. I have to say, I really like this guy. No, I can't agree with everything he says, and his spiritual view is (quite naturally I think, this is not a complaint here, merely an observation) colored by his own experiences being owned by the Goddess that he is, my views and experiences on things will probably be very different considering that Hermes and Hela have next to nothing in common and very opposite personalities expecting different things from us (and I give him credit for consulting others and including their points of view as well). I like his upfront no bullshit approach to things; I really appreciate his total lack of romanticism, something I have to say is greatly lacking in the broader Pagan community (I laughed out loud reading his take on the elements, to sum up "Yes, water is passive and emotional and all that that people always talk about, and it can also fucking kill you, and earth can fucking kill you and so can fire and air, there is no constant warm and fuzzies, everything is dangerous some of the time to some people, deal with it." Thank you, such a relief to see people actually recognizing that). Not everything in the world is pretty all the time, and not everyone is going to experience things the same way. Even if nothing else in his books applies to you, walking away with that knowledge will probably be enough.
I'm going to download his Jotun Book later today. My intellectual curiosity at the very least has been peaked both by reading his work and knowing some of the people that I do here in the Internet world. It will give me something to do in my quiet week (in addition to Work anyway :-)).
Last week I had some sort of ear problem, may well have been an ear infection. That was not fun. While it was only one day of screaming agony (and I do mean that quite literally), I spent the rest of the week with my ear extremely swollen, making half my face feel tight and swollen, and not being able to hear very well out of that ear; it was uncomfortable and disorienting, and pretty much knocked me out of commission (which made the whole no internet and no TV thing that much worse, since I wasn't really good for anything except sitting and staring at stuff). There was a lot of sick sleeping and boredom sleeping going on. Thankfully this shit has flushed mostly out of my system and my hearing is returning.
My dry skin has also gotten really bad. I'm so not happy to have finally fallen into that family curse, for years I had the opposite problem. If my skin isn't doing one thing its doing something else. I had to go out and buy some new soap at Trader Joe's, something made without any chemicals (and wasn't that expensive either). Renee bought me some cream to try, this Body Butter from The Body Shop that unfortunately is very expensive ($20 for a tub), but its worked for her before and I got to say, I've only used it a few times but it does appear to be making a difference (which is a good thing because, between this and the ear thing, I'm getting ready to take a knife to my arms).
So spiritual stuff has been on hold (which really sucks, so close to my dedication and all). Any writing I've been doing on hold. And now that I'm feeling better and will be having a week all to myself (girlfriend leaving for some job training), time to reconnect with Hermes, time to get to work.
I did do a lot of reading on my down week. Finished the Raven Kaldera books I had downloaded. I have to say, I really like this guy. No, I can't agree with everything he says, and his spiritual view is (quite naturally I think, this is not a complaint here, merely an observation) colored by his own experiences being owned by the Goddess that he is, my views and experiences on things will probably be very different considering that Hermes and Hela have next to nothing in common and very opposite personalities expecting different things from us (and I give him credit for consulting others and including their points of view as well). I like his upfront no bullshit approach to things; I really appreciate his total lack of romanticism, something I have to say is greatly lacking in the broader Pagan community (I laughed out loud reading his take on the elements, to sum up "Yes, water is passive and emotional and all that that people always talk about, and it can also fucking kill you, and earth can fucking kill you and so can fire and air, there is no constant warm and fuzzies, everything is dangerous some of the time to some people, deal with it." Thank you, such a relief to see people actually recognizing that). Not everything in the world is pretty all the time, and not everyone is going to experience things the same way. Even if nothing else in his books applies to you, walking away with that knowledge will probably be enough.
I'm going to download his Jotun Book later today. My intellectual curiosity at the very least has been peaked both by reading his work and knowing some of the people that I do here in the Internet world. It will give me something to do in my quiet week (in addition to Work anyway :-)).