Mini Hermes Day and Winter Blues
Looks like today is the fourth of the lunar month as well as a Wednesday!* Hermes has a scheduled ritual day (in my new trial routine, he is the only one who does) at the full moon (it was either that or the sixteenth (four times four, you know) which is only the next day, both of which are enough distance away from my other set date that is shouldn't cause problems), but I do think this calls for a day of devotional activities. Nothing says I have to stick to just one day, after all. :-)
I have all the supplies I need now for one part of my Seekrit Projeckt (which again is only secret while I see if i can do it, keep expectations low) and I'll probably work on putting it together today. Its has been ridiculously nice out (trench coat weather! yay!) so we'll go out for a walk, where and what we'll do will depend largely on how early Renee's unemployment comes in. And I have new devotional jewelry (the anklet I mentioned in a previous post) to wear around on a special occasion (its far from the only piece of religious jewelry I have, but the rest I either wear every day or never take off, so its different).
Life has been kind of stressful lately, I never do make it through winters well. I'm not a human icicle and I'm not constantly sick like I usually am, but my dry skin has been acting up something awful and that is a nightmare all on its own. I never used to have that problem until a few years ago, but I always knew it was probably coming since it sort of runs in the family; my mother and sister get it a lot worse than me, they so much as look at water and their skin cracks and bleeds. Mine isn't that bad, but its miserable enough; I remember when I used to complain about the bad acne I had, if given a choice between the two, I think I would take that back. It gets so much worse when I'm trying to sleep, when every little discomfort always gets magnified a hundred times over (I am very particular about the conditions I sleep under, there are some times that if I don't have them I'm not going to sleep; a lot of people, when they first get exposed to this, usually think I'm nuts but that's the way it is). So its been hard for me to get to sleep lately. I've probably not been in the best mood, which might be why I'm letting certain things get under my skin.
Spring can not get here quickly enough. Until then, I'll take any reason to go and enjoy myself where I can get it.
* Well, I see now that it actually isn't, and this is one of the problems I have with keeping the standard Hellenic calendar; because I think of days in terms of when I'm awake, and often that's spread out between two days. So I often find myself one behind or one ahead of where I should be, and that's why a bare minimum of set days is best because its easier for me to keep track of where I am. Still, it is Wednesday and I see no reason not to go through with my devotional day plans. :-)
I have all the supplies I need now for one part of my Seekrit Projeckt (which again is only secret while I see if i can do it, keep expectations low) and I'll probably work on putting it together today. Its has been ridiculously nice out (trench coat weather! yay!) so we'll go out for a walk, where and what we'll do will depend largely on how early Renee's unemployment comes in. And I have new devotional jewelry (the anklet I mentioned in a previous post) to wear around on a special occasion (its far from the only piece of religious jewelry I have, but the rest I either wear every day or never take off, so its different).
Life has been kind of stressful lately, I never do make it through winters well. I'm not a human icicle and I'm not constantly sick like I usually am, but my dry skin has been acting up something awful and that is a nightmare all on its own. I never used to have that problem until a few years ago, but I always knew it was probably coming since it sort of runs in the family; my mother and sister get it a lot worse than me, they so much as look at water and their skin cracks and bleeds. Mine isn't that bad, but its miserable enough; I remember when I used to complain about the bad acne I had, if given a choice between the two, I think I would take that back. It gets so much worse when I'm trying to sleep, when every little discomfort always gets magnified a hundred times over (I am very particular about the conditions I sleep under, there are some times that if I don't have them I'm not going to sleep; a lot of people, when they first get exposed to this, usually think I'm nuts but that's the way it is). So its been hard for me to get to sleep lately. I've probably not been in the best mood, which might be why I'm letting certain things get under my skin.
Spring can not get here quickly enough. Until then, I'll take any reason to go and enjoy myself where I can get it.
* Well, I see now that it actually isn't, and this is one of the problems I have with keeping the standard Hellenic calendar; because I think of days in terms of when I'm awake, and often that's spread out between two days. So I often find myself one behind or one ahead of where I should be, and that's why a bare minimum of set days is best because its easier for me to keep track of where I am. Still, it is Wednesday and I see no reason not to go through with my devotional day plans. :-)