Maiden Day--and Friends
[What I Feel| 
sick ]
[What I Hear| Uh...no surprise, the Coldplay CD is still on up here... ]
[What I Smell| BPAL Beaver Moon LE ]
I actually had a post on the Cailleach that I never made...I find it lovely to read what la_colere wrote for Bhealtainn. So poetic and beautiful. Sadly, the City Centre webcam has been broken for days, so I was never able to peep in to Calton Hill in Edinburgh to see anything of the Fire Festival.
I spent all day yesterday at the hospital while a friend had a biopsy--and I must have picked up a bug...urgh. Major stomach cramps and a 'lower digestive tract' malady which is threatening to blow out the seat of my trews before I can make the next run to the WC. I tried so hard not to TOUCH anything when I was there, but obviously there was an evil germ waiting for a host and they chose me.
It's no secret I've struggled to deal with work issues and wanting to escape the misery there. It's become incredibly horrible, and I've spared a lot of you by not really whinging about it as much as I could. It's really not a funny situation, although I make fun of it.
And, I know I confused a lot of my friends by moving my birthday from February to 29 July, but most everyone understood. So imagine my surprise when a GIANT package arrived on Saturday.
It was an early Birthday present...because my beloved Friends knew I needed a Care Package. (Evidently there's more coming, because the Conspiracy Leader rushed the package out before everything arrived.)
I send out Care Packages all the time, so I know they cheer people up. I know it's a kind, loving gesture.
I had never gotten one. I guess I really didn't know what impact a Care Package has until I got one. topknot made me open everything while she was on the telephone, listening to my reactions. I think if I had been "alone" when I opened it, I would have burst out into tears.
Oh My God.
Never have I felt more unworthy or that I have not done enough for others...and never have I felt more loved! The goodies in that box were all chosen specifically FOR ME and it was all so beautiful and lovely!
I have a digital toaster camera that topknot gave me last year that I'm still struggling to figure out. (My ideas of photography involve a non-electronic light-tight box, interchangeable lenses, and about thirty-five pounds of camera equipment, not a tiny-bitty thing my HAND dwarfs that has teeny symbols I can't read and micro buttons my monster fingers splat all over...) I took several pictures of the presents that I'll eventually figure out how to get OFF the camera and INTO my computer. Until then, take my word for it: It was the Care Package to End All Care Packages.
To my Beloved Conspirators: I love you guys to death!! topknot, edenssixthday, la_colere, jettcat, and naamah_darling, thank you for your love, your support, your thoughts, your prayers, your good wishes, your kindness, your presents, and your just BEING THERE for me!!!
Even with an exploding arse, I feel very lucky today.
Nechtan :)
sick ]
[What I Hear| Uh...no surprise, the Coldplay CD is still on up here... ]
[What I Smell| BPAL Beaver Moon LE ]
I actually had a post on the Cailleach that I never made...I find it lovely to read what la_colere wrote for Bhealtainn. So poetic and beautiful. Sadly, the City Centre webcam has been broken for days, so I was never able to peep in to Calton Hill in Edinburgh to see anything of the Fire Festival.
I spent all day yesterday at the hospital while a friend had a biopsy--and I must have picked up a bug...urgh. Major stomach cramps and a 'lower digestive tract' malady which is threatening to blow out the seat of my trews before I can make the next run to the WC. I tried so hard not to TOUCH anything when I was there, but obviously there was an evil germ waiting for a host and they chose me.
It's no secret I've struggled to deal with work issues and wanting to escape the misery there. It's become incredibly horrible, and I've spared a lot of you by not really whinging about it as much as I could. It's really not a funny situation, although I make fun of it.
And, I know I confused a lot of my friends by moving my birthday from February to 29 July, but most everyone understood. So imagine my surprise when a GIANT package arrived on Saturday.
It was an early Birthday present...because my beloved Friends knew I needed a Care Package. (Evidently there's more coming, because the Conspiracy Leader rushed the package out before everything arrived.)
I send out Care Packages all the time, so I know they cheer people up. I know it's a kind, loving gesture.
I had never gotten one. I guess I really didn't know what impact a Care Package has until I got one. topknot made me open everything while she was on the telephone, listening to my reactions. I think if I had been "alone" when I opened it, I would have burst out into tears.
Oh My God.
Never have I felt more unworthy or that I have not done enough for others...and never have I felt more loved! The goodies in that box were all chosen specifically FOR ME and it was all so beautiful and lovely!
I have a digital toaster camera that topknot gave me last year that I'm still struggling to figure out. (My ideas of photography involve a non-electronic light-tight box, interchangeable lenses, and about thirty-five pounds of camera equipment, not a tiny-bitty thing my HAND dwarfs that has teeny symbols I can't read and micro buttons my monster fingers splat all over...) I took several pictures of the presents that I'll eventually figure out how to get OFF the camera and INTO my computer. Until then, take my word for it: It was the Care Package to End All Care Packages.
To my Beloved Conspirators: I love you guys to death!! topknot, edenssixthday, la_colere, jettcat, and naamah_darling, thank you for your love, your support, your thoughts, your prayers, your good wishes, your kindness, your presents, and your just BEING THERE for me!!!
Even with an exploding arse, I feel very lucky today.
Nechtan :)