Life, and such
I've lost 42lbs since last year's health screening, most of which was accomplished since spring. I have about 40 more to go before I'm "done." My blood pressure's good, at least there's never been problems there. 113/65 :)
Justin and I are getting preliminary stuff done on landscaping. We're setting aside a small patch for a vegetable garden and waiting on a soil sample result report. We've planted some herbs in small pots and 3/4 are growing nicely so far. I suspect the one that didn't is a result of bad seeds.
The rest of the house is coming along nicely, all that's really left is to decide where to hang things and finish clearing out the third bedroom of random junk. We have 2 sets of curtains and several good curtain rods we're willing to give to good homes.
Cam stuff is cam stuff, nothing really new going on there. Our Mage and Masquerade games are doing pretty fantastic here.
I've had to accept after a while spent thinking on things that when it comes to life and changes, some of those changes involve friendships. While I've managed to stay in touch with a couple people from High school, none of those connections are close anymore. I had gotten used to people drifting away, really, at least I thought I had. Watching it happen again in the past year or so has actually been very difficult for me, even though I don't talk about it much, or at least, not on any public online forum. In a way, this time is different. I try to be available as much as I can, and reach out when I think it's good to, or that I should, but more often than not when some become distant, it doesn't get better.
In thinking about it all, I've asked myself if I'm part of the problem. Knowing I'd be a terrible judge of looking at myself in that light, I've asked those who know me well and I trust. They were pretty supportive, leaving me fairly confident that I've not done anything terrible to anyone, that I've done all I can.
So in the end it seems I just have to come down and accept that sometimes people will just move apart, it just happens. Sometimes they find themselves in different places in life, sometimes they lose common interests, or wordlessly accept that they have fewer and fewer things to talk about. It's a sad thing when I think about it, but I'll manage.
Justin and I are getting preliminary stuff done on landscaping. We're setting aside a small patch for a vegetable garden and waiting on a soil sample result report. We've planted some herbs in small pots and 3/4 are growing nicely so far. I suspect the one that didn't is a result of bad seeds.
The rest of the house is coming along nicely, all that's really left is to decide where to hang things and finish clearing out the third bedroom of random junk. We have 2 sets of curtains and several good curtain rods we're willing to give to good homes.
Cam stuff is cam stuff, nothing really new going on there. Our Mage and Masquerade games are doing pretty fantastic here.
I've had to accept after a while spent thinking on things that when it comes to life and changes, some of those changes involve friendships. While I've managed to stay in touch with a couple people from High school, none of those connections are close anymore. I had gotten used to people drifting away, really, at least I thought I had. Watching it happen again in the past year or so has actually been very difficult for me, even though I don't talk about it much, or at least, not on any public online forum. In a way, this time is different. I try to be available as much as I can, and reach out when I think it's good to, or that I should, but more often than not when some become distant, it doesn't get better.
In thinking about it all, I've asked myself if I'm part of the problem. Knowing I'd be a terrible judge of looking at myself in that light, I've asked those who know me well and I trust. They were pretty supportive, leaving me fairly confident that I've not done anything terrible to anyone, that I've done all I can.
So in the end it seems I just have to come down and accept that sometimes people will just move apart, it just happens. Sometimes they find themselves in different places in life, sometimes they lose common interests, or wordlessly accept that they have fewer and fewer things to talk about. It's a sad thing when I think about it, but I'll manage.