About three weeks ago, I noticed that I was having problems with my left ear.  It felt/sounded like something was sliding around in there, and I was having trouble hearing part of the time.  I thought it was earwax, which I've always had a problem with, so I got some drops.  Tried them for a few days, but after the first couple of times it didn't ( Read more... )

Today is my 50th birthday.  It's weird, I was more upset when I turned 30 than I am about this one, and even 40 wasn't as bad as 30.  Maybe it's because I finally figured out that AGE isn't the problem, it's how people are taught to feel about getting older.  You know, like it's a BAD thing.

Anyway, we ended up not doing any of the things we planned ( Read more... )

Next Thursday is Martin's birthday, and the following Sunday is mine.  I've taken both Thursday and Friday off as vacation days, and we're going to play for four days.  Forget Spring Break, this is BIRTHDAY BREAK ( Read more... )

I love the movie The Thirteenth Warrior.  One of my favorite characters is the smallest Viking, Herger ("the Joyous"); no matter what problem comes up (even impending death when fighting against impossible odds), he just smiles and meets it calmly with the statement, "It's a small matter."

So I have decided to adopt this philosophy as my own.  ( Read more... )

I have to ask this question...  Is ANYONE happy anymore ( Read more... )

Not in MY city, that's for sure ( Read more... )

On Friday, the last day of September, I worked overtime, until about 6:30pm, and decided to walk across campus and down the (very) long hill from the university I work at to the main street.  It takes about 30 minutes to do this, and you have to walk in the street on a very wide shoulder.  Since you're going against traffic, it's fairly safe as ( Read more... )

That book I mentioned, "Stop Saying You're Fine", has lots of good ideas for finding out who you really are and what you really want to be and/or do in your life.  Even the seemingly wild and crazy ideas have a definite purpose.

Two things she suggested making a list of things you would do if you know that no one would ever know, and making another ( Read more... )

At the beginning of June I started working with what Z Budapest calls Slothwomon in her book, The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries.  This is basically the instinctual part of one's soul/spirit/unconscious, referred to by scientists as the 'lizard brain', that runs our reactions such as 'flight or fight', the basic emotions, and all that kind of thing ( Read more... )

Last Sunday was the nicest day I've had in a VERY LONG time.  And the best part was that there was nothing "special" about it.  It was just an average, but busy, weekend day, but I enjoyed every single minute of it.  I can't remember the last time I felt that good, especially ALL DAY ( Read more... )