I did fairly well on my listmania yesterday. I didn’t walk the dog. I did agility training with her in the backyard. She is so stubborn. I didn’t do Yoga formally. No, because I was catching Bean skipping school and having to get his ass back in class. I have threatened him with no birthday party if this asshatery keeps up. Another proof positive ( Read more... )

My healing warrior story has turned into a revolution story. See, I’m always fighting. Why am I cursed like this? The protagonist - sometimes an antagonist if you look at it from a different perspective - told me, “Listen, sweetie, there are more fights to fight. I can’t get all Dalia Lama yet.” No, she decided to get involved, or moreover be the ( Read more... )

Sept. 23, 2011 Morning Pages

Nightmares. Insomnia. Way too fucking hot to sleep.

Meditating this morning I pinpointed exactly what my subconscious was stirring about. I saw an unusual car come down my (dead end) street with Michigan plates. I was having a drunk landscaping session and didn’t’ look my best nor do I normally care about such ( Read more... )

 Now that I’m more on my own clock (for the most part), I still can get up easily in the morning, but I make it more luxurious. I savor the pot of tea I made this morning. I read the news. I listen to the birds. I pet my dog (She is so adorably my shadow every day, I don’t know how I ever lived without her love and loyalty.). I read messages and ( Read more... )

The day job has taken over my life. I had 16 hours of overtime last week; 16 the week before and working on a total of 8 for this week. I's tired.

But my miraclebean has finished reading Wilderness Rim. He said, "Great Story Mom! I loved it! Thanks!" My daugher, three years his junior, but way advanced as far as literary tastes go, is reading it now. She has a ( Read more... )

to enjoy my morning before the children awoke and spiked the ire of their father, my beloved cepacolmax (aka Diaboleite).

so, i will concentrate on the bliss that was yesterday. I finished Wilderness Rim at about 1 p.m. with a whopping 50,331 words. Go me. The Thank Goodness It's Over Party set in my humble abode on Saturday has 10 RSVPs thus far, which ( Read more... )