Friday's Putterings
Topics contained herein:
Being true to my own ideals and to hell with other people think.
Weather / Phenology:
I’ve just been out under the harvest moon. I took a short walk and enjoyed the silence. There are no crickets or frogs anymore … just the soft rustle of crispy leaves in the night-winds. The experience was poignant. I know that tonight may be the last night I could walk without shoes. The sand on the road was already uncomfortably chilly.
I have determined that I am able to perceive the colors red and blue while under the influence of pure moonlight. Unlike my son, however, I am completely unable to read text from a book under the same conditions. (I posted an article about how moonlight affects vision earlier today, which is why we went out to do some experiments while the boy was still awake.)
My late night early morning walk was entirely solitary, but I was thinking of pinkroo and poets_hand. We’ve agreed to start up the daily walking club again and I didn’t want to start out with a skipped day. If anyone is interested in joining us you’ll find the pertinent info here: walking_rambles.
Mood Summary:
Sadly, I felt lousy for most of the day - I became very weary and chilled at about six o’clock in the evening. I ended up taking a four hour nap and woke with a piercing pain behind my right eye. Though I got up and on with life, it didn’t get much better as the night wore on. I can still feel it threatening to flare up into something I can’t ignore.
I’m not very much into the idea of going into Anoka tomorrow but I have to deal with my commitment to Mz D-‘s house project. I just don’t feel like I’ve got access to the kind of energy that she needs from me right now. There’s nothing to be done about it and I’ll try to make the best of it. That means that I will make my best effort to leave her house in a condition more supportive of her needs … and I have to do it without driving her crazy. It also means that I will try very hard to enjoy a night out with the girls.
I’ve changed an awful lot since I started keeping this journal. Feeling under the weather today meant that I was not going to accomplish all I meant to do. In days past, I think I would have chosen to concentrate on getting the house clean in expectation of my in-laws visit on Sunday and on preparing food to offer my in-town family as long as I was heading to Anoka anyway. I didn’t bother with either of those tasks. Instead, I made sure Ch-got a good day of school, I had a long conversation with my insurance agent, I wrote out a couple of pages of notes for a short story that I dreamed (pretty much a complete story) and I readied a couple of fan letters for the mail. Then I went for a walk under the harvest moon. When I finish here, I’m going to go soak my feet in warm water and then curl up in bed with my amazingly good-smelling husband. (I’ve already snuggled him some so I know it’s going to be pleasant.) I guess I am really starting to live my life in the manner I’ve always wanted to.
Five Gratitudes:
There are more than five items in the sections I’ve already written. Mostly I’m grateful that I’m being true to myself and taking my own priorities seriously. Yay me.
Accomplishments:
Again, see above. Or look at my most recent list.
Daily Dozen
My Mission 101 List
My Evil-Twin Mission 101 List
Start Date: July 27, 2006 10:00 pm ---- End Date: April 24, 2009 10:00 pm
Goal Level Behaviors
Routines
Cleaning: zones & weekly schedule
Being true to my own ideals and to hell with other people think.
Weather / Phenology:
I’ve just been out under the harvest moon. I took a short walk and enjoyed the silence. There are no crickets or frogs anymore … just the soft rustle of crispy leaves in the night-winds. The experience was poignant. I know that tonight may be the last night I could walk without shoes. The sand on the road was already uncomfortably chilly.
I have determined that I am able to perceive the colors red and blue while under the influence of pure moonlight. Unlike my son, however, I am completely unable to read text from a book under the same conditions. (I posted an article about how moonlight affects vision earlier today, which is why we went out to do some experiments while the boy was still awake.)
My late night early morning walk was entirely solitary, but I was thinking of pinkroo and poets_hand. We’ve agreed to start up the daily walking club again and I didn’t want to start out with a skipped day. If anyone is interested in joining us you’ll find the pertinent info here: walking_rambles.
Mood Summary:
Sadly, I felt lousy for most of the day - I became very weary and chilled at about six o’clock in the evening. I ended up taking a four hour nap and woke with a piercing pain behind my right eye. Though I got up and on with life, it didn’t get much better as the night wore on. I can still feel it threatening to flare up into something I can’t ignore.
I’m not very much into the idea of going into Anoka tomorrow but I have to deal with my commitment to Mz D-‘s house project. I just don’t feel like I’ve got access to the kind of energy that she needs from me right now. There’s nothing to be done about it and I’ll try to make the best of it. That means that I will make my best effort to leave her house in a condition more supportive of her needs … and I have to do it without driving her crazy. It also means that I will try very hard to enjoy a night out with the girls.
I’ve changed an awful lot since I started keeping this journal. Feeling under the weather today meant that I was not going to accomplish all I meant to do. In days past, I think I would have chosen to concentrate on getting the house clean in expectation of my in-laws visit on Sunday and on preparing food to offer my in-town family as long as I was heading to Anoka anyway. I didn’t bother with either of those tasks. Instead, I made sure Ch-got a good day of school, I had a long conversation with my insurance agent, I wrote out a couple of pages of notes for a short story that I dreamed (pretty much a complete story) and I readied a couple of fan letters for the mail. Then I went for a walk under the harvest moon. When I finish here, I’m going to go soak my feet in warm water and then curl up in bed with my amazingly good-smelling husband. (I’ve already snuggled him some so I know it’s going to be pleasant.) I guess I am really starting to live my life in the manner I’ve always wanted to.
Five Gratitudes:
There are more than five items in the sections I’ve already written. Mostly I’m grateful that I’m being true to myself and taking my own priorities seriously. Yay me.
Accomplishments:
Again, see above. Or look at my most recent list.
Daily Dozen
My Mission 101 List
My Evil-Twin Mission 101 List
Start Date: July 27, 2006 10:00 pm ---- End Date: April 24, 2009 10:00 pm
Goal Level Behaviors
Routines
Cleaning: zones & weekly schedule