Oh hi.
I can't say I have anything new to report. Life has basically been about work, editing and on occasion doing science.
I am relishing the last of the longish evenings -- now that Ernest is back I am back to watching the sun start to set as we finish up our last walk.
It seems like this summer was a big gyp.
Hot,work,too hot, operations, caretaking, work.
All I can remember is the blur of emails, running to and fro each soaker hose and the occasional moment of calm.
Most of those were short.
It felt weird not to train for anything, nor spend long hours talking to friends while walking. I miss it, but this year was not the year.
Today I told someone that I am looking to simplify my life - not add complications to sap yet more energy from me. It seems that life is throwing those complications at us right and left. Its just learning to say no, okay and maybe later to all those opportunities, chances and obligations.
I have said enough and maybe not much of anything.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Thursday suckitude v.2.0
More of the same, yeah, you know, I have talked about it over and over again.
Good points:
I am healthy
I have a roof over my head
It is not 100 degrees
I have a great support system
Bad points:
I'm unhappy with some things and this affects the rest of my life
This continues
on and on
that really sucks
The economy has still not recovered enough
to make a change
I'm also afraid of change
Outcome:
Who knows, is it worth being unhappy?
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Happy August.
Today it was only 86 degrees. The garden, for all that we have watered, mulched, pruned and carefully tended, is toasted. It is hard to see and even harder to swallow. I am over this, I was over it well before it started. We are not adapted to deal with these "weather events".
The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of excitement, none of it good - weather, my father's knee, the ensuing complications and becoming a dogsbody. While my parents are still healthy and have a myriad of resources, it always seems to be a crisis around the corner. Thank god for hotel status, communication skills, a huge network of friends who know everything and everyone in Seattle. TH has been amazing and ready to step up to the plate for almost anything at any time.
This aging thing is really overrated.
Tomorrow, we celebrate a birthday and an anniversary date that has come so fast -- at least we can toast the living and those who have passed with good food and dear friends.
Today it was only 86 degrees. The garden, for all that we have watered, mulched, pruned and carefully tended, is toasted. It is hard to see and even harder to swallow. I am over this, I was over it well before it started. We are not adapted to deal with these "weather events".
The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of excitement, none of it good - weather, my father's knee, the ensuing complications and becoming a dogsbody. While my parents are still healthy and have a myriad of resources, it always seems to be a crisis around the corner. Thank god for hotel status, communication skills, a huge network of friends who know everything and everyone in Seattle. TH has been amazing and ready to step up to the plate for almost anything at any time.
This aging thing is really overrated.
Tomorrow, we celebrate a birthday and an anniversary date that has come so fast -- at least we can toast the living and those who have passed with good food and dear friends.
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