Wednesday, July 20, 2011

At the Midpoint...

...of TWELVE...that would be...TWELVE!!!...days of vacation. I haven't had this many days off from a job unless it was for medical reasons...or I had been made redundant.

It's lovely and very strange to be at the midpoint...only drew up a list of things to accomplish on Day 10...most of which had been in progress since day 3. Acknowledgement is of goals in progress is good, I think.

My Observations of the Week...thus far...

I had to change bathing suits because my beloved Speedo died...the spandex got really tired...drooped like a five year old's suit after daily use at the shore...miss my end X mark tan lines. Readjusting to new lines...really liked seeing those X's...reminds of going to the beach with Connie.

Fun literature is meant to be read at a pool with a hat pulled own low. This really refers to Cosmopolitan...which I'm not sure how I got a subscription to in the first place...the articles make me feel voyeuristic...but I read it cause I get it. After reading a Cosmo article, I have decided that Kim Kardashian seems likes she could be a person we could sit and have coffee with. I wasn't wearing my sun hat that day.

It's really nice to do the laundry and get it put away. Janet always told me you could always get all the important household tasks done during the commercials...totally true. I really like doing laundry...the doing...the folding..hate the putting away. The commercial rule has made it totally manageable and it had gotten out of hand.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Saturday, July 9, 2011 Finding Friends...

...is still astounding to me...especially the ones you want to have for life.

I moved so much as a kid...I was always the outsider...or at least felt like an outsider. The best thing for me was that I got to go to Middle school and High school in the same place...the longest I had ever lived anywhere until I got married.

My son went to a small high school. I think his graduating class was one of the largest and it was a little over 100...and it was the perfect place for him to be. If you wanted to do a sport...sign up and you WILL play...Cory and his friends got played in any sport they participated in...had to use everyone just because of numbers. In that lack of "volume", I think something great happened. It gave them the freedom to try things out of their box..

I need to get back on stage because it was pointed out to me "That sometimes it is hard to have a conversation with you because you perform". It hurt my feelings. She knew she hurt my feelings by the comment and apologized for doing so...but it will take me awhile to feel totally at ease with her again.

I have made great friends with three women over the past year. They have all become great friends.

I feel like the catalyst...and the outcast.