Do I remember how to do this?
Adaptation, I am getting there…..
It has been well over a month, nearly two since I have posted. It is not that I have gotten bored with it, or disinterested, it is that life in general (not to mention laziness) has interrupted this blog.
Most of you, friends & family know that I started a new job last month. Well the new position has thrown my whole life off it’s axis, temporarily.
As much as I am a spontaneous, free spirit who thrives on change, I am too a creature of habit and of constance, and of knowing that there is a safe haven of refuge (I am a gemini after all, polar opposites in one body).
The past month with the change in my daily work routine has reeked havoc to the rest of my life. Not that it is a bad thing, not at all. Learning & focusing takes so much physical energy, you just forget until you have to do it. Being “on” all the time can be not only exhausting not to mention overwhelming, and let’s face it I know I am young and up for the challenge, but I am not in my twenties anymore.
So back to that creature of habit I claim to be. My day is off kilter by at least an hour, and I cannot adjust. So I am home at least an hour later than I used to be, exhausted, and I have my routine (chores) that suck the last bit of energy out of me Monday through Friday. The exhaustion makes everything more cumbersome and therefore takes longer. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to blog, it is that I haven’t had the energy to be creative, nor do I think I’ve been able to write coherent sentences at the end of the day.
And let me put this straight just in case I sound like I am miserable…. I love my new job, it is just the change and challenge that I needed to snap me out of a rut and put my so called “career” back on track.
So tonight I break the silence, and fight through the tired eyes and headache to greet you all , my adoring fans. Albeit brief, but my voice is back out on the interwebs.
I do have many picture to share (If I can figure out how to get them off my new Iphone), mostly of my other man, Woody, the loving beast we adopted from the shelter; I have made some awesome soups on the weekends, and the crocus are BLOOMING! But all that will have to wait for another day. Please just be happy with the progress I have made writing this all out.
Alas I am off to eat some proper dinner on a Monday night (also for the first time in about a month), comfort food, even for vegetarians, Sloppy Joes.
Thank you for your patience and not giving up with me!
Om -Namaste – Remember to B—–R——E—–A——T——E——!
Wow, look at that all I had to do was open my photo editor with my phone plugged in! Here is Mr. Woody in his manly stance doing his “laundry”. Go ahead and giggle, we laugh at him all the time.
The World Can Breathe Easier Once Again…
My Hero…
I feel full of hope and have faith in our government once again. I do not have to hold my breath any longer—- l—-o—-n—-g—<<sigh>> of relief, and breathe…..
Welcome President Obama!
Tell us what to do, we are at the nation’s service.
Happy New Year!
Damn it is 2009! and I am ever so grateful….
Although it started out awful, I spend New Years Eve puking my brains out and it was not even alcohol induced, what fun is that! I had the damn flu! Just now getting back to my normal self, if there is such a thing.
But things since the ring in of 2009 thing have already climaxed….. Leave it to me to get a new job in this horrible economy without even looking! A promotion even, with a fantastic agency, less costly benefits, a raise, and managing a group of people I know (for the most part) and already have established relationships, not to mention the impact that the program has on our community! I am so excited and terrified at the same time. (Being terrified only means that I am anxious to do a good job.) I am ever so grateful for having friends & acquaintances who believe that I am a capable, compassionate and confident leader; over the years I have been fortunate to experience many growth opportunities thanks to this network of individuals.
And Woody, the ever so adorable being below now resides with us. We adopted him just before Christmas from the Community Cat Connection, the shelter where I volunteer and sit on the board.
Woody has brought much love and odor into our lives, yes I said odor. He is assaultive with his affections, demanding and persistent. He loves to sit on my lap and knead, he usually goes for the boobs, I am after all his new mumma, but damn he has the biggest paws and claws of any cat I have ever owned. He also has some problems with gas, stinky, smelly, offensive toots. Have you ever met a cat that farts? We we now are owned by one. We are researching the cause and how we might be able to resolve the gas. Probably a food issue. It is on the checklist for his first vet visit with us. Oh and he doesn’t meow, he quacks like a duck, is 15lbs (huge) and drools when he gets excited.
Hence all his Nicknames: Duckman, Sirdroolsalot, stinky boy, the Tunaeater (say it like Arnold Schwarzenegger), Quackman, Sweaterman (he looks like he is wearing a sweater), the boobymonster….. and the list goes on and on and on….
Woody’s transition into our home is very slow, with the ever so dominant female Boo who rules the roost not yet accepting his presence. So for now he is set up in the finished basement with his own pad, toys, scratching post, beds and bathroom. We call it his bachelor pad. From all the reading I have done, slow transitions are the most successful transitions with hostile territorial first pets in the home. Woody comes upstairs and watches TV with us, snuggles in bed and wanders the house under our watchful eyes, but does not yet have full access to the house when we are not present and engaged in his supervision. Someday though, time, it will take time.
Anyway, Happy New Year to you and yours; 2009 the year of CHANGE, for me, for you, and hopefully for the whole country. It is going to be a good year for us all, I can feel it, can you?
Namaste
The Cat is IN the Bag
Not quite sure where the phrase came from “the cat is out of the bag” because they always seem to be going into them…….
Woody at the Shelter in a paper bag, he moved into it the minute it hit the floor!
Boo (our cat at home) in a bag of “Christmas Nougats”! Gee do you think she really liked the smell of them? I think she thought that she was helping!
