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Positivity
May. 6th, 2009 05:23 pmThings have been pretty rocky lately. I've been doing my best to hide this, or at least deny it, probably without much success, but it's true. Work is slow for me and nonexistent for my husband, crises have been coming to heads all over the place, and I've been putting every bit of energy I've got into keeping alive, awake, and functional.
But... that said, it's also important to note that the world is not, in fact, ending. Not just that; there are good things happening, too.
I love my husband, and he loves me, and we're not at the end of our financial rope yet. We have a buffer; we can make this work.
Work is picking up for me. July and August are almost full, I just added another date in June today, and I should be adding more before the end of next week. And I met with another new clinic yesterday, which will hopefully lead to more work in the late summer/early fall.
A slow month or two isn't the worst thing in the world, either. It'll give me time to get back to translating, which I've missed, and to take rehearsing for Babydolls shows more gradually (next week's performance with them has been canceled due to an extreme case of uncooperation on the part of my dance partner, which involved me desperately trying not to bleed on a dress made entirely of ivory-colored sequins). And with my better half out of work too, heck, maybe we can look into cheap/free day trips.
My yard is rapidly turning into a tribute to friends and people I'm happy to have in my life. Lilies of the Valley from one friend, blueberry bushes from another, and soon I'll hopefully add irises and lilacs from two other homes. It brightens my day beyond belief to look outside and see these tangible reminders of friendship and support.
This weekend, with any luck, I'll be going hanggliding, which should be phenomenally, delightfully fun. And even if it doesn't work out, I'll still be with friends, exploring a corner of the world that I've never had the chance to explore before.
My cat is on my lap right now, purring. The sun is shining outside, I have a crafting project that I'm making for a friend to work on tonight, and homemade pizza for dinner. Things are kind of bad, true, but they're not dire, and that doesn't preclude things being kind of good, too.
But... that said, it's also important to note that the world is not, in fact, ending. Not just that; there are good things happening, too.
I love my husband, and he loves me, and we're not at the end of our financial rope yet. We have a buffer; we can make this work.
Work is picking up for me. July and August are almost full, I just added another date in June today, and I should be adding more before the end of next week. And I met with another new clinic yesterday, which will hopefully lead to more work in the late summer/early fall.
A slow month or two isn't the worst thing in the world, either. It'll give me time to get back to translating, which I've missed, and to take rehearsing for Babydolls shows more gradually (next week's performance with them has been canceled due to an extreme case of uncooperation on the part of my dance partner, which involved me desperately trying not to bleed on a dress made entirely of ivory-colored sequins). And with my better half out of work too, heck, maybe we can look into cheap/free day trips.
My yard is rapidly turning into a tribute to friends and people I'm happy to have in my life. Lilies of the Valley from one friend, blueberry bushes from another, and soon I'll hopefully add irises and lilacs from two other homes. It brightens my day beyond belief to look outside and see these tangible reminders of friendship and support.
This weekend, with any luck, I'll be going hanggliding, which should be phenomenally, delightfully fun. And even if it doesn't work out, I'll still be with friends, exploring a corner of the world that I've never had the chance to explore before.
My cat is on my lap right now, purring. The sun is shining outside, I have a crafting project that I'm making for a friend to work on tonight, and homemade pizza for dinner. Things are kind of bad, true, but they're not dire, and that doesn't preclude things being kind of good, too.
