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ladyspriteIs it bad that I've fallen off the gratitude wagon because I'm too busy enjoying my life to write about it?
Things are busy right now. Work has actually slowed down a little, but I'm more than making up for that with other facets of my life. And finances are secure enough at the moment that I can afford a little slowdown, if it means balancing it with other things.
This weekend in particular is a crazy roleplaying marathon. Last night was one of the best episodes yet of the local Vampire LARP that I've been dabbling my toes in - the game has finally hit its stride, it seems, and characters are starting to make connections outside of the little cliques of twos and threes that they came in with. Plus, all of the characters that I started trying to work with were there, which just meant fun for me as I flitted like a bee from flower to flower.
Tonight is a murder mystery LARP with a new friend. I should be afraid, since I don't know anyone else there, but as far as I can tell my character is pure color, there to be the functional equivalent of a macaw - loud, colorful, attention-getting, and trouble-making. An attractive nuisance. And I can do that without knowing folks - maybe more easily than I could if I knew everyone. And tomorrow is our Star Wars tabletop game, another new group that I'm slowly starting to fit in with.
And next week is Thanksgiving, and I will have a house full of people that I love, and there will be family and friends and good food and fun and music and it will be awesome. Though it does mean that between now and then I need to clean the house, make the bed in the guestroom, figure out where we're going to put the kitten while my mom and sister are here, and figure out the timing for getting all the food made.
I'm making an afghan for a friend's wedding. I'm working out again, and trying to figure out where I can start running to gear up for the 5K Run For Your Life. I'm spending time with friends and people I love. I'm working my butt off preparing for the raffle at Arisia. I'm starting to plan my holiday baking.
I'm busy. It's good. I look at my life sometimes and I realize how many things I'm doing and trying to do, and I wonder if maybe I might be able to get more done if I picked one or two things and focused on them.... but at the same time, I can't think of anything there I'd be willing to cut out. I think I'm just destined to be a butterfly... at least I manage to pay attention to things long enough to actually get them done, eventually.....
Things are busy right now. Work has actually slowed down a little, but I'm more than making up for that with other facets of my life. And finances are secure enough at the moment that I can afford a little slowdown, if it means balancing it with other things.
This weekend in particular is a crazy roleplaying marathon. Last night was one of the best episodes yet of the local Vampire LARP that I've been dabbling my toes in - the game has finally hit its stride, it seems, and characters are starting to make connections outside of the little cliques of twos and threes that they came in with. Plus, all of the characters that I started trying to work with were there, which just meant fun for me as I flitted like a bee from flower to flower.
Tonight is a murder mystery LARP with a new friend. I should be afraid, since I don't know anyone else there, but as far as I can tell my character is pure color, there to be the functional equivalent of a macaw - loud, colorful, attention-getting, and trouble-making. An attractive nuisance. And I can do that without knowing folks - maybe more easily than I could if I knew everyone. And tomorrow is our Star Wars tabletop game, another new group that I'm slowly starting to fit in with.
And next week is Thanksgiving, and I will have a house full of people that I love, and there will be family and friends and good food and fun and music and it will be awesome. Though it does mean that between now and then I need to clean the house, make the bed in the guestroom, figure out where we're going to put the kitten while my mom and sister are here, and figure out the timing for getting all the food made.
I'm making an afghan for a friend's wedding. I'm working out again, and trying to figure out where I can start running to gear up for the 5K Run For Your Life. I'm spending time with friends and people I love. I'm working my butt off preparing for the raffle at Arisia. I'm starting to plan my holiday baking.
I'm busy. It's good. I look at my life sometimes and I realize how many things I'm doing and trying to do, and I wonder if maybe I might be able to get more done if I picked one or two things and focused on them.... but at the same time, I can't think of anything there I'd be willing to cut out. I think I'm just destined to be a butterfly... at least I manage to pay attention to things long enough to actually get them done, eventually.....
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Date: 2011-11-19 05:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-19 05:32 pm (UTC)(I think Swami Beyondananda summed it up best: "I was on the freeway caught in really heavy traffic. And, as I'm sitting there, I hear the voice of my spiritual master, saying, 'Swami: Wherever you are right now is perfect.' And I thought, you know, he's right. And it's a good thing, too, because I was in that exact same spot for twenty minutes.")
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Date: 2011-11-19 05:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-20 03:37 am (UTC)I'll add one caveat, though: if you think that thinking about good things is important and useful for times when you're down, remember that the time to develop healthy habits is when things are going well. It's a lot harder to develop a healthy habit when times are bad.
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Date: 2011-11-20 09:04 pm (UTC)No.
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Date: 2011-11-21 06:54 pm (UTC)