Monday, April 12, 2010

The Phantom Of Blogopera

I'm waiting for the Alleve to kick in-and this is a good thing to do while that happens.  Emotionally I am in the storm right now-fully engaged in my life and digging through the rubble of what I've drug in when I lived in the land of dreams and wishes.  I'm picking out those things I want to keep and work on, and letting go of what, however nice it would be, I won't have time to do.  I have a lot of rubble.

I'm making progress beyond where I was when I fell off Casper.  That loss of momentum really hurt more than the aches and pains did-and a groin injury IS painful.  But that's all it was, loss of momentum, not the end of all things.  One of things I did was ask my friend if she would take Casper back, and when she said yes I told her to let me think about how that would feel.

Honestly, and without drama, it felt like I might as well die.  I think I've written here that when I was in Mexico going under, my only regret was not having a horse.  And having a horse has been nothing like I thought it would be, but it has been so much more than I ever dreamed.  Casper can rip my confidence to shreds and send it over the moon.  Unlike my dogs, he is not devoted to me-he loves everybody.  But he does trust and respect me.  He'd be happy without me, but I wouldn't be happy without him.  Casper stays.

The snakes are gone-I put the last of them down.  100 percent fatal virus was, well, 100 percent.  Death never seems to cut me slack.  This is my second complete wipe out and I'm done with it.  Winters are too worrisome and hard to deal with with reptiles, and virus are hideous too.

I'm hauling a load of decorating/craft/horse rubble to Cookson Hill's Christian Ministries tomorrow-the kids will enjoy the stuff and I'll enjoy visiting with Grandma Wilkerson and Michelle (who breeds my border collies).  Solo man is riding shotgun-he's doing well in his classes and as firstborn child of Michelle's up and coming stud dog-she'd like to take a look at him.

The mustang is gone.  I traded it for a truck.  Daddy was driving the dog car as his car (he drives maybe once a week) but I know he didn't like it.  He had trouble getting in and out of the Mustang-so I just decided we needed and truck and that's what we did.  The day we went truck trading was a good day for us both-I don't miss the car and I have a really really nice memory with my father.

I'm finishing up post cards and will mail them-and maybe one day I'll even scan and post the ones I've received.  I feel bad about not being current with those things-one day I hope to be current again on life-but right now my focus seems to be somewhere else.

The good news is,  I am at least focused somewhere.  For so long I've been focused on everything at once and nothing at all.  It's not a good way to be, it's neither comfortable nor happy.  I'm still not comfortable-and that's ok-life isn't always comfortable, but I am confident enough to explore options for comfort rather than hide away from it all.

Physically, I'm getting better every day.  I still have some pain, but now am able to work my body so that I'm tired at night and sleep easily, and that is a great mental relief.  I'm looking forward to Boston in a couple of weeks- a weekend of celebrations, frienship and laughter.  Most likely there will be a few tears also-we lost yet another friend last week.

I'm checking out of the hotel at noon Saturday-and just need to know where to show up and I will belong to you guys till Sunday evening.  My mind is still a bit warped about going so far for such a short time-the novelty of that is almost as exciting as the company!

7 comments:

studio lolo said...

Hmmm, I was just about to email you when I saw you did a post. I was asking KJ if she had heard from you because I was starting to "feel" something was up. It's good that you're processing Deb. It sounds like you've made some tough but sound decisions. I'm sorry about the snakes, really. And I do agree it's best if you don't get any more.
And it sounds as though Casper has thrown you for a loop, literally and figuratively. I'm glad he's staying.

I have no idea where you show up on Saturday. I think Mim mentioned picking you up in Boston. I know you want to see my studio and Emma, but that means I probably won't be going back to KJ's after that because it's a workday for both her and Mim. We'll work something out. it will be great to see you again ;)

I'm sorry you lost another friend. Sheesh Deb.

Let's keep in touch about the end of the month. KJ and Mim are so great about driving. Me, I have too many phobias but I'm working on them!

See you soon. And I'm glad you're doing lots of 'inner work.'

xo♥

soulbrush said...

sorry about the snakes, glad about caspar, glad you are getting better and glad you ae going on a fun weekend.

Mim said...

Shit - I didn't know about the snakes, that really sucks Deb. But am glad about Casper - mucho.

I will email like crazy with you and KJ and Lo and we will figure out when/where/how/who.

Debra Kay said...

Will email when I get home tonight-I'm up early and the truck looks like granny clampett with some pictures and a few small animal cages...it's quite a sight.

kj said...

jeez, a puzzle to be solved!

a clarification or two from the view of ms kj: we'll figure out who picks you up. i heard mim mention maybe she could/would, but i did not take that to be for sure. so mim, please don't think that's expected!! also, no work on saturdays and sundays. i want to know what time your flight is on sunday (evening?) and we'll figure out everything from there!

i think i actually am close to a simple plan!!!!

soulbrush said...

i know that sometimes you 'drop out' of the bloggy world, and that's okay, but just want to say 'i miss you'. hope your meet up with the girls was a whole wack of FUN

soulbrush said...

i do hope you are okay dear one.