Actually I came home on Thursday night and left Saturday morning to take my folks on a tour of the fall foliage and to meet my brother in Arkansas. My brother doesn't live in Arkansas, he's working there for now-and we met in Ft. Smith.
In the past week I have raced dogs, moved couches, backed up giant moving vans down curving driveways, took a shit in the woods, eaten world renowned burgers, talked about dreams and life with my parents and watched a lot of spooky old movies. It's been a good week.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Geeking out
I am in a seedy motel charging batteries on cameras, setting up iPad and drinking coffee. I have three dogs with me. Tonight we go to Austin to help a friend move, the past weekend was a flyable tourney,
I am liven the dream....my dream.
I am liven the dream....my dream.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Random things
I have been on turtle rescue, dog search and find, business junkets, vet visits, legal missions-all since waking up Tuesday morning after driving home most of the night Monday. It's been one strange week.
Ok-it's not THAT strange-except that range of life experiences has been unusually broad, even for me. I actually delayed legal research to go drop off the turtle in a safe location. The legal crap got handled AND the turtle got saved. For me-BOTH were equally important.
I think that illustrates something about me that many people just don't get, and it's nothing I can explain. They were both equally important-that's the best explanation I can give. I can go as far as to recognize other people would have different priorities-I just can't always buy into those alternate priority lists.
I got to revisit a bit of how corporate America thinks and runs this week-and I still don't care much for it. I got to contemplate what is legal vs. what is moral-and how the two are often not the same thing.
Sometimes people are like turtles-basking in the road, oblivious to the dangers all around. I think both deserve to be saved. That's how I roll.
Ok-it's not THAT strange-except that range of life experiences has been unusually broad, even for me. I actually delayed legal research to go drop off the turtle in a safe location. The legal crap got handled AND the turtle got saved. For me-BOTH were equally important.
I think that illustrates something about me that many people just don't get, and it's nothing I can explain. They were both equally important-that's the best explanation I can give. I can go as far as to recognize other people would have different priorities-I just can't always buy into those alternate priority lists.
I got to revisit a bit of how corporate America thinks and runs this week-and I still don't care much for it. I got to contemplate what is legal vs. what is moral-and how the two are often not the same thing.
Sometimes people are like turtles-basking in the road, oblivious to the dangers all around. I think both deserve to be saved. That's how I roll.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Home Again
Texas trip was awesome. Good friends, good food, a wedding and no funerals. Lots of road time. Naps on the road in truckstops-side trips-all the stuff I love and more!
Came home to a few wrinkles that developed while I was away-but hit them hard and worked it out. My life is so strange-in one day I saved a turtle from himself (basking in the sun) and saved my father from himself (didn't set up a business structure quite right). It's all good now-and it's all important stuff-businesses, turtles, dads.
I'm still wiped out-but in a good way. Face hurts from laughing-big deep belly laughs. Some tears and real hugs too.
Oh, and we had an earthquake this morning but I didn't feel it-guess I didn't have enough coffee in me . Go figure.
Came home to a few wrinkles that developed while I was away-but hit them hard and worked it out. My life is so strange-in one day I saved a turtle from himself (basking in the sun) and saved my father from himself (didn't set up a business structure quite right). It's all good now-and it's all important stuff-businesses, turtles, dads.
I'm still wiped out-but in a good way. Face hurts from laughing-big deep belly laughs. Some tears and real hugs too.
Oh, and we had an earthquake this morning but I didn't feel it-guess I didn't have enough coffee in me . Go figure.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Just checking in
I've had some wins, some losses and so it goes. I'd like to think I am holding my own and making a little progress-but at times I can't be sure. Eh-that's life, isn't it?
I'm very much in a one foot in front of the other phase-no grand plans. I like plans-I really do-but I can't seem to form one at that moment that I can have any faith in at all. So I am just doing what I can when I can and we'll see how that works. I think it's far better than doing nothing at all.
In an effort to keep moving-I do move on. If I can make a decision-I save it for later-BUT I move on to something else. Cause there is always something else. I call it creative procrastination. It sounds fancy, doesn't it?
My head just can't deal with a lot of absolutes and etched in stone things right now. So, I look at the current crop of possibilities-pick one that looks promising or interesting-and just keep moving-one foot in front of the other. I'll let you know how that works.
I'm very much in a one foot in front of the other phase-no grand plans. I like plans-I really do-but I can't seem to form one at that moment that I can have any faith in at all. So I am just doing what I can when I can and we'll see how that works. I think it's far better than doing nothing at all.
In an effort to keep moving-I do move on. If I can make a decision-I save it for later-BUT I move on to something else. Cause there is always something else. I call it creative procrastination. It sounds fancy, doesn't it?
My head just can't deal with a lot of absolutes and etched in stone things right now. So, I look at the current crop of possibilities-pick one that looks promising or interesting-and just keep moving-one foot in front of the other. I'll let you know how that works.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Try try try
I'm working on the decluttering dehoarding thing-it's slow going and painful. Honestly though-if I were to be completely frank (like I ever am anything else BUT) it's not really any harder than any other hard task. When I get overwhelmed-I sit back and try to evaluate-is this on a 1-10 scale really THAT hard? I'd give it a 7-and and 5 or 6 if I'm really working well at it.
Even what has become my standard wailing point-"It just takes sooooooo long"...isn't really a valid point. Grad school took 18 months-this is taking a few weeks. Well shit. I'm getting really good at overcoming my own objections-without-and this is key-turning around at attacking myself for having them. Lazy, good for nothing, stupid....nope-just stubborn and offering my opinion-kind of like several dogs and a horse I know of.
Oliver is helping too-when I find something I go "OH Look at THIS" and he's delighted with whatever I find-even if it's garbage. He just likes to feel involved. His favorite response is "GOOD LORD" unless it's something he wants for himself-then it's "oooooooooooh" and he proceeds to make himself as charming as possible. We have a lot of boxes and bags around right now-but there are plenty of paper sacks I can spare for him to shred-so he's a happy guy right now.
The kitties are off for their surgeries-and he's NOT happy about that. He saw them leave (one was using his special carrier) and he doesn't like that at all-no no no. He keeps asking me "You want a kitty?" and he meows a lot. They'll be back Monday and all will be well. For some reason, in his birdy brain, the kitties belong to him. I don't know why, but it's clear he believes that they are his and my job is to clean up afterward and feed them.
Casper is going on pasture rest and maybe permanent retirement-and I have leased a gelding to ride for now while this all plays out. It really kind of bothers me because Casper did not like Socks-but Socks was available and he's the right size, training level, etc. so I try not think about that part. Socks thinks he's hit the mother load because I don't ride that much or that hard-so Easy Street suits him fine.
Even what has become my standard wailing point-"It just takes sooooooo long"...isn't really a valid point. Grad school took 18 months-this is taking a few weeks. Well shit. I'm getting really good at overcoming my own objections-without-and this is key-turning around at attacking myself for having them. Lazy, good for nothing, stupid....nope-just stubborn and offering my opinion-kind of like several dogs and a horse I know of.
Oliver is helping too-when I find something I go "OH Look at THIS" and he's delighted with whatever I find-even if it's garbage. He just likes to feel involved. His favorite response is "GOOD LORD" unless it's something he wants for himself-then it's "oooooooooooh" and he proceeds to make himself as charming as possible. We have a lot of boxes and bags around right now-but there are plenty of paper sacks I can spare for him to shred-so he's a happy guy right now.
The kitties are off for their surgeries-and he's NOT happy about that. He saw them leave (one was using his special carrier) and he doesn't like that at all-no no no. He keeps asking me "You want a kitty?" and he meows a lot. They'll be back Monday and all will be well. For some reason, in his birdy brain, the kitties belong to him. I don't know why, but it's clear he believes that they are his and my job is to clean up afterward and feed them.
Casper is going on pasture rest and maybe permanent retirement-and I have leased a gelding to ride for now while this all plays out. It really kind of bothers me because Casper did not like Socks-but Socks was available and he's the right size, training level, etc. so I try not think about that part. Socks thinks he's hit the mother load because I don't ride that much or that hard-so Easy Street suits him fine.
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