Pay attention and listen

Spent a good part of the day fiddling on the computer. I guess it's good this way. My brain has been hyperactive lately and it's just been filled with glimmer of despair, and then my struggle to keep afloat, then of course, there's the good ole' retail therapy...of the worst kind. But I have been well.

I am sorta glad that the clock is going back, I need the extra time to retrieve myself. So much I wish could happen, one of them is that I pass my exams. Then, there's the other, the inevitable. Then, that I get to like my job. No matter what. That I get to love it, the people, my new friends, my new environment. I have met the most amazing people in the last couple of months and it's been great. For once people were unafraid to reach out and touch, connect. It felt different. It opened me up as well. Like it opened up that part of me I didn't know could feel. I suppose I am not as cold-blooded as I thought I was. Maybe. But it's been a calming time for me.

Wine and Done event

Today, there was a wine and dine event in my neigbourhood. Actually, underneath my window. It was a hop, skip away, felt like living in Adelabu all over again. The weather was wonderful for it, one of the last 70 degree days and bright and beautiful. But this was not a street fair as in open for all to come sample the food and wine from the rstaurants that trail my neighborhood. There was ticket charge of $30 (cash) they emphasized as I walked towards them. Hmm...

I am trying to get back into my creative writing since I have been so out of it for about four months, while my life tore it into pieces. I am still trying to pick up the pieces from the roadside where life left it. So now that I have this very expensive iMac, I thought it might get me into writing, taking pictures, etc.

So this is one that I took outside my window ...

Months later ...

Months later and a couple of job try-outs later, I can, knock on wood, safely say I am employed. There is more to talk about, but for osme strange reason I am feeling very sleepy. I am having a glass of wine on an empty stomach. I had some fries and tired barbecue at lunch and that was about it.




This is me looking rotund and fresh faced at the top of the great Missouri Arch with my new o-worker. We are training for this nw job for 3 weeks in Missouri, and we are having fun.