Coasting Through the Natural Haze of Life

(aka The Aliens Stole My Barq's!!)

February 27, 2011 - 02:47

Music in my head during the day: Little happy tunes and old ditties.
Mood: Feeling a bit pleasant. The non-chemical induced kind. Fragile feeling though ... easily nudged.
[Solution: Need to get laid. :) Or drink Barq's. ... Barq's is cheaper.]
Music: A Beautiful Goodbye - Amanda Marshall

I had things to say today ... forgotten them in the few minutes it too to set up the above bits. Ha ... Ah, well, it IS almost three in the morning. I should think about bed. ... Okay, I thought about it. :)

I'm going to start with the good news ... Since I last talked about stepping on a scale, I have lost ten pounds. I haven't done much to change my diet. I'm drinking more water, which means less pop. I'm snacking on Fibre1 bars ... and I'm trying to remember to eat breakfast.

We got rid of a lot of items today. Many of Albert's things went to good homes today. I was happy to let them go to these guys because I knew that they would be taken care of. Otherwise, I would have raided the boxes and hoarded the items that were special to Albert. I don't have the room for that. I don't have the room for my own crap. :)

I miss him very much. There was nobody I could depend on more for answers on any topic ... to share my geeky joys in various areas ... and he was the one person who quietly believed that I could do anything. The last bit is especially painful because he didn't start to share that until a few years ago. He didn't start my joy in singing, but he broadened my experiences in it. He wrote music for me. <3 It irritated him when words were pronounced incorrectly, however innocently it was done. He loved the fact that I shared a love of writing with him, although his poems were mostly only shared with Mom. Our interests brought us to work in similar places, but none brought him more pride than my work at Northlands. He even cheered me on with my PartyLite work, and encouraged people around him to purchase from me. :)

He wanted me to sing. I working on getting lessons to teach me solo singing.
He wanted me to write. I have a few things in the works. And ideas for more.
He wanted me to be happy ... Well, two out of three isn't bad. :) But I'm working on that too.
He took my dreams/intuition seriously. Nobody else ever believed in me in that area like he did.

Anyway, some of his items have a new happy home. I'm glad.

Music: Dragonheart Theme. (He wasn't one, in Chinese Astrology, but I think he held a lot of dragon-like characteristics. I wonder if he can see them now.)

My website for PartyLite is back up at last! I've also been accepted to join the ladies in my unit in the Trade Show at the Ex this year. WHOOP! New chances abound.

I haven't heard from Lavender since my last rant. I hope she's okay. She's given so many people so many chances that I can't believe that she's just drop me for expressing myself. I think I tried to be fair in my writing. (I say 'I think' because the memory of what I wrote is vague ...) And since I can't believe that she would just drop me without saying anything, I must therefore believe that she hasn't. I been a bit pre-occupied lately, and haven't sent more than a couple texts out to her ... I'm hoping that she got them. I'm getting used to my messages not being received though. I'll try again later. Maybe on Monday when  have time off and don't feel so scattered. Still, I haven't received any e-mail since then either. But she had some bad news at the same time too ...

I hope everything is okay. Love you, Lavender. Honest. Be well.

My children are back home and together again. Well, Ashley was the only one missing, but she and Spot haven't developed any fondness for each other in the meantime. :) I'm a little disappointed that she hasn't learned anything in the year that my Aunt was looking after her. Nothing. In fact, I'd had to re-teach her a couple things ... :(
(For those who are new, Ashley is an African Grey. Congo, I believe. That's how she got her name ... Ash = Grey. Lea from me, but spelled different. And it could be for a male or female, as we didn't know what she was at the time.)

I'll have some alone time coming up as Mom has to fly out to help my adopted grandparents for a few weeks. But she promised to pay rent while she was gone. :) I'll be taking that time to find my happy place again and get 'grounded' in my new 'aerie'. (I've never lived this high up before.) I'll be going out later to help her drive home again.

Goals for the week:
I'm going to finish organizing my crap ... I mean, my belongings. Get the last of my clothes into my closet. Get my craft station set up, my comics tucked into a safe place and my other office things organized. Also, get the last of my mangas on shelves (which means fixing that one shelf ... which means purchasing wood glue.)
I'm Going to Vacuum!!

Oh! Speaking of "children" ... Simon is doing very well at his new place with my friends on Pender, but Ripley has had another change. The lady who was watching him, and then fell in love and adopted him, passed away at the beginning of the month. that poor dog has more stamps in his doggy passport. But do not mourn for him, because he's gone from a two acre home on one island, to a four acre home on another. The Lady's son and daughter-in-law have happily taken him in. He now shares his home with a cat, a golden retriever, and soon, dwarf goats and chickens. Can you envision the terror that will cause? LOL!

Sweet Dreams!