...jumprope! Ha. You thought I was gonna pull a gump on ya and say box of chocolates, huh? Well, I didn't. So there.
This more modern phrase of describing life's inherent qualities comes from the new album by Blue October - who Taylor and I had the pleasure of seeing in concert earlier this month. Blue October, not the album. Although, we did buy the album. But not until after the concert.
Anyway! Criminy.
It has been quite the week around here...what with the seven year old and nine year old melting down into puddles of rage and hatred aimed at mommy, and the death of my skeeter cat(who my ex got custody of - before she died, not after), my mind surely has had to work extra hard to think only about myself.
But life is getting smoother. Easier. More full of pleasantries than dark moments.
On the current upswing that I am finally getting to experience (I think my ups and downs might be chartable)I am writing down a few goals that although seem unachievable in my current state, it won't be harmful to believe and make strides towards making them accomplishments.
Pondering #1: Am I experiencing a midlife crisis?
I don't know.
I don't feel like finding a twenty year old to use and abuse for my own sexual gratification (29, maybe...well, anywhere from 29 to 49...but I digress) and I thought that was supposed to be the major indicator of said crisis. I don't feel like a boob job and a convertible will be the answer to my maladies. New car, new job, bigger house, jewelry - none of those things will complete me!
I am attending a convention next weekend - a life coaching seminar, if you will. I am intrigued and excited. I am also skeptical and apprehensive. I am a preacher's daughter, remember? And I have partaken in many a church camp and revival...I know all of the buzz words and the vocal triggers for amping emotions to riotous highs. But I am also of the mind that I will not reject something out of hand just because I have preconceived notions of how it will NOT meet me where I am.
One of my new goals (and something that I already have experienced but have cast by the wayside in the last emotion-ridden year) is to expect and accept those impossible things, those gifts, those miracles that we are all offered but have difficulty accepting.
I am expecting only good things. This will mean constant vigil on my dreary, negative, fear-numbed thought process.
See? I have doubt already that I can maintain that vigil! But I will overcome. Right now.
...all smiles...
;)t
2 comments:
Snow melting into greenery...
The class sounds good :) I know what you mean about the skepticism that one feels sitting in a group meeting like that--but just think--if they didn't use buzz words or emotional trigger words--the meeting would be ass boring! A good orator has to sway the crowd a bit to get them to see through their eyes and bond with what they are saying.
29 yr old, hmm? Cougar stage--hear us ROAR! :D *licks my lips* purrrr purrrr
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