Or, What I Did On My Blog Vacation (in no particular order).
Went to Vermont with family.
Minus: note to self: do not schedule family trips when two or more women involved will be experiencing PMS.
Plus: had many wonderful times together anyway.
Had a colonoscopy.
Minus: this hardly seems necessary to explain.
Plus: everything was perfectly as it should be.
Super-plus: the poor woman's colon cleanse!
Spent an evening in the Pediatric ER.
Minus: after many hours, everything was fine and it turned out to be a waste of time for all.
Plus: is there any better way to describe a trip to the Pediatric ER than as a simple "waste of time?"
Bought a house.
Minus: a quick glance at our bank account will answer this for you.
Plus: it is nothing less than a dream come true. We are moving to a cozy little cottage with a wonderful literary history, nestled on a lovely street in a town that is basically Mayberry, if Mayberry was funky, artsy, had a great farmers market, and was 25 minutes from New York City.
Got a weird infection and had to go on high power antibiotics.
Minus: stomach was temporary disaster.
Plus: skin was temporary perfection.
Had a new attack of some old anxiety that I thought had been kicked to the curb for good.
Minus: no fun, as any anxiety/panic sufferer will tell you.
Plus: a great reminder that I was in need of a tune-up.
1. Had a lube job: the ratio of coffee and wine to all other fluids required some realignment.
2. Fuel levels needed correcting: healthy food is not only meant to be purchased and fed to others as one shoves errant oreos and pieces of cheese into one's mouth. Healthy food, it turns out, can also be ingested by one's own self every once in a while.
3. The engine was being neglected, left to spin and spin on its own. When my engine is denied some basics--time to read, time to breathe, time to sleep--this is what it will tend to do.
Learned something, again.
Minus: What can be negative about learning something, except for the realization that I have to keep learning it over and over again.
Plus: Learned (again) that plans and promises are not nourishing, they are depleting. I have only the power of now.
"I recommend you take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves." -Lord Chesterfield
9 comments:
Thank god you are back!!!
Kimmy Pie,
You are SO right, promises and plans are depleting! Love the way you articulated this! Love the set-up for this, the happenings, minus and plus sides, darling, funny, ironic, deep. Reminds me of one of my other favorite bloggers, Fully Caffeinated. Have you heard of her?
That's a hell of a "blog vacation"!!
Geez, I think there are better "camps" out there.....
Love you.
Suzy
Great format. So glad you're back. Excited to hear you're in a cozy cottage and starting to take care of yourself. Love you.
A house? A house of your very own? Oh, I'm doing the happy dance for you.
Great post. So true about having to learn things again and again.
Glad to see you back.
Oh, so the trick to the healthy food is actually feeding it to one's own self? Why don't they print that on the labels?
Congrats on the house. So glad you are back.
Glad you are back from your blog vacation, I kept checking to see when you would post. Congratulations on your new house and your town, it sounds perfect for you and your family.
Sorry about the trip to the ER, that is one mommy experience that we can all do without. Been there, hated every second.
I am with you in trying to eat healthy. I can't get the idea to stick that food is suppose to nourish us and make us healthy and feel better. Or if you eat those 100 cal. oreo packets, eating 4 or 5 defeats the purpose. Trying very hard to stick to the fruit, veggies , almonds and soy. I'm with you in spirit on this journey.
Take care.
Happy Birthday! Great Post!
Fun post...and congrats on the house! How lovely :-)
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