after a no money summer
 

Money is back on the table

The extremely odd dream I had last night. Woke up smh and thinking wtf

this is on my mind..

an almost overwhelming need to re-evaluate and make a drastic change.

My mind is swirling.
- what I can and can't say without getting pounced on.
- perceptions and how different they are for each and every one of us.
- my living situation.
- my work situation.
- my life plans and how best to make them come together.
- MONEY
- my car and how unhappy I am at some of the fixes, or lack there of.
- how happy I am and yet in complete turmoil in my life.
- how freaking hot it is out.
- I'm hungry.
- I think I need more coffee.
- how I wish I was painting today.
- how I need to finish packing.
- and a bunch of other things I can't even get a handle on enough to figure them out to write them down.

Did I mention my mind was swirling.

On my mind is an editor who's really putting me through hoops to get into his journal, a nice juicy one that would open a lot of other doors.

On my mind are thoughts like, "He knows what a coup it is to get in his magazine, and that's why he's being so persnickety," or "This poem must be horrible if he's making so many changes," or "Why didn't X or Y or any other of my poet friends tell me it needed this much work—is everyone just being nice to me???"

And then I take some control over what's on my mind, and calm myself down, and smile at my good fortune.

Excuse me while I dance....

Don't be fooled by your emptiness, There's so much more room for happiness...

Keeping momentum, staying positive, being helpful, maintaining boundaries... at work.

In my relationship... how to navigate the back to school rush with my usual gusto for hym.

Sorry to hear that, Julien!

I hear you
been there done that
be careful

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wonder where the what are you grateful for thread is or if it exists?
i am grateful that i have local friends from long long ago...15, 20 years that are here for me and my family. I am lucky guy for that. I like the friendships that are so solid that you can say anything or do anything...or not say anything or not do anything...and show up out of the blue and talk to one another just like we had talked for years. No b.s...just genuine truth and facts. I am lucky that they are here.

I am really sorry I am missing this year's reunion. Had I not opened the shop, I could have come. However, I am looking at the possibility of next year. I do hope everyone who goes has a marvelous time!

Letting go of shoes.

Our king size bed is covered with a HUGE pile of my shoes and there's a tiny pile on the floor that are donations... The donation pile needs to get a LOT bigger but all of my shoes are great--Still, I have to downsize.

Though I am thinking I can do under-bed storage for shoes? We're giving up our larger condo for a house with a yard.

I've been in my (dual!) closets all day and my things aren't getting sorted as quickly as I'd like. Plus, I've been a total FREAK on the phone with Q, multiple hysterical fits about my wardrobe.

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Watching hurricane Issac very, very closely. Just want to get through one more hurricane season and hopefully sell all my property on the Gulf Coast.

Glynn