Research

Am finally getting my teeth into a research project that has been brewing for several months. It feels really good to be taking concrete action on this. Can't say what it is yet--still classified--but soon . . .

Another Sale

O.k., call me shallow, but it's quite a rush to sell things on-line. This could get addictive. Except that I'm still not sure it's worth the energy for the items that only sell for pennies.

Gardening

Got out to the Full Circle Farm Garden today--and saw several people I know. Some I had met previously, some I'd met at the Farm a different day. My hands are still dirty from pinching corn side-shoots.

On a different note, Green Hope Farm has a beautiful new web site that is much easier to navigate. I'm having fun exploring it.

More work is going on in my apartment, today, but this should be the last of it. Should being the key word here . . .

Progress

I've been checking off a lot of stuff on my to-do list. I'm not sure whether that's because I'm dividing my list into smaller steps or I'm being more productive, but it feels good. :)

I voted today. I really like voting in local elections. I spend time researching the issues and figuring out how to vote. But then I seldom check the results. I care more about the process of having my say than about how things turn out in most cases. Only when it's something really important to me, like Prop 8 was last General Election, do I bother to check the results.

Lazy Weekend

It was too hot this weekend, and I forgot that heat creates sluggishness, so I didn't turn on the A/C and didn't get much done, except catch up on sleep.

I'm making up for it now. I mailed my first on-line sale and am listing more stuff and getting other important "to-do's" checked off my list. :)

Coming Out

I've been at home (mostly) for 3 or 4 days now, doing a lot of very important, but also very hard, emotional work. Now I've reached a point where that work can slow down and I can get back to doing things in the big world. I hope I haven't over done it with all the errands I ran today. I just need to do one more thing and then I can go back to my cave.

Workmen will be reappearing at my apartment on Monday. I think I need to move some furniture. Ugh. And other things. I'm supposed to get new paint in a couple of rooms, a new heater, and a new counter. Having those things will be cool. Getting them won't. But at least there won't be too many more water outages. :)

Grateful

So grateful to my friends for the talks we had yesterday. It was so good to have people to connect with. And I really appreciated the opportunity to listen. It took me out of myself and gave me a chance to focus on someone else. But it was also nourishing because there was an even flow of give and take. I'm starting to get back into perspective, back into balance. I'm still waiting for a particular shift, but things aren't quite so overwhelming today.