T G I Freaking Friday!!!

Okay, I worked way too many hours in the last week, LIFE BALANCE be damned, and now it is finally Friday! You can tell I have TOTALLY dialed it down now, since I would have been at work 20 minutes ago otherwise. But hey, all those extra hours means I got most of my crap done. Which means, I have Friday-itis! Yup, not planning on getting a whole helluva lot done today!

But what I will do is spend hours on end daydreaming about what fun can be had this weekend. What will it be? Kayaking? Movies? Painting? Maybe some glass etching? Who knows! But one this is for sure... there will not be any WORK involved! No way! After all, I worked 13 hours last Saturday. And that is just WRONG!

Yeah, I am not the dedicated 60 hours a week type. I don't get it. I am very fortunate to get a decent wage for my 40 plus or minus hours. When I am done, I am done, and I want to go have FUN! So, that notwithstanding... I DO still have to go to work today. So, enjoy your Friday... and remember, don't let them suck too much life out of you in one day... save some for yourself, your significant other, and your family!

Autumn Calling

I can feel the crisp charge of Autumn energy beginning to course through my soul. This is a time of year that so resonates for me, that to consider it is almost to cry... Sublime, yes that is what it is... sublime.

But alas, I am living in a part of the country where the effects, the impact, the joy of Autumn is muted and dulled. How so? Heat, humidity. Yes, living in Florida is not the ideal way to experience Autumn.

I long for northern climes. I long for waking to crisp, sometimes frosty mornings that call for blue jeans and jackets. To feel winter's welcoming breeze on my face. To shuffle my feet through gently laid drifts of leaves blazing with the colors of Autumn.

Halloween comes soon, and memories of trick or treating in the cool fall air play through my mind, plucking at heart strings. And so I long for northern climes. I long to live in a place where snow can happen in winter, if not lots, at least a maybe. I long to wake on weekend mornings and lounge in bed, watching the leaves turn golden outside. Then to head outside covered in warm layers and feel that crisp air on my face, in my lungs, in my soul.

In the meantime, this fall, this winter, I will enjoy every smidgen of fall that comes my way. And I will enjoy the moments I have, while I am having them, and save the longing for the quiet moments.

Misery or Happiness

A question I ponder quite often of late. Are we, some of us, miserable simply because we CHOOSE to be miserable? Perhaps that is the case. For myself, I have become suspicious of this possibility. So I am on notice, to watch for the signs... am I practicing 'miserability'? Am I producing gloom and despair for my own personal consumption? If so, how do I stop myself? Am I a freaking Jekyll and Hyde???

In the meantime, I have to go prepare for my next dose of dualism... forgive me if I rush off.