My best friend died today.
Time stopped for me today. Jeff, my best friend, my love, my partner in crime passed away. That one person who cared about the minutiae of my day isn’t here anymore.
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Ain’t never been there, they tell me it’s nice.
Life’s been good to me so far. (Click to play the song.)
Like a good snowbird, tomorrow I’m heading to Florida for the winter. Pennsylvania’s turned cold (but I think that started a few months ago).
I’ve been ready to leave for a new place for a while. I’m really looking forward to meeting up with about a dozen friends and framily (friends who are like family), several who live there, and several as they come through the panhandle. With one exception, these are all folks I’ve met on my travels. You’ve got to love that!
But I’m nervous about this trip, more so than usual, and I don’t know why. It will take me about four or five days to get there, maybe six.
But, wait! There's more...Happy Friday 5 – Don’t Sweat the Petty Things
Happy Friday 5 – Don’t Sweat the Petty Things – Quote I’m pondering, What I’m contemplating, What I’m meditating to, What I’m sleeping with, Who I wish I was sleeping with.
But, wait! There's more...Happy Friday 5 – Love him like you own him.
Love him like you own him: Marriage and dating advice, love song, Mexican spice brownies, happy herbs, and gratitude, appreciation and love practice. What I’m reading again: Gerald Rogers’ viral article “Marriage Advice I wish I would have had…” Twenty tips on how to have an exceptional relationship. Check out and take note of #1, #4, #8, #12… aww heck, they’re all fantastic. Take note, young suitors.
But, wait! There's more...Happy Friday 5 – Work like you won the lottery.
Work like you won the lottery. On or about Fridays, I’m posting five things that I’m enjoying, that inspire me, or that make me happy. Where Tim’s five bullet points are typically highly useful mini life hacks and recommendations, mine are semi-useful life hacks mixed with more fluff, which means a cute puppy or kitty picture here and there or something about dating/sex/romance/relationships). No, I don’t think Tim minds that I’m writing these. I’m pretty sure he’s not worried about the competition, even though I am sure he knows about me and this blog. Yup, of course he does.]
But, wait! There's more...Happy Friday 5 – Celebrate like nobody’s calling the cops.
Happy Friday 5 – Celebrate like nobody’s calling the cops. Quote I’m pondering:
“Can you imagine feeling at home in the world no matter where you are? If you eventually master this art, outer circumstances won’t distort your relationship with yourself. No matter how crazy or chaotic the people around you might be, you will remain rooted in your unshakable sense of purpose; you will respond to any given situation in ways that make you both calm and alert, amused and curious, compassionate for the suffering of others and determined to do what’s best for you. If you think these are goals worth seeking, you can make dramatic progress toward them in the coming weeks.”
But, wait! There's more...Happy Friday 5 – Dance Like Nobody’s Pointing
Dance Like Nobody’s Pointing. Tim’s five bullet points are typically highly useful mini life hacks and recommendations. Mine will be some semi-useful life hacks, with more fluff (which means a cute puppy or kitty picture here and there). These posts, intended to brighten your day, will be fairly short and something for you to do if work is slow. Or if you’re avoiding doing the laundry, like I am right now.
But, wait! There's more...Depression is a Bitch
I am not brave in my own admission; it took me over a year to finish this post. Many famous, and far better writers have divulged their own personal struggles. I am not jumping on the bandwagon, not trying to be one of the crowd. It is their own bravery that has given me the strength to admit this, to tell you out there in internet land, how I feel, and share some of the struggles I’ve been too ashamed to write about. If it offers comfort to someone else to know they are not alone, that’s all the better. Then this will have been for something useful.
But, wait! There's more...Ten Things Tuesday: Ways Texas Made Me A Better Person
Before I came to Texas, for a long time I felt drawn to the state, a desire to go to there. I had no idea what it was really like, and no idea how much of an imprint it would leave on my soul. Texas changed me for the better. That may seem silly to say, but it is so different from the other states in which I’ve been – it really is like its own country.
But, wait! There's more...Don’t judge others too quickly. It looks bad on you.
Being wrongly accused has been a running theme in my life for the last few months or so: Family, boss, good friends all accusing me of the most bizarre things.
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