A "G-Rated Journal" That Even My Mother Can Read (because she does!)
Effervescence is a state of mind. It's about choosing to bring sunshine to the day.
Every person I meet matters.
If it's written down, I know it (If it's not written down, I don't know it)
If it's color-coded, I understand it (If it's not color-coded, I don't understand it)
Read/Post Comments (2)
Daddy-do and me, 2010
My Links
My Blessings
My Project Lists
My Resume
My Twitter
My Photo Website
My Flickr
My TwitPic
My Household
My SCA Biography
My Bardic Pages
My Blip.TV Videos
My YouTube Videos
My Band & CDs
My FriendFeed
My Bookmarks (del.icio.us)
My Ravelry Profile
My Blip.fm Station
My Amazon Wishlist
My Media Collection
My LibraryThing
My Food Lists
Podcasts I Listen To
Cast-On: Brenda Dayne, Wales
KFI AM 640 On Demand: Bill Handel, Leo Laporte, Neil Savaadra, and Wayne Resnick
Chivalry Today: Scott Farrell (Sir Guillaume)
The Lions Road: A Weekly SCA podcast
Administratia
eMail me
Journal Home
Subscribe to this Journal
Add my RSS feed to your RSS Reader
Candles, Job, and Health
Chanukah Photos Continued - If you hadn't noticed the "featured photo" in the corner of my journal, I've been taking photos of candle lighting for Chanukah, for my friend Shoshana. She's at college right now (sophomore year), and this is the first time she's not home for Chanukah with family. I promised her I would take pictures every night and email them to her, so she could have candle lighting.
http://www.cayswann.com/v/Projects/2007/chanukah/
For My Evening - Originally I was going to meet Meala at her house, because she'd invited me for latkes. Unfortunately, I didn't understand that "meet me a little before 7 at my place" also meant "because I'm leaving by 7" and so when I arrived just a little after 7, I had missed her completely. So at least I hadn't driven very far (she lives within a few miles of my work place *and* fighter practice), so I drove back towards the park thinking to eat the last of my lunch and drink a coffee from Starbucks for dinner instead. Once again, the local Starbucks near the park was out of soy milk. *argh* So I sat in the car, ate my meal, drank the last of my water and juice, went to the park. Fortunately Meala had extra latkes out at the park, so I was able to still enjoy a couple.
The practice was lightly attended, so I merely stood around chatting with friends and spinning some of the jewel-toned merino wool and silk blend. When I couldn't spin any more on to the spindle without the half-hitch falling off and the whole thing dropping to the (cement) ground, it was time to just ply the yarn. (Oops, I didn't bring it inside, so I'll have to photograph it later for you.) It took all the rest of the evening, including everyone going out to IHOP afterwards (where I had coffee and a bowl of fresh fruit), to finish plying the yarn. I'm really happy with the color and the weight of the yarn. And I cannot wait to learn lace knitting so I can make myself a lacy scarf with the yarn.
On the Job Front - I cannot announce any for-certain good news, but there's a promising "maybe" in the works. Keep your fingers crossed, say your prayers, and otherwise send happy vibes to a certain PO being approved and budget being allotted. It would *really* be good for me. If/when I know anything certain, I'll definitely announce it.
Otherwise, there's been nothing new. I'm in my fourth week at this 4-week contract job, and currently my last day stands as next Tuesday. I've thoroughly enjoyed this company (and the work!) so it's been a good month. And the pay has been *very* nice, too.
My recruiter hasn't really been as pro-active lately as he was a month ago, but that just makes it my job to be on top of things again/still. It's hard to job-hunt full-time AND hold a full-time job (AND do everything else I do), so it's been really difficult to keep sending out all the feelers I should be sending.
On the Health Front - When Nate and I crashed overnight last weekend at Ben and Erika's, I was curled up on the floor in blankets on pillows, watching through my eyelashes as Nate had jumped up to do stretches and exercises. It made me think "gee, I really should do that" ... meaning, exercise every morning.
So I can successfully say I've gotten up every morning this week and done some stretches and exercises. I feel like I'm doing recovery physical therapy for my left shoulder and left elbow still. On Monday, I was in tears by the time I just finished a few small sets of arm circles (really small ones), because the shoulder muscles are painful. I kept moving the shoulder and elbow under hot water in the shower, and it felt a little bit better. Tuesday morning the circles were a little easier, and I was able to add some tummy work (bending at the hips to approximate some sit-ups). And this morning, some of the stretches were easier yet again, so I added a few more muscles to the routine. I'm getting all the painful parts of the injury rehabilitated, and starting work on my torso and legs too. I'm sure it'll be weeks before I really see any improvement, but with the stretches, the work-outs, and the heat therapy from the shower head, I think I've got something here.
I didn't realize the injury was going to be so extensive. But treating it like I need to do recovery is fixing my impatience and frustration. I can see that it's something I have to actually pay attention to, and treat correctly. Then I'll see the pay-off after a long commitment to improvement.
On that note, I'm getting better at eating right and drinking water (constantly) again/still. It's always something that is a habit to be tweaked or reinforced.
* * * * *
Photos from KWAR - Viscountess Elashava bas Riva posted her photos on the Northshield Photo Gallery ... and since you need a login on their site to look at the photos, I took copies of just a few photos (basically, ones of people *I* know) and loaded them here:
On White Star http://goodshipwhitestar.com/gallery/v/2007/KWAR07/
On Cay Swann http://www.cayswann.com/v/SCA/2007/KWAR07/
If you'd like to see the full (original) set on Northshield: http://nsgallery.melm.org/main.php/v/NSKWAR/ - but of course, you'll have to get a login account to view their photos.
* * * * *
Today's Blessing That I'm Thankful For: Yo, my boss on my contract
http://www.cayswann.com/v/Projects/2007/chanukah/
For My Evening - Originally I was going to meet Meala at her house, because she'd invited me for latkes. Unfortunately, I didn't understand that "meet me a little before 7 at my place" also meant "because I'm leaving by 7" and so when I arrived just a little after 7, I had missed her completely. So at least I hadn't driven very far (she lives within a few miles of my work place *and* fighter practice), so I drove back towards the park thinking to eat the last of my lunch and drink a coffee from Starbucks for dinner instead. Once again, the local Starbucks near the park was out of soy milk. *argh* So I sat in the car, ate my meal, drank the last of my water and juice, went to the park. Fortunately Meala had extra latkes out at the park, so I was able to still enjoy a couple.
The practice was lightly attended, so I merely stood around chatting with friends and spinning some of the jewel-toned merino wool and silk blend. When I couldn't spin any more on to the spindle without the half-hitch falling off and the whole thing dropping to the (cement) ground, it was time to just ply the yarn. (Oops, I didn't bring it inside, so I'll have to photograph it later for you.) It took all the rest of the evening, including everyone going out to IHOP afterwards (where I had coffee and a bowl of fresh fruit), to finish plying the yarn. I'm really happy with the color and the weight of the yarn. And I cannot wait to learn lace knitting so I can make myself a lacy scarf with the yarn.
On the Job Front - I cannot announce any for-certain good news, but there's a promising "maybe" in the works. Keep your fingers crossed, say your prayers, and otherwise send happy vibes to a certain PO being approved and budget being allotted. It would *really* be good for me. If/when I know anything certain, I'll definitely announce it.
Otherwise, there's been nothing new. I'm in my fourth week at this 4-week contract job, and currently my last day stands as next Tuesday. I've thoroughly enjoyed this company (and the work!) so it's been a good month. And the pay has been *very* nice, too.
My recruiter hasn't really been as pro-active lately as he was a month ago, but that just makes it my job to be on top of things again/still. It's hard to job-hunt full-time AND hold a full-time job (AND do everything else I do), so it's been really difficult to keep sending out all the feelers I should be sending.
On the Health Front - When Nate and I crashed overnight last weekend at Ben and Erika's, I was curled up on the floor in blankets on pillows, watching through my eyelashes as Nate had jumped up to do stretches and exercises. It made me think "gee, I really should do that" ... meaning, exercise every morning.
So I can successfully say I've gotten up every morning this week and done some stretches and exercises. I feel like I'm doing recovery physical therapy for my left shoulder and left elbow still. On Monday, I was in tears by the time I just finished a few small sets of arm circles (really small ones), because the shoulder muscles are painful. I kept moving the shoulder and elbow under hot water in the shower, and it felt a little bit better. Tuesday morning the circles were a little easier, and I was able to add some tummy work (bending at the hips to approximate some sit-ups). And this morning, some of the stretches were easier yet again, so I added a few more muscles to the routine. I'm getting all the painful parts of the injury rehabilitated, and starting work on my torso and legs too. I'm sure it'll be weeks before I really see any improvement, but with the stretches, the work-outs, and the heat therapy from the shower head, I think I've got something here.
I didn't realize the injury was going to be so extensive. But treating it like I need to do recovery is fixing my impatience and frustration. I can see that it's something I have to actually pay attention to, and treat correctly. Then I'll see the pay-off after a long commitment to improvement.
On that note, I'm getting better at eating right and drinking water (constantly) again/still. It's always something that is a habit to be tweaked or reinforced.
* * * * *
Photos from KWAR - Viscountess Elashava bas Riva posted her photos on the Northshield Photo Gallery ... and since you need a login on their site to look at the photos, I took copies of just a few photos (basically, ones of people *I* know) and loaded them here:
On White Star http://goodshipwhitestar.com/gallery/v/2007/KWAR07/
On Cay Swann http://www.cayswann.com/v/SCA/2007/KWAR07/
If you'd like to see the full (original) set on Northshield: http://nsgallery.melm.org/main.php/v/NSKWAR/ - but of course, you'll have to get a login account to view their photos.
* * * * *
Today's Blessing That I'm Thankful For: Yo, my boss on my contract
Read/Post Comments (2)
Previous Entry :: Next Entry
Back to Top
