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I am grateful that I don't feel terribly guilty for not keeping up with the GP this year. My life is in transition right now, and not having the time or energy for all of my Witchy doings is temporary, I'm sure. And if it isn't, well, that isn't the end of the world either.

I am grateful that I decided that it was a good idea to take a break and a vacation this fall rather than diving right into more courses, and killing myself with no end in site (after three or four weeks, not having a single day off starts to seriously drain a person).

I am grateful that my off and on again love affair with photography is mostly on again. I love learning new techniques, and finding subjects and beauty to share with the world - plus, I think I am getting pretty good at it too. Once you know about photography, tho, you start to look at magazine covers a little differently. It's weird, the person on the cover is 'a subject', and you start noticing whether or not the photographer is very good or if it could have been a better shot.

I am also grateful that among everything else, I have managed to keep up with my swimming. I am definitely starting to see some lovely definition in my upper arms and shoulders. Plus, my stamina is improving big time!

I have discovered that Red Bull is about the most potent stuff I have ever had before. I get jittery and bouncy after one, I don't understand how those people who drink four or six a day don't just explode.

I am still hoping to participate in NaNo this year. Don't really know if I will get a story done for the CBC contest or not. I have also been slowly working out the tangles in Ella - in the hopes of having at least one completed and maybe published novel to my name. Photography and writing can go together, can't they? Photos to pay the bills, and stories to ignite the soul?

I think I want to be a pirate when I grow up. I have this obsession going on with the kraken and the jolly roger (is it weird that my favorite character from those movies was the kraken?). I am also saving for a motorcycle (with a bright pink helment with the jolly roger on the side in black) and a guitar.

So, that is pretty much what is going on in my head these days. I do try and keep up with everyone when I get a chance, and I post blurbs on Twitter once in a while.

And now, back to the depths!

--Phae
Today I am grateful for regular physical activity.  The breast stroke is doing wonders for my cleavage (not that it wasn't gorgeous before), and I am slowly building up my lung capacity.  Soon I'll be back to climbing flights of stairs without being winded at the top!

--Phae
I think I owe three, so here goes:

Day 9: I am grateful for hot coffee and short lines at Tim Hortons.  I don't think I would be able to function these days without my morning joe.

Day 10:  I am grateful for knitting.  When I am too sore to swim (as was the case yesterday), I can still spend a few minutes making a nice toque to wear for when I finally do go completely crazy (it's really just a matter of time, you'll see).

Day 11:  Today, I am grateful for August in general.  I love the way the weather can't really decide if it wants to be really hot or if it wants to be cool and breezy.  It eases me into fall in a really nice way - plus it gives me a chance to be outside without melting ;)

Happy Monday, all - I am back to work again.

--Phae
Maybe not the best way to start the GP, but what can I say? Better late than never.

Day 1 - The first was my first day of photography class. It was so awesome. It felt so great to be back in a structured learning environment again. I was grateful to have finally had the guts to go back.

Day 2 - Saturday I was grateful that it was a holiday weekend, and class was postponed until the following Friday (my class is Fridays and Saturdays). I don't get to spend a lot of time with WD these days. We both work too much, and now that I am going to school, there will be weekends where we don't really see each other at all.

Day 3 - Sunday I don't remember terribly well, but I am grateful that I found that special swim shampoo that Vicky was talking about. With all the heavy conditioning I have been doing lately, the removal of the chlorine makes my hair look and feel like the Pantene commercial girls.

Day 4 - Monday was BC day - a bank holiday to even the stats out for this time of year. I love being out on stats because the city is quiet like a Sunday morning when everyone else is at church. I was grateful for the peace.

Day 5 - Tuesday is another day that passed in somewhat of a blur. I was very grateful for our swimming pool. The added stress at work, and the lack of any foreseeable vacation has caused my insomnia to flare (which means that regular things like housework and many smaller projects get lost in the haze of sleep deprivation. Swimming these days is the only thing that helps me to sleep normally. I am thinking of moving it up to four or maybe five days a week.

Day 6 - Wednesday I finally redid my resume and applied for those other jobs. I am grateful for the courage to toss all my new plans out just to see what happens.

Day 7 - Thursday I was grateful for WD. Thursday afternoon was rushed because he had to go to work just a couple hours after I got off work, but we still managed to have a decent dinner together and make a quick trip to the library (hooray for Poe!)

Day 8 - Today I am grateful for memories. I had a very strange dream about losing my black pearl (it's a necklace that my mother gave to me when I was young). I remember chasing after it and running over and swimming through half frozen water. I woke up trying to remember whether or not I actually still had it at all (a lot of my things are lost in storage at the moment because this apartment is too small to have ever fully unpacked).

I do have a treasure box where I keep all of the very special things that I inherited from my mother. I opened it up after crawling out of bed, and there it was, shining out from its little gold cage. I never really wear it because I don't wear gold jewellery, but I think I will today. I think it is important.

--Phae
I am grateful for vanilla Earl Grey tea.  Today was a bit rough.  Shopping was not fun, and coming home was pretty soggy.  Yummy smelling warmth in a cup is one of my favourite dark season treats.  It chases the chill away and soothes me.

Mmm. Tea.  Tomorrow will be the first time I have been on my own when celebrating Mabon.  I usually have friends and family to take care of, and a huge meal to cook.  I am not really sure what I am going to do with myself.

Meditate a little, maybe.  Write a little, I hope.  Maybe finally come up with an idea for my short story contest entry so that I have a few weeks to focus on my Nano project for this year.

Maybe I'll pretend to be a comfortable, normal homebody this year :)

--Phae

Gratitudey

Sep. 20th, 2007 11:18 am
pt_tangles: (Dead Office)
1) I am grateful for the rain.  The whole world smells good!  We have already had out first thunderstorm, and it is time for warm sweaters and rain jackets. 

2) I am grateful that I live in the Pacific Northwest.  I love everything about it.  Even the cliched parts.  Coffee, sweaters, liberalism, grunge.  I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

3) I am grateful that Binx has mellowed in his old age.  He let me bathe him without a fuss, and even purred while I used the blow dryer to dry his fur.  And he didn't act like a spoiled grouch afterward.  He purred and let me pet him without punishment for daring to put him in the bathtub (I think he secretly liked it).

--Phae
Haven't been feeling terribly grateful lately. I have actually been feeling a little ... hazy lately. I never know how to explain it. I just know that I need to find some way to help ground myself or October is going to be a really weird month.

Anyway ... Gratefulness:

1) I am grateful for the cooking channel. One of the best parts about the Harvest Home season is finding new and interesting recipes to try. Mmm, plum and fig glazed pork chops!

2) I am grateful for hot coffee. The simple act of drinking warm drinks helps to remind me of the here and now.

3) I am grateful for growth. Sometimes I feel like I should know things before they become as obvious as a smack in the face, but I am glad that I am not so set in my ways that I can't recognize when something needs to change.

4) I am grateful for good friends. Everyone has so far been so great in encouraging me with my new passion. WD has even suggested creating a storefront for my hair falls once I get going with it.

5) I am grateful for the fall. I may have said this already, but I absolutely love the cool and misty time of year. It's very magical for me.

6) I am grateful for resilience. WD has been having a tough time of things lately, but he is resilient enough to not let it get him too far down. He is also vocal enough so that I can try to help him before things get really bad.

--Phae
My mini vacation puts me a bit behind in my GP again, but it did give me a lot to be grateful for :)

1)  I am grateful for cool, clean island air.  It makes an amazing difference in my asthma, skin and hair.  Yay for a decent level of humidity!

2)  I am grateful for my beautious laptop.  Movies, music and wireless internet connection no matter where you are ... well, almost anywhere (the middle of the ocean does not have a very strong wireless signal ;)

3)  I am grateful for pink hair!  Got a lot of weird looks on the island (I guess not a lot of people have brightly coloured hair there), but I love my hair too much care what folks think!

4)  I am grateful for WD, who took me to all of the places we went when we were first dating.  Lots of gorgeous pictures, and lots of beautiful memories. 

5)  I am grateful that the truck decided to wait until we got back before the engine exploded.  We are very sad at having lost our new truck after only a month (and $1500), but it could have been a lot worse.  Still a little dazed and unsure of what we are going to do for transportation.  I need to find my St Christopher's medal and find a recipe for a good vehicle protection spell.

6)  I am grateful that it is still warm and sunny and we have some beautiful fall weather while we figure out what we are going to do for the winter.

--Phae
With all of the ridiculous crap of yesterday, I wasn't thinking much about gratitude (bad Phae!).  Today was met with a very nice suprise.

Today, I am grateful for my little online shop.  I made another sale!  Yay!  It isn't much, but I love the notification emails that tell me that I just earned some more money on my witchy designs.  Hooray for Phae Wear!

Also, I am grateful for the mini-vacation that is JUST on the horizon.  I really need to relax and unwind.  I am starting to have dreams of being at work.  *shudders*

--Phae
Today, I am very grateful that I only have 4 more days left in this ungodly 12 day stretch.

Also, I am grateful that I am not the cause of the dozens of police and emergency vehicles parked outside my building this morning. 

4 hours later, and the crazy woman on the 8th floor is still threatening to jump off her balcony if the police don't give her her underwear.  *sigh*  I really need to move.

--Phae