mlerules: (sherman)
So, something happened recently that in the past would've led to days of beating myself up and agonizing. Instead, when I realized that I'd gotten hold of the wrong end of the stick and misread a situation and blurted something out, I only lost a half-night of sleep while drafting in my head an apologetic email which I then forwarded to another friend to look at along with a brief explanation of what happened. The friend said it sounded appropriate so I sent it off that AM and got a nice It's Fine response back.

YayPhew for not spinning so hard/much/long about a bone-headed move and for having friends who'll understand and forgive me when I potentially shoot myself in the foot by shooting off my mouth. I feel I've come a long way in figuring out...something...rships...myself in some ways (even if not others).

It does, however, show that Acting On My Gut doesn't always work out, although at least it wasn't fatal to a friendship. INSERT SHRUG EMOJI HERE

Progress!

Aug. 12th, 2023 11:01 pm
mlerules: (Default)
Had a couple friends over today. Made lunch for us all. Boiled brats, sliced beets & zucchini and rubbed olive oil on 'em and seasoned 'em w/ground black pepper and onion powder. Then the BF BBQ'd it all. Made numerous trips up and down the back stairs between the backyard and the kitchen.

It felt SO good reconnecting w/these folks. Had a pleasant, uncomplicated time chatting. Artsy/Crafty'ness happened. When they left, I took advantage of the not-yet-way-too-hot afternoon & evening by reading in the backyard. For dinner, I baked salmon and made a green salad, adding in the tomatoes my friends'd harvested from their yard earlier today. Mmm... Managed to do more standing around and cooking. This is good progress.

Planning on taking it easy the next few days. Watering will happen. Will turn on the upstairs AC tomorrow afternoon, as it's the first of three (3) days with forecast highs over 100. (UGH!) Planning to Go Coastal (Depoe Bay-ish) on Monday. I have PT late AM Tuesday. Might see a movie afterwards, but might also head home and spend the rest of the day i the AC'd guest space.

Feels good to feel good, as I'd hit some low lows recently and figured I'd emerge eventually from the depths, and now I have.
mlerules: (Bjork Diddy)
Utterly exhausted. Hope I can sleep. Will shower first, then crawl into bed. Some good friends helped hugely today on the Final Push for the Big Move happening in another few hours! I'm holding off on finishing up the kitchen packing and moving 'til later this weekend. Feeling like I should be more thrilled, but I'm simply exhausted. Must needs some zzzzz's. G'night all.
mlerules: (Maypole)
It's been a bizzy time, what with packing up at the current Hive, doing stuff myself and wrangling contractors for work at Hive Magnum, plus preparing for Faerieworlds next weekend w/the upcoming influx of houseguests before and after same (maxing out at 8 houseguests at once, possibly 9).

This past Thursday, after a highly productive day o' packing w/[livejournal.com profile] delerium3, we hit the zoo for Weird Al w/friends, which was quite fun. At the show, it came out that nobody had planned anything for her b-day (Sat, 07/20). So, one thing led to another, as happens, and I pulled together a potluck BBQ at the Petting Zoo last night. 'Twas really quite fun, w/nearly 2 dozen folks eating and chatting and having a fine time. Kudos go to CK for experimenting oh-so-successfully w/moo-free (goat-cheese-based) cheesecake - seriously OmNomNom!

Now I'm trying not to stress severely as the ToDo list grows and time shrinks. Luckily I've got good friends, s'more of whom'll come over today to help me w/things 'n' stuff. Anybody else interested in giving me some time 'n' energy by helping pack, organize, help w/whatever? I'll provide the "pizza & beer," short-hand for food 'n' bev, along w/undying thx...

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