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The School of Life~Week 5

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  • You can’t control time, it will go too slow when you are waiting and it will go too fast when you are not ready. I don’t like the feeling of being on hold or put in limbo, I’m an action kind of girl at the core of things. I hate waiting. I’ve never been a patient person. I want answers and I want things to work towards. I’ve always been a paradox in some sense, I’m sure most people are, but sometimes I feel it acutely. I crave variety and new experiences, but at the same time I need structure and a plan. I need a timeline, I need to know the time I have. Maybe it is desire to control what little portion of time that you can–the way you spend it. This is less of a life lesson as is a ramble, but clearly time is plaguing my thoughts and mind these past weeks. This past week has felt so long, I feel like a million little things have happened, but at the same time, nothing big. Like baby steps that have will eventually lead to a big cliff. Things are just feeling very up in the air right this minute. There are too many thoughts and ideas and directions swirling in my head to really focus and capture a direction or plan. I’m sure I will feel less in neutral and more in drive soon, but for now I feel like I’m treading water deciding which way to swim.

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  • There are time when words fail you. You want to find the magic words, the words that will heal the pain, stop the loss, show the light, express the gratitude…the times you can’t find the words. They scrap at your brain, fighting each other to get out but you know they are too small or won’t come together right, they will end up in an awkward pile.
  • I’m going to leave this with three life quotes that I really like,  as I’m having a hard time capturing the words and finding a lesson. I guess, that can be the lesson, sometimes you just need to know when to be quiet and give your brain a rest 🙂 There was a lot of good things/news this week, but things that have a lot of WHAT IFS, MAYBES, and WHENS attached. There were also friends who shared sad news this week but that is their story.  A week of up and downs.

Life-Quotes Food, Booze, & Baggage

 

What do you have to share this week?

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The School of Life~Week 3

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Happy Sunday! I have tomorrow off, so that makes it an extra happy Sunday for me! You know what else makes it a happy Sunday? Linking up with Miriam and Shannon for our third week of The School of Life. So here goes:

  • Absence makes the heart grow fonder. At least when it comes to cats. Eddie, can be very sweet and loving, but it is always on his own terms and it is usually not continuous. He may greet me in the morning, but then takes up a spot in one of his morning window stations. At night he is usually interested in a little snuggle but then he has bug hunting, more window time, or claiming his spot on the bed to attend to. Since our return from the trip, Eddie has been with me non-stop. The first night we were back, he slept on top of me…his usual spot is at the bottom of the bed. Every time I have sat down he has been back on my lap, purring and snuggling. Even when I made muffins he joined me in the kitchen, sitting on the kitchen stool watching me. P and I choose not to test the theory for ourselves, as we are very happy to be attached at the hip, but I’ll keep Eddie’s lesson in mind if anything changes 😉

Eddie's heart grows fonder

  • This is less of a lesson as it is a universal truth. When you need an item, you can never find anything that interests you. When you are trying to save money, you will see at least 10 items you fall in love with. P is so traumatized by the Spring 2012 search for black flats, that anytime I express interest in an item, he says “why don’t you just go ahead and get that” 😉

  • Wear sunscreen. Wear sunscreen. Wear sunscreen. I’ve gotten to the point that I even need sunscreen while enjoying my brand of outdoor activity. Both P and I got a little too much sun yesterday while enjoying the below. I can’t remember needing sunscreen while being outdoorsy before. It’s a sad state of affairs.

What lessons did you learn this week?

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