Doing pretty good, if you couldn't tell from the title.
Friday night saw me taking the little sis to FFT and then over to the Tent City volunteer dinner thing. A little too much too soon - I started to feel overwhelmed and struggled with slipping back into the destructive thinking patterns that chase me out of being in community even while in the middle of it. It was, however, very nice to see a bunch of folks, collect on some hugs, and - though awkward - try to explain to those who don't read this fabulous blog what's been going on with me.
Saturday was a wash. I felt blah and lazy, and absolutely nothing productive happened, beyond me getting my head back on straight by the end of the day.
Sunday was interesting. Hitched a ride with my dad to go see my uncle in Ashland who has cancer. While in the car, he emails Dad and begs off of the visit - he was having a really bad day. So we ended up going to my step-grandparents and hanging out for the rest of the morning and the afternoon. Another awkward situation, as I haven't been there in about 15 years. Got back around 4, and fought to stay awake until 8.
So, that's the recap of the weekend. In more interesting news, I've designed a desktop wallpaper that I'll be submitting to Smashing Magazine this week. I'll link to it if they end up using it. I don't suppose it will bring me any business or recognition beyond me being able to say my work has been featured in Smashing Magazine. But that's still a cool thing. Like being published in Love & Heartbreak (with 499 other six-word memoirists), it's not big - but it's a step.
Debating the prudence of going to read some of my "work" on Thursday night. Want to support The Sheeve in his new endeavor as a Slam Master, but I'm not too sure that standing up in front of a bunch of strangers and sharing my heart would be wise right now. In related news, those of you checking into POLW may be happy to know I'll soon having something new to post. :)
Loving the new way to list my friend's blogs and being able to have an automatically updated menu for me to check out as soon as I look at the list on my own blog. For those of you who have not posted in the last month - get writing. And for those of you who haven't posted in over 5 months (Pastor Steve!) - shame on you! I do hope that you all check out each other's stuff. I don't list just anyone on my blog, ya know. That's reserved for special people.
That's all for now. Feeling really out of it, but I know that's my fault. And am fortunately learning to separate how I think and feel about reality from reality itself. WYFINAWIR!
2 comments:
Thanks for trying to visit Dad. I had to cancel on him last week and he said he was planning to ask me not to come anyway. Going to try to get up there on Friday. I'll let you know how he's doing.
-B-
NP, Brian. In lieu of seeing him, I think I'm going to send him a little letter.
He's a trooper. I can't imagine how he's feeling, the pain he's in. :(
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