A sight change and learning how to Fly...

Tomorrow I am doing something for me. Lasik. I have thought about it and planned for it for over 5 years. I try to reason it out to make it okay to spend the money for it. I managed to do that so I don't feel guilty.
It has never been that I could see the world clearly. I am looking forward to this opportunity. I also realize there are risks. However....living is a risk also. Get my drift?

Learning that I have value was a trick and a half. Acting that same knowledge means that I need to speak up when things are not to MY understanding also.

Marty pointed that out tonight. He gets to be my med-travel buddy....
again.
Sweetie bestest friend he is. Always there when I need help or a solid shoulder to lean on and talk to.
He knows me better than I sometimes think I know myself. Actually not...but he is unafraid to speak on it.
Thank GOD for that!

I am doing well for all those I know.
Just been really busy learning my job and following through with the commitments I have.
I work too much!
But I do need quiet times occasionally and that is when my friends find me the easiest. Believe it or not....at home.
Sometimes I just don't want to answer the phone. Especially if I am working on my thoughts and my meditations.
Be patient and leave me a voicemail. I will call back. You can also choose to join me. I would welcome company at anytime.

It is late....time for bed so I can learn to enjoy my day tomorrow with a new view of how the world is.

Thanks, Marty....for always being my friend and being here.
Oh yeah...you get to call my mom, dad, and my kids Amanda and Jason .....my niece.... and then my sisters, while I am asleep.
;)

Do Do Do looking out my back door

Again, it feels REALLY late and I am a bit tired. I went out and met a few friends at a club last night. It was so hot dancing that my dress stayed wet! Hard to do dancing in satin and and still look decent :)

It was a lot of fun though looking around and talking with the people I know. Sometimes I wished the DJ would turn down the volume and the speed of the music.
I think I like the sound of Jazz much better!

SSC was really tasty tonight! Kassy had chosen a theme of "fruit of the vine" so everything was really light and refreshing. I was a little bummed that one of the Cucumbers I used was bitter. I made a Cucumber salad that had : Cucumbers (hence the name), Thai Eggplant, Mediterranian Yellow Pepper, Red Onion, Red Okra, and little Cherry tomatoes. The seasonings was toasted Almonds with Herbs of Provence (use they were toasted in butter) and then 1 lime squeezed all over and then tossed.
It tasted great until the 'bitter cucumber' hit the palate. Oh well
Next time I will taste the veggies before adding them.
There was a fantastic Veggie 'Pizza' that used cream cheese for the sauce, Corn on the Cob, Lamb, Tomatos and Feta with Basil, fresh Grapes, Scallops with white wine (fruit of the ocean and fruit of the vine combo :) . There was also this apple dessert pizza that was AWESOME!!!! Then there was Mango with rice. MMMMmmmmmm
A light and very tasty meal. The attendees were Kassy (at her home) Mark Bellamy ( forever known as Kiwi), Lisa (from the Stoneworks Gym), Antje, Mike, and Andy from Atlanta (mango-ish), Circe, Bob, and Sharon.
Small group but very nice to sit and chat with. Kassy got a new camera (dammit) so that means we all had to suffer bright lights. Dave came out and talked for a bit with me. Nice chat. Kassy was also allowing us to appropriately view her new Chevy Trail Blazer.

I had a new massage client today. Nice woman. I will be working on her (and her husband) more often I believe.

So now it is time for bed.
Monday starts a new week and I want to be ready for it.
Soon it will be the "season' in the jewelry industry and that means long hours. I have much to learn still and to remember.

Love to all!

Circe

Tis late at night and I am TIRED!

Okay...I am suffering from electronic starvation!
My job keeps me really busy with ALL that I have to learn.
I do not get to use the internet as I once did.
I am working WAY to much and I have had enough!
Next week...playtime on the walls and in the fields of home.

I am learning to let go of a ego issue.
Gotta learn a procedure BEFORE I short cut it.

I will write more this weekend!

Love and Laughter to all!

Circe <>

To listen and to learn

I am amazed that there can be such difference in my voice that my friends and loved ones can tell it by the sound in my voice.

" You sound REALLY happy! " "You sound peaceful and pleased! "

These are but 2 of the comments that I hear when I tell my loved ones of how my new job is going.

Nice to know that the feelings inside are coming to the surface.
It isn't that I have been unhappy for a while.....just seeking where I fit in with my life.
What do I want to do.... where so I want to be....what do I want to learn?

Being back into the Jewelry business feels 'comfortable'. I am a little impatient with myself just because I know I adapt so well in technical areas....that I sometimes get my ego into the way and 'hear' how to do my job and then adapt it to the way I can work it.
I need to remember to learn it the owners way first....then start pointing out what I see and feel may be useful.
They will make the decision....Not me. I don't own it.

I LOVE this job!
I actually enjoy the humor and the feelings in the office.
NO judgments....just enjoyment.
There is a dry sense of humor in the place which I find delightful!
Wickedly fun!

I am going to a Hash House Harriers event called CoTex....yep! Sounds like it and probably will feel pretty used like one afterwards.
It is a running event ( I will more than likely do a lot of walking ).

My life still has some things to work out....but that is part of living.

:)

I am happy...I am thrilled that my kids (includes my niece, several of my kids friends, and even a few of my friends children, too!) are healthy and life progresses on for them also.

It is ALL good ( Thanks for reminding me of that, Marty! )

Kisses and Huggles!