lifeinflux

Driving the fifty…

When I was eight, I climbed into the hatchback of my aunt's and uncle's Civic and rode from Raleigh, North Carolina through Tennessee to Paragould, Arkansas.  We then headed north driving through countless states until arriving to spend a week at Yellowstone National Park.  From there we took off west, driving through Utah and Nevada.  We drove end to end through Cherry County, Nevada, 100 miles of nothing going 80 miles an hour.  I dipped my toes in rivers, streams, and creeks.   I learned to s...

My life of late… better know as insanity

I'm a chronic volunteer.   I cannot stand a need not getting done.  I'm Type-A, except when I'm not.  And then I'm so Type C you wonder where all that OCD, anal-retentive, I alphabetize my DVDs and color-coordinate my outfits to my underoos, dominant - and occasionally domineering - life is a project and I must manage it, personality goes.   Well, I'm here to give you the answer.  My Type-A personality goes to Madagascar.   Why Madagascar?   I don't know.  I just like saying "Madagascar".   But ...

Count your many blessings…

I know what you're doing right now... you're counting down from week one to two to three to um... six?    Yes, I know how to count and no, I did not bump my head and go into a coma for two weeks.  Nor did I contract swine flu and spend the last two weeks in bed (although lord-a-mercy the thought of two weeks in bed just sounds so good right now).    Weeks 4 and 5 are coming!   They are, in fact, being written right now, at this very minute, while you sit here reading about this week, week 6.  So...

A very merry un-aversary

Eleven years ago, Jason and I got hitched for better or worse in the Hillsborough courthouse in front of a jail cell by one Mr. Cleatus A. Marmaduke III.   He had bug eyes, wore a blue and white checked polyester suit and moved and talked like he existed in a vat of molasses (pronounced MOE-lasses for you uninitiated).    One of our witnesses made the comment that the setting and the justice of the peace looked like something out of a bad Southern movie you'd find on Lifetime.   I was roughly th...

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

I want to full-on, smooch all over the person who invented Tamiflu because without this little wonder drug, I wouldn't be posting at all.   Instead, I'd be cleaning up projectile vomit for the second night in a row and wishing I would just die and put myself out of my own misery.  But I'm leaping ahead of my entire week and starting with the ending.  While this is just like me, I figure if you're reading you want the entire recap and not just praise of my new H1N1-destroying wonder drug. Hone...

Who we talking ’bout here?

Ever had one of those weeks where you were so busy, you wonder how you got to Monday?   And were you so busy that when you got to Monday, all the stuff you did was a blur and you can't quite put your finger on exactly what kept you so busy that entire time?   That was my week, last week.   And while I'm doing a lot of tasks that seem simple and mundane to the outside viewer, I find myself calmer and happier than I've been in a long time.    Well, okay, except last Wednesday night, but I'm allowe...

Setting goals or boy, would I like to sleep in this Saturday morning…

Throughout my life I've set rather lofty goals for myself.  Usually, I achieve my goals at huge personal sacrifice to myself or to other things going on in my life.  Or I don't achieve my goals because I am overwhelmed and burned out from trying to accomplish too much, all at once.   Recently, I read a great article by Paul Norwine.  To summarize, he says that rather than setting a series of goals, you should narrow your focus and concentrate on specific goals, one at a time.  This allows you to...

Security or lack thereof

I woke up this morning around 6 AM from a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad dream. My stress always manifests itself through my dreams.  If I am feeling unsure, insecure, a little nervous or downright stressed  or scared, I'll dream about it.   I've had enough bad dreams in my life to know and understand most things which are represented in my dreams. Relationship indecision always appears as snakes.    Client issues find me swimming in an ocean filled with sharks, alone with no boat in sig...