Because it’s Friday AGAIN. And because traditions are important. In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of self-reflection.
And you get to join in if you feel like it.
Oh boy!
What a crazy, delightful, complicated week.
I haven’t had time to process any of it until right this second.
Luckily?
Pirate Queen Holiday Time-Off starting in three, two, one …
The hard stuff
The busy.
It was intense.
And really, a little too intense.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that six days of teaching in a row is probably something I won’t attempt again.
Head. Spinning.
The schleepy.
See above.
The sovereignty challenges.
I wrote about sovereignty 101 this week. Which is hilarious, because I was running into sovereignty stuff for most of the beginning of the week.
Yes, well.
The weathers.
Seriously, Portland.
Enough with the gloomy.
Still not done with the petty tyrants.
Apparently the part of me that likes having a petty tyrant to confront and resent is still not done with that.
Because I keep having these challenging encounters with my latest annoying nemesis.
And I am so ready to be done with this. Ready to have a different relationship with things. Ready to not be in a tug of war.
Still figuring that out.
Not seeing my gentleman friend.
Poor me.
The good stuff
Teaching.
Such amazing people.
Such good stuff. I don’t even know how to describe it.
My client training was a delight.
The Shiva Nata teacher training was crazy fun. And rocking.
And I am completely in love with everyone from Camp Biggification. What a terrific, smart, kooky, sweet, beautiful bunch of people, who were up for whatever goofy thing I wanted to throw at them. Wow.
Excitement!
Ridiculously good food.
Including a grilled cheese thing from The Order of the Ostrich that transformed my universe.
Summer!
Blueberries and strawberries in the Hoppy House garden.
Sunshine. Occasionally.
The rose garden in its full flamboyant look at meeeeeeeeeee glory!
Adorable toddlers in floppy sun hats being pulled along in red wagons. Precious.
Everyone sitting at sidewalk cafes and being absurdly happy.
Sleeping in.
Toozday I got to sleep in.
Normally I never sleep in because I’m one of those wake-up-at-five people.
But mmmmmmmmmmmmm that was great.
Roller Derby Finals! AND World Cup! Best. Week. Ever.
Even though I still have not recovered from the devastating loss suffered by Guns N Rollers (the team Selma and I sponsor) at the hands of the Heartless Heathers in the semis.
And even though I don’t know that we can beat the Betties and we’ll probably end up in last place tomorrow.
Finals! The excitement and the love and the shouting and the outfits! Yay!
Also: MONDIAL!
Goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaal!
Ohmygod I love World Cup so much I can hardly stand it.
Also: Spain losing to Switzerland. I have only one thing to say about that. And then France losing to Mexico. Take that!
Looking forward to Sovereignty Kindergarten.
I am so ready for this class.
It is exactly what I need right now. Very excited!
Shivanautical epiphanies like crazy.
I knew this week would deliver on the moments of bing.
But it is out of control.
The realizations I’ve had this week are shaking everything up. But in a really good way.
Serious clarity. I am in awe.
And … playing live at the meme beach house!
Yes, that’s a Stuism too.
My brother and I have this thing where we come up with ridiculous band names and then say in this really pretentious, knowing tone, “Oh, well, you know, it’s just one guy.”
This week?
Sweet Mandibles
I think they used to be known as Saw Raccoons. Whatever. You know it’s really just one guy.
That’s it for me …
And yes yes yes, of course you can join in my Friday ritual right here in the comments bit if you feel like it.
Yeah? Anything hard and/or good happen in your week?
And, as always, have a glorrrrrrrrrrrrious day and a restful weekend-ing.
And a happy week to come. Shabbat shalom.
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Havi,
This post brought a big smile to my face. I especially loved the things you wrote about summer – reminding me to appreciate all the simple and wonderful things around me every day. Thanks 🙂
Chickening!
The hard:
– Difficulty adjusting to coming back to work after a four-day vacation.
– Running out of cash during my vacation and then discovering that there had been more money in my account the entire time >:\
– Scheduling madness: I was supposed to be in two places at the same time. It got straightened out eventually though.
– American high schoolers giving me the stink-eye.
The good:
+ I had the most fabulous birthday weekend vacation ever, and got to see a lot of people I love dearly.
+ Easy workdays on Monday through Thursday.
+ Lots and lots of good conversations happening lately.
+ Naps! 😀
+ Getting lots of writing done thanks to 21.5.800.
Chicken!
The Hard:
-A heavy heart: processing stuff brings out more stuff, and does seem I will neveeer stop stumbling on the SAME stuff again…
-Too much work!
-Procastination: ‘Nuf said
-Somebody who has been very nice to my daughter passing away.
The Good:
-An awesome family (truly truly amazingly supportive!)
-An understandign and helpful boss (Thank you Sonja!)
-Getting an iPhone with Internet, in Niger: That rocks (still discovering all it can do)
-Ghana winning its game in the Soccer World Cup–Yeah!
Hooray for Pirate Queen Holiday Time Off! Enjoy it, you’ve earned it many times over.
Hard
-My sister got bullied by an asshole doctor, and there’s not much I can do.
-Bad planning: ran out of paint.
-Insomnia (I’m not normally up at 4:30am).
Good
+I sold a painting.
+We put drip irrigation in my side yard, and it works!
+Got lots of painting done (once I got more paint).
+Dinner with my sweetie in one of our fav restaurants.
+Dinner with my sweetie in another of our fav restaurants. Now that’s a good week!
.-= Barbara J Carter´s last post … Painting dots… lots of dots =-.
I look forward to this post every week. (Is #100 really coming up in two weeks? Wow!)
The hard
* Still struggling with finances.
* Still not sure what I want to do with my site design.
* The house is a mess because I’ve been focusing so hard on my work that I’ve been letting everything else go.
The good
* I’ve been getting some amazing help from friends and family, and the finances are getting better, if slowly and hesitantly. As a result I’m no longer in Panic Mode and I can concentrate on Do It Well Mode and Treat Myself Like A Human Bring Mode.
* A bunch of people are helping me with the site design, and it looks better already – and I have some ideas about where to go next with it.
* I spent an hour yesterday doing something so incredible and astonishing that it completely changed my life and how I interact with it forever.
* I cleaned the house for hours yesterday. Now we have a bedroom floor and a kitchen sink again!
Oh, another good: I just discovered a personal project for the next week! (Hard because it’s going to involve confronting a significant internal block, but good because I want to turn that block into a stepping-stone anyway.)
.-= Chris Anthony´s last post … Set the standard =-.
What a week.
Full of hard:
– Being in the lawyer’s office for 2 hours Monday morning. – Producing much documentation regarding events of the past 2 years which is leaving me feeling very exposed.
– Tons of insomnia due to the stress of having personal correspondence made available for the opposing lawyers to tear into.
– Feeling like a traitor for turning over the personal correspondence.
– Physical and mental exhaustion from the additional hours it took to dig up the requested records.
– Fear that the lawyer whom which I’ve developed a strong working relationship on other routine matters will somehow think less of me once he reads all of my personal stuff. UGH.
Some good:
+ Great class Wednesday night. Was able to use the research project that I’m trying to get started as a way to bring dry material to life.
+ Students who are eager to work on this research project
+ Being reminded of why I like to teach – I want to facilitate the intellectual curiosity of my students.
+ Sweet kitties who keep me grounded amidst all the stress and uncertainty.
+ My best friend is back within Internet range again!
+ Great progress on research project contract
Have a great week!
Chicken!
The hard…
– Keep getting requests from customers that seem easy but actually aren’t. Ugh.
– Making progress on projects but it is very slow. I feel like I am walking across a deep lake of molasses.
– Lost my tablet pc pen somewhere in my house. Tore the house apart – still can’t find it. Grrr.
The good…
– Rode my bike once this week. Still hurting my tailbone but it wasn’t quite as bad as the last time so perhaps that situation is improving.
– Some progress is better than no progress.
– Hubby ordered me a new tablet pc pen, so at least I won’t be permanently pen-free.
Have a great weekend!
.-= Avonelle Lovhaug´s last post … What kind of emergency support do you need? =-.
Happy Friday Chicken! Happy Pirate Queen Holiday Time Off! (I need me some of that. Maybe in August.)
This week’s hard:
– Confronting and dealing with old mistakes. Really old mistakes. Ones that have been hanging around in the corners, like creepy dudes in back alleys, not taunting or anything but just being there and putting a gloom on everything. Hard-hard-hard-hard-hard to muster up the courage to do what needs to be done to make them go away for good.
– A day of feeling sick and then dealing with the creepy lurkers took some time away from my planned studio time this week, time that I really needed to get ready for my first summer show this weekend.
– Scheduling craziness.
This week’s good:
– The creepy lurkers are starting to get restless and move along to wherever creepy lurkers go when there’s nothing more to see here. (Where do they go? I don’t want to wish them on someone else. Maybe they turn into cuddly bunnies or something.)
– Dealing with all that wasn’t even a tenth as nightmarish as I had made it out to be in my head. Big, screaming epiphanies around some of this stuff.
– The time I *did* have in the studio was productive, so I have at least some new stuff in my mix, even if it’s not as much as I had originally hoped.
– A dream project landed on my desk this week, editing a book by one of my jewelry heroes. Out of the blue. I do love me some serendipity.
Happy weekend, everyone!
.-= Lori Paximadis´s last post … Tetris =-.
Hello, Friday! Good to see you again.
The hard:
-So much busy. Feeling a little frayed around the edges.
-Migraine. I have not had one in several weeks and it’s like I’ve forgotten what to do with them. Or maybe this one just really wants to be an extended stay guest. So tired. Boo!
-Still adjusting to things changing. Though it is hurting less than it was last week, and progress is good.
-The weather. Just ew.
The good:
-Getting things done that need to be done, and generally on time too.
-Lunch with a good friend and reassuring conversation.
-Babies (still not mine, but still cute).
-Pottery. It’s good therapy and I’ve been feeling the need to do something that’s really tangible instead of the whole never-tangible work thing. (Plus, no day can be bad if your jeans are covered in clay.)
-Waffles!
I hope everyone’s weekend is splendid. Hugs for hard, and cheers for the good!
Hurrah for time off!
The hard this week:
– Loads to do.
– Listening to a friend who is having a tough time — I’m glad to be able to support her, but it’s difficult.
– Novel-writing is currently a bit like wading through sludge. I *know* it’s just That Stage Of The Process, but I still feel bleurgh as I grit my teeth and drag myself through it.
– Finances a bit shaky. Not disastrously so, but it’s a little disconcerting to keep struggling with this.
– Tired!
The good:
– First professional fiction sale 🙂 (to an anthology) So excited!
– Commissioned to write an article for a magazine I really want to write for.
– Loads of interesting ideas in my head right now.
– My thumb is enough better that I can *sew* and *knit* again, which is seriously awesome.
– Lovely dinner with partner for our 10-yr (!!) anniversary.
– I got lots of the stuff done!
– Experimenting with new scheduling arrangement which seems to be working.
And now I am going to give myself the rest of the afternoon off, because I am *tired* and I have worked hard all week, and I deserve it, dammit.
.-= Juliet´s last post … I can has opposable thumbs! =-.
Yay for Pirate Queen Holi Days.
My goodness how did the Chicken get around here so quick?
Hard
– job, no job, job, no job – stoopid indecision is
killinghampering my ability to move – figuratively, literally– ear aching so of course I don’t want to “hear” the answer I’m being given about job, no job
– job, no job = money, no money
Good
– kayaks my first real kayaking done last Friday and I wants more
– fish nibbles
– meridian tapping (for ear) and being honestly able to say, “even though I have this earache in my left ear, I deeply and completely appreciate both my ears”
– giggling because now I’m thinking Ear Appreciation Day sounds like a new calendar day and is always celebrated on the Monday following the New Moon in June
Enjoy the Pirate Queen R&R Havi.
Tao all Chickneers Tao.
Good morning. I’d no idea you also were a ridiculously-early riser. I get up at 4 most days. Just to have a little bit of time to myself. My dad does the same thing. Sometimes I wonder if there’s a genetic predisposition to early rising.
Anyhoo…chicken. Nice.
The Hard:
-gloom…we gots it too. There has been one sunny day in the past seven days. Oh wait, maybe two. But I was stuck indoors working for both of them. Pout.
-bugs…it is the year of the bug. You name it, it’s bitten me. Tick. Mosquito. Spider. Mystery curvy-winged flying thing that hurts like hell. And some paper wasps have built a nest in between two window panes…I’ve no idea how to get them out of there. If it were on the house, I’d just knock it down. But in the window?? (scratching head…) Also, the husband is very bug-averse. To the point that he cannot stop thinking or talking about the bugs.
-Big phone fight, while at work, leading to the humiliating crying-in-the-office-and-other-people-knowing-about it. Also, knowing it’s not my stuff, it’s his, but not being able to convince anyone of that but myself. Harumph.
-Too much working, not enough funning.
The Good:
-Thunderstormz.
-Sleepz.
-Good foodz.
-Paying attentionz.
-Figuring out that I don’t have to do everything to “fix myself” right this minute…or really, ever, as I’m not really broken anyway.
.-= Emily´s last post … A Generous Helping of Well-Duh Insight, With a Side Order of Sudden-Inexplicable-Desire-to-Drive-Around-Blasting-Frank-Zappa-Tunes =-.
…I was supposed to be on unplugged mode for an entire week but I just HAD to creep back online for the Chicken. I’d miss you all way too much if I didn’t. So:
Hola Chickeneers! Happy Fridayyy!
This week in Kailand~
The Hard:
-Fights with my fiance that were fueled by my imbalanced chemicals and hormones. Extra gross.
-Waking up very panicky for most of the week.
-Hurting whatever muscle that is in my back.
-Stressing out over coming out to my in-laws. I have to say “Hi there! I realize you already think I’m totally WEIRD but I wanted to tell you that I’m also pretty homosexual and poly-amorous and well…your son and I are going to hang out with my female love interest now.” Not looking forward to that.
The Good:
-DARK CHOCOLATE! I’ve never had any above 60% but I got to try 86% this week. Yum! Plus – it helped fix my imbalance of brain chemicals. Even more awesome.
-Getting to eat a piece of chocolate whenever I got too anxious and panicky.
-Looking forward to the shift my fiance and I are working at the Human Rights Campaign booth at the Pride event tomorrow – woo!
-I get to meet up (in person! for the first time!) with my totally sweet love interest.
-Being unplugged let me get lots of work done. I even picked out a colour scheme for my tiny, sweet thing’s online home.
Hugs for everyone’s hard and sparkly confetti thrown about for all the good!
Friday Chicken! Lots of good this week, one bad.
The bad:
– The first PhD thesis draft was not yet good enough to get a go-ahead for arranging the next steps towards the defense. Got two more weeks to polish it.
The good:
+ Dear friend gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
+ I delivered the first draft of the complete thesis. Finally.
+ The job hunt: I’ve had a job offer from one company and am still talking to another company that I like better. The interviews sparked a long-time-no-see enthusiasm about the Thing I do and intuition tells me I’m at the right path if I get to work for company #2. Fingers crossed.
+ Next up: the first real 2-day weekend of 2010, filled with nice things.
Happy Friday!!!
The Hard:
-Issues for the children I work with.(I would have thought it was a full moon!)
-Sick UGH! Yes one of these darlings passed the stomach bug on to me. Sad face.
The Good:
-Feeling better today and able to eat again. Yay!
-Lots of good ideas for blog posts. (Down time is incredible for that.)
-A day off this weekend with my husband.
Enjoy the weekend everyone.
.-= Stacy´s last post … friends… =-.
Oh, Chicken. I am so glad to see you!
Hard:
–Whole lotta tired. Right now, for example. So tired.
–My boundaries got pushed, and I not only let it happen, I (metaphorically) laid down on the ground and said, “Oh, yes, please, walk on me, let me make it easier for you, it’ll make you happy, right? Promise?” Bleah. What’s up with that?
–Money fears.
–Too depleted to work on the dissertation proposal much. Not. Good. I have a phone appointment with my adviser today. What, exactly, am I going to say to him?
Good:
–Watching my daughter re-discovering riding a bicycle after a several-year hiatus.
–My singing voice feels strong, and very satisfying.
–I have my own little Pirate Holiday beginning this evening, in the form of a long birthday weekend at Assateague. Ocean! I’m going to tell my troubles to the sea, and listen for her answers.
–Working lovingly with my old patterns. I made a scary phone call (thanks to Fairy Wonder Dust). I’m staying in touch with my adviser. I am gutsy!
–Used my pocket money to nurture myself with a beautiful new journal. Today, I’ll use some more of it to get a refill for my lovely pen. It feels good, knowing that I am giving priority to my writing and my creative life.
–Looking forward to a delightful birthday dinner this coming Monday!
Wishing everyone a beautiful weekend…
.-= Kathleen Avins´s last post … All you need is love. Thank goodness for that. =-.
Havi, hooray for brilliant teaching week, and double-hooray for Pirate Queen Holiday! 🙂
My week’s been a blur of moving, unpacking, flattening dozens of empty cardboard boxes, finding where things belong in my new place. Feeling uprooted, displaced, floating in mid-air, finding my feet on new ground.
Sovereignty challenges with my inner selves reflected in challenges around me.
So that’s both the hard and the good.
The Very Good: So much support, help and love from my son and daughter-in-law, and from my wonderful friends. My first actual piece of mail in my new mailbox, from you! 🙂
Wilting with tiredness, but the weekend begins this afternoon, and I will rest, eat, sleep, walk and maybe even play.
Happy weekend, everyone. May the sun shine for you.
Love, Hiro
.-= Hiro Boga´s last post … A Capella =-.
Hello, all! Commiserations on the hard, congratulations for the good.
@JulietK: Mazel tov on the sale!
Hard:
* dog has fleas, sofa has spiders. UGH.
* my propensity for lashon hara. Really gotta curb that.
* the effing asthma. Masking-tape lungs literally tiresome.
* the effing asthma being not severe or obvious enough for others to take it seriously
* feeling a explosion trying to break through because I’m not being severe or obvious enough about my displeasure about requests getting blown off
* feeling too sapped to deal with procedural breakdowns on my end
Good:
* unsolicited reminders from many corners of the universe that I am attractive, amusing, and memorable.
* I have a knack for helping other people improve what they write/do/present, and I’m lucky enough to get thanked for it. And sometimes even paid.
* Three poems and a tweet-fic were published this week. Not bad for someone whose pro writing career is on hiatus.
* Someone translated two of those poems into Hungarian. I tickles me to be able to say that I have work in Croatian, French, and German as well as English.
* Finally tracked down my copy of Jean-Jacques Goldman’s Chansons Pour Les Pieds. It’s one of my desert-island discs and blaring it will help me get through the next string of 12-hour days.
Encouragement and tall, cool drinks to all.
.-= Mechaieh´s last post … Allez, venez et laissez faire l’insouciance =-.
I’ve never done a Friday Chicken… but really, why not?
The Hard:
-husband recovering from tonsillectomy means me on all household chores duty (FYI- recovery takes much longer in adults than kids)
-realization that summer is flying by and I still have So Much To Do
-achy knee
The Good:
-draft of paper on college students and assessment
-draft of new professional website to house all of my research and teaching info in one place (so I don’t need to create a new page every time I change affiliations)
-booked plane tickets for weekend at Aunt’s cabin in northern MN
-1hr 45 min of yin yoga last night… yum!
-today’s Friday
-reorganized the home office and is now much more functional and cute
Well, I kind of enjoyed that. Cheers!
.-= Katie (Sauer) Hart´s last post … I got Dumped in the Parking Lot of an Olive Garden =-.
Bok bok bok bok! (<- chicken)
It's been a year or so since I've even commented here; I've felt so distant from the awesome introspection that goes on at this blog. But I'm getting back to it, and it feels really good.
The hard:
-Still looking for a full-time job
-Starting to eat mindfully — but it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be
-Doing some of the stuff for the coaching program I'm taking from Christine Kane, especially getting specific about what I want and listing things I'm proud of
The good:
+To my own shock, being able to list 102 things I'm proud of about myself. Maybe I'm not so bad after all!
+Getting better at telling myself "you didn't meet your own ridiculously high expectations, and that's okay, and you can keep moving forward at your own pace anyway"
+Walking the dog every morning before it gets too hot
+Starting to feel re-connected to the sort of stuff Havi and all the folks here do and writes about with such courage
Honestly? This has been a pretty good week! Hope you all have good weeks to come!
.-= Catherine Cantieri, Sorted´s last post … What’s important… and what isn’t =-.
I hope you have a wonderful pirate queen holiday, Havi! And I’ve realized that part of what I love about these posts is seeing all of the commentators progress as a community. I wish I had some fancy metaphor for it here, but all I can say is that it’s just so cool.
The Hard:
-House is not clean. Can’t get motivated/the chunk of time I need to really clean everything.
-I wanted to start my 10k training this week, but the weather has just been awful. Hopefully Monday I’ll be all set.
-Reconnected with my best friend from highschool, and had a bunch of weirdness trying to get to know someone as a total stranger, despite having grown up together. Lots of feelings of guilt and weirdness and life examination.
The Good:
-Still eating right, which makes me happy.
-I wrote a really great blog post this morning, which was a reasonably coherent expression of a bunch of ideas that have been really bothering me lately but I haven’t known how to put together.
-Got to wake up to my dog jumping on me and giving me hugs and kisses, which I missed while I was in Europe.
.-= Holly´s last post … On stage fright and why you should get up and talk anyway =-.
the hard:
–the annoying hard: i am apparently heaven for mosquitoes, and they keeping biting me in all sorts of annoying hard to reach places that are very hard to scratch in public or keep any ointment on. mosquitoes! a little forethought, please! biting me on the butt is just rude!
–some major and totally unexpected shakeups at work have me worried about stability and consistency and investment
–not to rain on anyone’s parade, but it feels like everyONE is getting married or engaged–except for poor moi…
the good:
–leaving for Portland on Monday!
–getting a haircut today–I love getting haircuts!
–i have a place to live in Jerusalem, and it was just the simple, perfect solution i asked for.
–some amazing post-coaching workshop epiphanies and clearings, and some really powerful and sweet shiva nata ones to complement it. ‘
–EFT sessions! amazing!
–my nana knows how to skype now, and now we can tell dirty jokes face to face.
shabbat shalom l’kulam!
I haven’t been chickening recently, and I’ve missed it!
This week’s hard:
* Money is tight, which is frustrating and also a bit scary – we thought things would open up some after paying off my car, but they haven’t. I know it’s been irregular expenses, but still – I don’t like it!
* SO much to do! This June & July are super busy, and while it’s a good busy, I have a list of things I want to get done that feels 10 miles long and more than a bit overwhelming.
* Allergy headaches. Every day this week.
This week’s good:
* My little sister came to visit! We went to Powell’s and food carts and made sorbet and shirts and generally had a fantastic time.
* I figured out that I have enough frequent flyer miles for a ticket, so I may be able to go to the Maker Faire in New York next fall. I’ve never been to New York, and that would SO rock!
* A really nice, low key birthday, with tons of good wishes rolling in from the internets. Gave me a nice warm fuzzy.
* Cake toppers I’m making for my friend’s pirate+ninja wedding are almost ready. Heart-eyed pirate flags and heart-tipped throwing stars, and they look as good as I hoped. Yay!
* Strawberry balsamic sorbet with basil. Homemade with farm stand strawberries. Divine.
.-= Shannon Henry´s last post … Hopping off to the Art Hop! =-.
I hope you’re having a lovely, restorative, fun bit of vacation, Havi!
As for me,
the Hard: sinuses/allergies/weather changes, feeling run down and quasi sick at times.
the Good: I got so much done, granted much in zag recreation territory but also new things. Much headway and momentum found.
Did mellow tai chi or yoga even when feeling off and felt better for it.
Remembered and was able to find the sparkly cake decorating stuff. Edible glitter FTW! Satisfied some of my fancy cake obsession of late with my decorating efforts. The cake was well received and super tasty. And the birthday celebration was mellow and fun.
Just got handed a $10 coupon thing for Penny’s which only requires I buy something that’s $10. And I was going to check out their $10 shorts on sale today anyway.
Found a cool cheap container with compartments for my special Lego bits.
Strawberries almost as big as my fist with tastiness to match.
Found 6 year old design sketches I wanted to find.
.-= claire´s last post … Vestiges =-.
Happy Pirate Queen Holiday!
I hope it is full of every kind of goodness that you want.
This week feels like an especially good week to chicken. Because I’ve been doing a lot of extra noticing.
The Hard
– Tired. Really tired. The busyness of putting a thing together left me feeling kooky tired.
– Hot + humid. I am not a fan of summer. And I’m even less of a fan of humidity. Hard on my body. Hard on my mind.
– Huge. Email. Backlog. (‘Nuff said.)
– Deciding to say no to something someone asked me to do. Because it wasn’t a good fit for me. (Hard but also good.)
The Good
– The thing I’ve been working on is done. And out in the world. And getting a good response. (Yay!)
– I let myself rest on Tuesday. Which felt fabulous.
– I’ve been playing with flow lately. And I like where things are headed.
– Making some tweaks to my business that feel really good.
– Getting a note from a client that made me smile + cry (in a good way).
– Spennding time playing my huge gong on Tuesday. LOVE!
– Getting some great ideas for my site. And being really excited to do them.
– Watching Sid the Punk Rock Kitteh play. That’s the happies.
– Concrete Blonde’s Live In Brazil disc totally made my week.
*waves at everyone*
Good vibes for the hard schtuff. And mucho yays for the good schtuff!
.-= Fabeku Fatunmise´s last post … Fight or flow: Update #1 =-.
The hard:
– pain and hardly being able to walk anywhere
– soup like mental fog (I guess from pain+painkillers) everything is so slow and I keep forgetting everything.
– wanting to climb the walls with antsiness at the lack of excercise
– worrying about putting on weight
– but also feeling sick and not really hungry
– having so much to do, and that I need to have done stuff that I thought I needed to do next week this week and I haven’t done them.
The good:
– learning I’m going down to pt hours in September
Hmm, somehow managed to post the above by accident! Possibly see point number 2 on the hard.
And continuing with good:
– foot getting better slowly.
– slowly feeling less foggy.
– realising how much people are willing to help, even though asking is super hard none of my fears materialised.
– writing a story on a day off
– using the yin yoga dvd – my back loves me more than it has done in a long time
Hugs to all the hard and the tired and razzle dazzles for the good.
Every gorgeous pirate queen deserves some time off filled with awesome restfulness and princess like behavior!
What an insanely insane week! Somebody tell me it’s almost over and I still survived.
The hard~
-Studio in slight kayos as my office roommate MOVED OUT and took most of her stuff (well she took everything she wanted and left everything she didn’t want for me. And I don’t want it either.)
-Me in slight kayos as office roommate did not tell landlord she was leaving and she is on the lease, and left me to figure that all out. What to do!
-Taking my little white dog into the vet because my big black dog didn’t run up a big enough bill last week. My little white dog having to have her teeth pulled which I am sure will affect her smiley smile, but I love her, so who cares.
-the gigantic vet bill, ugg!
-the redecorating and the not knowing how much it will cost, and not being able to start because I couldn’t talk to the land lord yet.
-The tired bones .
-the cleaning that never got done for the inlaws who arrive tomorrow.
The awesome!
-Finally talked with the landlord who is happy to have me stay, and who gave me the go on a redo, and then gave me the most unbelievable gift of not having to pay my office roommates half of the rent!!! WHAT!!! How does that even happen? I will tell you, I wrote it down and asked for an unbelievable rent payment. Result-UNBELIEVABLE! I could pay it in my sleep! Which means no pressure, no pressure, go at my own pace. Happyville.
-The vet making way doable payment arrangments, and My little white dog coming home from the vet with a bonus. She now has an adorable (all be it kinda sill) Peg leg (where they shaved for her IV). Pretty fun and prefect for priates and I should send you a picture. and she is doing great.
-Decided to just do it! Decorate my studio in a way that cradles and loves my peeps. Having been in the shared space so long I really thought about how to make it clean and beautiful and functional and safe. EXCITEMENT!! Run through the streets dancing! Freedom in my space! Joy in my heart! And oh so so so so happy! Knowing the moolah will show up to pay the bill but not knowing exactly how.
– great sessions with my clients!
-a deposit for my school fund that was way WAY awesome all from doing my thing (my biggest deposit to date)!
-the awesome desk I found at the pirate type store. Complete with shoe cubby. So convienient!
-friends helping me paint.
-This week being almost finished.
Hey Chickeners, hey Havi. Hope you have a great vacation.
Here’s my week.
The Hard:
-Communication challenges that caused one night of insomnia.
-Bit of PMS weepiness, though it’s not as bad as it usually is.
-IBS symptoms returning for a couple of crampy, uncomfortable days.
The Good:
+Working very hard at sovereignty which helped clarify my approach to communication stuff.
+Taking today as a Mental Health Day off from work. Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (okay, I’m done exclaiming.)
+Booking plane tickets for upcoming trip to homeland.
+Loving on the garden. I has blueberries, too, Havi!
+Bought a new cell phone today with a new carrier. I’ve been patiently waiting for my looong old contract to end. A new toy!
+Knowing I still have 2 full days of the weekend to relax.
+This blog and this space.
.-= Dawn´s last post … Novel to Me: Two Epiphanies for the Price of One =-.
Another week that has flown by. It is late, I am tired, but will still write a quick chicken.
The hard:
– Incredible fatigue.
– Family and relationship stuff and their patterns.
The good:
– An explanation for the fatigue: I was diagnosed with a major iron deficiency.
– Getting on my yoga mat a lot.
– A girls’ day with M., strolling around little shops, sitting in cafés.
– Surprising my cousin with a little unexpected present.
– Two hours on the beach yesterday. Sand under my feet, wind in my hair, the sound of the waves. Bliss.
Mom’s wedding is very soon and I am omgbusy, but I’m finally making headway on things. So this will be an abbreviated chicken, like one crawling zombie hand creeping up on you.
The Hard
– Busy busy overwhelmed and bleh.
– Dear clients, when I tell you I am leaving on X day, that means if you want your work done you cannot give me your content on day X-1. No love at all, me.
– That said, I will apparently spend every day until X working my ass off, as I do in fact need to get paid before I go.
– Scrambling to get work done, errands done, chores done, packing done, paid, paying for trip things, and not going mad in white linen. It helps I do not own white linen.
– Still not selling art. Frustrated and unable to spare the RAM to figure out why.
– Running out of brains & feeling zombie-dumb. Braaaaainz.
The Good
+ Finally figuring out some things for a client that were baffling me, so now the thing I thought would be easy monkey-work will actually be easy monkey-work.
+ Asked for help on hard client thing and though I will have to share the fee, I not only get to not beat my head against the wall as much, I get to help a friend. So, yay.
+ Good friends helping on the other scrambling bits as well.
+ Knowing that there will be a big pile of money once the work is done.
+ Got another Be a Cartoon person, yay! Something to look forward to after the madness clears up.
+ Cats happy, healthy, and snuggly.
.-= Amy Crook´s last post … Reflect =-.
Friday again? No way!
The Hard
– My eating has felt quite out of control.
– I’ve nearly run out of sequins for the sequin apron piece that I’m making – woe, woe and thrice woe
– still worried about money
– having to miss a meeting that I wanted to attend because of my health
The Good
– I’ve dropped two dress sizes. I’m loathe to be one of those women who talks about her weight all the time but getting my weight down is my major goal this year so I’m very pleased about this.
– My family are just lovely and awesome
– writing a blog post about ducks that I’m really proud off
– seeing a friend for lunch
– eating the first strawberries from my garden
– going to the dentist and being told my teeth and gums have improved & that I’ve had no bone loss in the last 7 years
.-= Kirsty Hall´s last post … Ignore Your Ducks =-.
You guys! Friday! Happy!
Hi.
@susan — happy birthday, sweetie!
@Sanders — Oh Sanders! I am so so happy for you about the iphone. Internet! Connection! And how sweet was that Ghana game. What a joy. Yay. Big hug to you.
@Chris – I am just loving all this progress you’ve been making. Beautiful stuff.
@Gadgetgirl — wow, that’s rough. Hug for the hard. And hoping it gets better.
@LaShae – Ear Appreciation Day! I *adore* you.
@Kat – you ARE gutsy. I second that. 🙂
@Mechaieh — poems translated into Hungarian! Awesome.
@Catherine – hey Catherine! How are you, my sweet? What a pleasure to see your name, and hooray for 102 things. That is really inspiring.
@Shannon – Strawberry balsamic sorbet with basil. Ohmygod. Wow.
@Trish — what good news! I’m so glad.
@Dawn — mental health day. HELL YEAH!
Love all around. Friday = yay.
And warm hellos to everyone chickening during the weekend (that counts too). xox
Oh, Friday!
The hard:
– Lots of work and having to prioritize certain projects over others and then feeling guilty (even though the clients have no way of knowing they got de-prioritized because nothing is due quite yet)
– Lots of rain and cold (and traffice) because winter has arrived
– Not getting to take enough time with my body and do restorative things
– Not getting to watch the U.S. play today in the World Cup because I had to work . . . AND it was a good game . . I felt very left out!
The good:
– Chile is doing well in the tourney so far AND the U.S. still has a shot of making it out of group play! Yay World Cup!
– Lots of work means monies at the end of the month. Monies is good.
– I finished up with my classes today and every one was very happy. Which means my project has gone very well. And people want more classes. Which means monies!
– Also, part of the reason my project has gone well is because of the active destuckifying I’ve been doing. So this project has had like a fraction of the anxiety things like this usually do! What a relief it has been!
– My Shiva Nata DVD is on it’s way here! I can’t wait to start!
Happy Weekend Chickeneers!
Well, I’m a day behind, but so much has happened this week, I just had to chicken… funky chicken even! 😀
The Hard… I’m tempted to skip it, because I’d so much rather focus on the good. But the hard deserves a bit of recognition too, since most of the good would not have been possible without the hard…
* Traveling for 14 hours on Monday, and then another 8 yesterday
* Seeing my father again after a year with no contact… and not knowing if he would answer the door when I knocked
* Lots of processing of the hard that came up during Camp…
The Good.
* So many hours traveling meant many many hours of just being with myself, and listening to stuff I’ve been wanting to listen to for weeks, but haven’t felt I had the time to listen to.
* Catching up with my father was really good… and being able to tell him I loved him, and that I knew he loved me, without baggage or reservation… amazingly wonderful!
* Meeting and getting to know some of the most amazingly inspiring women
* Knowing that these incredibly women believe in me, and that I can count on them when I need a friend… how freakin’ lucky am I?!
* Coming home to an amazing man, and hearing about how much he is enjoying his new job, and the people he works with
* My puppy who was SO EXCITED TO HAVE MOMMY HOME!!! lol silly mutt
* Feeling truly grounded in my dreams and goals, and feeling like I can actually make this thing happen
* Knowing that I don’t have to make it happen all on my own
Oh dear lord, I could just keep going on and on… there is just SO MUCH good that has happened this week!
Happy weekend to everyone, I hope the coming week is filled with good!
<3
.-= Heidi´s last post … Hot buttered epiphanies. Buttery layers of stuff. =-.
I wish it was still Friday!
The Hard
* Knowing that work is going to be crazy-busy next week and not knowing how I can help my workmates through it, and having the feeling they haven’t even thought about how they can support me.
* Letting myself dwell on crazy friends-not-liking me paranoia.
* Still having trouble finding a way to give my body everything it needs to be happy.
* Ditto for my heart and mind.
The Good
* Having a fabulous Boy who loves and supports me even through a Mini Meltdown.
* Finally deciding to just call my friend to see if he was mad at me or not and finding out that he wasn’t and having a good old chat for about 45 minutes.
* Getting the trip paid off so now I only have to think about saving up spending money.
* Not beating myself up about only posting 1-2 times a week.
* Getting to buy gorgeous yarn which I haven’t done in such a long time! And enjoying getting started on a couple of projects for other people.
.-= Katie´s last post … Extra Fast Speed Blogging =-.
Yay for Pirate Queen Holiday!!
Your world cup comments made me laugh out loud – which is a brilliant way for me to start me day =)
The hard stuff
-Not done with my own petty tyrants. Housemates not only being loud at 4am when I have exams (which mean waking 6:30am); but now officially being childish about it. Hundreds of shoes thrown (ouch!). I have just 6 more days of this… then I move out. I can do this.
-The schleepy. See above.
-Completely mislaying my sovereignty as it hides in a box. Each shoe hit a chord with my stuff and the doubts crept in oh-mi-gosh-hes-right. Just want to take this moment to say He’s Not.
-Exams: Tiring, exhausting, don’t make me revise any more…
The good stuff
-Exams finish tomorrow!
-My revision is all about LTP which I believe is how #shivanata works! Makes revision more fun, knowing that.
-Sunshine. For a couple of days at least.
-Support. My housemate from last year; who lived with the tyrant quelled all those doubts and said she hadn’t had the issues he was saying “everyone” had with me. So much love and support that I cried. So much good. Sovereignty found =)
-Got plans to meet up with old friends this week – Excited!
-Having read this post, I’ve decided I must treat myself to some blueberries in the next fortnight. Mmm blueberries.
Have wonderful weeks everyone.
.-= Rose´s last post … Visibility: Creating the Dreamscape =-.
Mundial! As an Irish woman – all I will say to France is …karma!