A Sunny Day

  • Today I did something which has given me a huge feeling of relief. I sent an official email quitting the chorus. Mostly it is because my back hurts a lot when I have to stand for long periods but there are other more inchoate things in there that are bothering and that I don’t want to discuss. It can be summed up as "I am what I am and I have no intention of changing myself at this time of my life!" I know I am doing the right thing because when I sent the email, or actually, when I thought about sending the email, I felt as if there was a huge burden lifted off my shoulders. The older I get, the more I realize that my "gut" feelings are the ones I should pay attention to!
  • Tomorrow I see the orthopedic surgeon who put the metal hip in. It is just a checkup, I am assuming. His office sent me a letter asking me to make an appointment. In a better world, he would come right out and say that he damaged my abductor muscle when he was doing the surgery, but I am not even going to mention it because if I do, the whole thing would undoubtedly be MY fault for buzzing off to Italy three months after the surgery! I am pretty well resigned to the fact that this is as good as it is ever going to get.
  • We have had a gorgeous day today. We set the thermostat to 62 degrees overnight and when I got up this morning, I didn’t change it one bit.  Fred went out on the deck and shaved his head and trimmed his beard down so he looks a lot less like Santa Claus.  If his daughter comes visiting tomorrow she will be surprised! The hair blew away and we are hoping some of it will finish up in birds’ nests!
  • I have spent much of today organizing and tidying up my art supplies. The reason I have energy to do this is a combination of the SAD light and spending a few minutes out in the real sunshine this morning!
  • I mentioned that the pooping robin was back when I wrote on Facebook but I don’t think I mentioned it here. Every year we have a robin who perches on the side mirrors of the car and looks at himself in the mirror and the windows. And, of course, he poops on my car! When I saw him a few days ago, I went outside and yelled at him and made loud banging noises so he flew away! Of course, since I can’t be in the kitchen watching all day, I may have missed him coming back but I have hopes that I scared him off for good!

I am grateful for:

  1.  "real" sunshine!
  2.  finding the double egg cup that my sister gave me so I could have two boiled eggs this morning!

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."

 

Marcus Aurelius

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Good look with the robin – but methinks he’ll be back… 🙂

March 30, 2011

I like the idea of the hair ending up in a bird’s nest somewhere. I would like my hair to end up there too.

March 30, 2011

Ha! He’ll be back before you know it. How about draping something over the mirror so that he can’t see himself? Birds sometimes poop to express emotion, like being threatened by another bird. If he perceives that the bird in the mirror is encroaching on his territory, he will continue doing it.

March 30, 2011

Good for you for doing what your gut tells you to do about the chorus. (huggles)

I am learning to go with my gut more, too. Today is a beautiful day. The sunny weather makes me feel up.:)

This whole entire entry was totally worth the read if for no other reason than the word “inchoate”. What a fabulous word! NOT that the entry wasn’t otherwise worth the read, but I hit that word and had to go back and read it over and over again! 🙂

March 30, 2011

Good for you for going with your gut feelings and quitting something you really didn’t enjoy, for whatever reasons. When I am your age I intend to do only things I LIKE to do…. well actually, that is pretty much what I do right now come to think of it. ;o) !! My only problem with it right now is that sometimes I don’t know if my gut feelings want me to do something, or not do it! I’m so glad you had a warm sunny day today! I rather like the thought of Fred shaving outdoors so the birds can put some of him in their nests! :o) !! hugs, Nicky

March 30, 2011
March 30, 2011

Such a vain robin! I do understand about the choir, and yes, gut feelings usually will not lead you wrong. And if the standing makes you feel bad, then it just makes the practice all that much more difficult.

March 30, 2011

VERY interesting entry, especially about Fred’s haircut and the pooping robin! I agree….why do things you don’t really want to do when there are so many other choices?

Your gut feelings are seldom wrong…I always remember Garrison Keillor saying in a monologue how birds don’t have a sphincter muscle, so there is “no holding it in!” Spring can’t get here soon enough…..

🙂

March 31, 2011

birds are stubborn creatures! when someone gets older, i see no reason that they should do something they don’t want to. are you getting any of that 6 to 12 inches of heavy wet snow that will be here in new hampshire? take care,