Second Entry!

I FOUND my cell phone and it was…

 All together, now… "In the car." Just like the last time I lost it! Since I have now changed purses, I think I will have less trouble. The purse I put away is long and thin {designed so that stuff can fall to the bottom} and although it does have pockets for phones, etc. they are near the top where the zippers I tend to leave open are found! The one I am carrying now has an inside pocket for the phone which has a flap closure. Incidentally, I am not one of those people who has a matching purse for every outfit. I wasn’t even that person when I HAD outfits when I was teaching! I did always  have earrings and shoes that were a little more formal than the ones I wear now though, but I always carried the same purse which was some neutral color like black or brown and was big enough to carry all the grading I took home with me. These days, all I require of my purse is to have a cross-body strap  and a pocket big enough for my Kindle!

There is an unopened Amazon box sitting in my art room. I am pretty sure it is the GPS which I decided I needed. So, why haven’t I opened it? Well, I tried this once before maybe a year ago. I bought one, looked at the directions and sent it back. Back then, I was so apathetic that I thought I couldn’t set it up. These days, thanks to the SAD light and making sure I get out for some REAL sunlight when it shows up here in Vermont I am, well, not full of energy but at least I DO have some energy and ambition. What has kept me from opening the box is the fear that I will fail with this thing again, but today, thinking about it, I realized that I CAN do it, and if I find I have a problem, I can ask for help. Back in the days when I was the invisible child who had to be perfect, I did a lot of damage to my self esteem, and although there has been a huge improvement, I still relapse sometimes and give up before I even try. The reason I am not opening the box right now is that I have no energy and little intelligence at the end of the day. Before I go to bed tonight, I will put the box on my keyboard and and, hopefully, get it installed tomorrow. And if I run into any problems, well, as my father used tell me, "You’ve got a tongue in your head! Ask for help!"

I had a small slice of the lemon pie with cream with my evening meal. So far, everything is good!

What I want to do tomorrow:

1. Sort out the GPS .
2. Work some more on the three pieces of art I have going. It really works for me to have more than one piece to work on. I have also done a lot more on the papier machè person. {You notice I also remembered how to insert the è! I used to use that particular one a lot when I was writing in Italian!}
    

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

— Confucius (Chinese Philosopher) 551-479 B.C.

"Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness."

— Bertrand Russell