Day 6

Since I mentioned the number Six a couple times in the last post, it seemed like a good day to check in. Am I still seeing through the person driving the car in front of me (as snails pass us on the left) with a Soundgarden Black Hole Sun smile? But of course I am.....mostly.

Traffic seems to be the number one irk for me. And its not even Atlanta, GA traffic here. This is like owning a peopleless world compared to that. I suppose I will need to reinvent new ways of saying in a coaxing voice, "Come on, you can do it, you can turn now...I know you can", although that sounds pretty darn positive to me! Here's where intent comes in....do I mean it? Hell yes I do! I KNOW they can make that turn - and they can do it faster than they appear to even know!

All kidding aside (because I am Pollyanna right now with a skull barrette), I do know that maybe they are a visitor - to Danbury, Connecticut! Or perhaps they have gotten a small mountain of speeding tickets in the past, or they are blasted drunk and trying to overcompensate by their inability to get within 5 miles of the speed limit.

The week went rather well. It was almost effortless to cast any momentary whiff of defensiveness to the galaxian wind. I found that smiling, even though it could have counted as one step away from gritting of the teeth, felt way better and didn't make me look or feel like a HEE HAW HEE HAW in an old Looney Tunes episode.

My eyes sparkled at the wading pool on the kitchen floor caused by the portable dishwasher hook up that wasn't quite tight enough. I nearly handed out awards when the red easter egg dye spilled all over the beige tablecloth. I used that time behind the car that a human could have pushed faster from behind, to listen to music, sing or talk to God. I take those slow downs as reminders to connect. Connect with God, listen for an answer that I may have been waiting for, or contemplate what is for dinner.

My health diet has been mostly on target...however, (uh oh - a word that defies that it is actually going how I said that it would) there were some days this week considered 'special' with my daughter and we accidentally drove to Borders and had those towering cups of whipped cream and hot chocolate. I accidentally even asked for the peppermint candies to be sprinkled Under the whipped cream for maximum WC enjoyment. Enough of that! Positive things only!

Like the little weather bubble that pops up randomly on my computer to tell me how warm it is in Pinetop, Arizona. I am not recalling the moment that I adjusted my Connecticut weather tracking system in order to know how the folks in Pinetop are doing. Perhaps that is one of those *signs* that is blatantly being written on my forehead and I should be doing more research on Pinetop instead of thinking how quaint it is that their high today was 45 degrees.

Have I wondered yet how authentic my intentions are with this experiment? Absolutely. In fact, I am reverting to my childhood and figuring that until I get the moment exactly right, these are all do-overs. This whole week was fabulous - it wasn't a sky high OMG bowl of insanity and cheese but it was pretty dang good. I need to climb out of that American thought frame of needing something to feel like an electric shock to know that I'm in the right place. There is too much emphasis on getting that WOW feeling when we are exposed to so much that it can be almost elusive. Yet, at the same time, its so easy to get that WOW feeling if you pretend that you are on death row and don't know if you will ever get clearance to leave. Would I rather be on death row or would I rather shuffle the dirty towel - that I have in the corner for these purposes - all over the floor with my feet to dry it?

Some cool bigger than ordinary things did happen this week. I played nicely in the sandbox with people who normally can irritate me. My tax refund showed up in my financial Inbox. I had a fun conversation with someone who I'd only known by sight for months.

I am still reading "Law of Attraction". It's definitely clarified some things for me and made it so easy that it practically asks only to rub the jacketcover and make a wish.

Another book that is getting rather worn for me is Science of the Mind by Ernest Holmes.

I also had the prize winning feeling of two reserved books being ready for me at the library today. One is "How Starbucks Saved My Life" (coffee in the title! I have to read it by default of coffee a'mouration.). The other is "Zero Limits".

I'm taking off my bunny costume for the night. Eggs are glowing natural colors of purple, red and blue, basket is hidden and irridescent plastic eggs filled with Hershey's Minatures are in their irridescent bellies.

I just have one more thought:

Are guinea pigs supposed to sound like a video game montage from the 80s when you pet them?

Sunday, Monday, 30 Happy Days!

I've decided to give myself a challenge. I love a good challenge. Which is probably why I've been in most of the romantic relationships that I've been a part of. (The timeline for 'romantic' by the way, could be six days shy of a week to umpteen years).

I've been going through a transitional period during the last 38 years or so. Especially the last 6 months. I've decided that in order to quit waiting for Something to pass or happen, I'm just going to be that happy and completely healthy person that people want to throw a tomato at - right NOW. I realize that it's going to take time for my mind to completely submerge into my self induced brainwash. I'm going to test the waters like an alcoholic - one day at a time, only in a contract for 30 days. If I like it, I can purchase the rest of the nine piece set at the low price of only 19.95.

I don't need wallpaper. I have stacks of books that cover the stacks of books that cover the walls. I have pulled a lot of inspiration from these books, from magazines, from various cheesy Quote of the Day emails (I love sending those to one of my friends so that she can send them back all twisted up with black and blues). I'm doing so much reading that I'm stuffing my proverbial chipmunk cheeks with all this great information for.....later. Later when? Later, why? What good am I doing for other people by not being my best me NOW? It can only benefit my 9 year old Humanling, my friends, my strangers, my one night stands, my bitch slapping sessions, if I am practicing LOVE as much as possible.

I've been called 'nice'. People can hardly believe I'm a Scorpio through casual contact that doesn't involve me plotting cold revenge on them for all their days straight into the old age home. Ah, good times.

It's time to transcend Hippie and go Holy Ghost on the world. This means me having to do the following :

~Not panicking over minor body blips - a 'weird' here or a tiny pain there. On the flip side, that also means taking good care of myself and ...

~no pm cup of coffee. Especially day after day. If one is needed, that is fine, but only in special circumstances. Like being kept up the night before because of lots of booze and sex.

~I don't drink often. So that's not going on the list. And..I'm Irish.

~Must eat one originally green and not moldy green vegetable daily.

~Going for the five daily servings of veggies. At least during the week. Weekends exist for coffee, hot chocolate & bagels.

~Do not complain. Find a way to joyfully accept that Castile soap in the eye moment. This does not mean lay down and take it from a cactus. Take strides to move forward, but joyfully accept what is while metamorphisizing.

~Extend kindness to everyone. *Huge Ass Sigh*. Yes, everyone. When my ex husband (#1) calls me at work, I will need to listen to his broken record and speak nicely to him, offer him any advice/non physical consolence without gritting my teeth. After all, he is a person and my humanling cares about him very much. That also means when people swing by my desk to chat for a half hour while I screw up posting the company's money because I'm too farking *nice* to ask them to go away, that I need to find a balance. I need to extend my gratitude that this person wanted to swing by my desk at all and check me out for a bit, that they even thought about me enough to take time out of their day for me. It's AWESOME that people like me. And I want to make them feel good in return.

~DECIDE (not Deicide - I'm not complaining any longer so I will say that they are not my cuppa joe) that this is a great day!!! I feel great! And I have God to back me up. He loves when we help each other out and dole out the good vibes.

~Gratitude - Thank God numerous times through out the day. I am a real lucky person. I have a great job with enviable benefits, people who understand my circumstances and don't hold them against me. I don't have a degree. I am a single mama and keep a roof over our heads, we eat well, and we have a special life together. I have a beautiful daughter who is 20 who I adore and miss (she lives in another state with her fiancee). My blessings basket is insanely full, but there is always room for more.

~Keep junk food to a minimum (barring special occasions and weekends. And Days that end in Day).

~I've just added molasses to my regimen in the last month. I stick it in a chocolate sort of drink (usually chocolate almond milk) in the blender and suck it down before I can have a real moment to taste it. I've read some amazing things about molasses and this is part of my blossoming.

There are a few more things to add to the list - such as meditation practices, yoga, excercise, Sainthood, but I won't dramatize them.

Basically my role here is to have as close to Zero Tolerance of negativity as possible. My role is to lift people up. To choose peace and love over negative feelings and project that. Which will be interesting when Humanling does something that would normally turn my love-o-meter off and make me want to kick her like a cartoon into the silouhette-applicable wall.

All of this is to better the world when you come right down to it. If it betters my life and my energies, I will be putting those energies out for any of you to grab onto, in turn letting those happy molecules multiply like rabbits so you can pass them on too.

I'm going to start this off today, March 17th. I have a personal reason to start today too - its an anniversary of sorts and I'd like to celebrate this date with new beginnings.

I'm looking forward to submerging myself into all colors, textures and communications of life. Even if I have to stoop here and there to make life analogies by using Darth Vader for my Caveman Ex Husband #1.