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elvendollwow, the entry i wrote last night was way too brain-dead.
this weekend hit on a number of things for me.
first, i really need to buckle down and clean my room. it won't take more then an hour and i really need to do it.
it annoys me to know that i spent all of Friday night home alone and still didn't clean it, and emphasizes that i buckle down to my issues too much.
on the other hand, i didn't do much of anything yesterday, and i'm okay with that; i stayed in bed way too long yesterday, but i got to spend some quality time with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sol3, and that has been something i've been almost craving, as i was too broken for that last weekend and this week has been stressful. in some ways, it was a reminder that i tend to want to force moods/situations when i'm feeling a misbalance, but that some things need to happen naturally and i need the patience to just let them come.
and, for the 'everything happens for the best' portion of the weekend, i had felt bad that i left some of my things, including my towel, in the kitchen when rushing around on Saturday morning. it turns out that sometime in the last two days, the heaters in my room and the computer room spewed mud. my room got less damage (and if it had gotten as much spewing as the other room, one of my favorite posters would have been damaged), but i usually keep my towel on the radiator and it would've gotten sprayed on if i hadn't forgotten it in the kitchen.
and by now, i'm totally looking forward to next week, full of happy thoughts of reading while the sun is pouring over me.
i'm also incredibly excited about prague - there's something magical about travelling alone for me, it's like finding a whole new world, and having it revolve around me.
and, i'm excited about arizona - reconnecting withtobi, with sedona, with the road and with my tent.
not spending money is harder then it seems.
today, i spent money to replace a book ofsol3's that i lost.
i will also spend money to get my coat dry cleaned - because it has a couple of stains on it, and thus needs to be done, and i tend to think that if money is going to be spent no matter what, it doesn't matter too much when the spending is done.
then, there will be some supplies for tonight's dinner, yoga on Wednesday, and i might see a movie sometime this week. that, plus gas for my car, and there'll go about $100 - it makes me miss being 16 and being able to give myself a spending budget of $20 a week (and in a summer when i was making $160 a week, i was putting a lot into savings!)
i've been fighting off a cold.
i noticed it on Friday, when i was on my 7th cup of tea before lunch, could barely eat food, and drank at least 2 more cups in the afternoon.
Saturday night,sol3 pointed out that the almost-cold could be a reason for how cold i was through the evening, at which point i realized that changing into something warmer is really in order.
last night, i started feeling head-heavy and sniffly, and had some nyquil along with 2000mg of vitamin c - and today, i feel almost okay.
this is the first time in my life when i'm butting heads with a cold and having the upper hand - and i really hope that (a) this lasts and (b) it is the start of a pattern.
this weekend hit on a number of things for me.
first, i really need to buckle down and clean my room. it won't take more then an hour and i really need to do it.
it annoys me to know that i spent all of Friday night home alone and still didn't clean it, and emphasizes that i buckle down to my issues too much.
on the other hand, i didn't do much of anything yesterday, and i'm okay with that; i stayed in bed way too long yesterday, but i got to spend some quality time with
sol3, and that has been something i've been almost craving, as i was too broken for that last weekend and this week has been stressful. in some ways, it was a reminder that i tend to want to force moods/situations when i'm feeling a misbalance, but that some things need to happen naturally and i need the patience to just let them come.and, for the 'everything happens for the best' portion of the weekend, i had felt bad that i left some of my things, including my towel, in the kitchen when rushing around on Saturday morning. it turns out that sometime in the last two days, the heaters in my room and the computer room spewed mud. my room got less damage (and if it had gotten as much spewing as the other room, one of my favorite posters would have been damaged), but i usually keep my towel on the radiator and it would've gotten sprayed on if i hadn't forgotten it in the kitchen.
and by now, i'm totally looking forward to next week, full of happy thoughts of reading while the sun is pouring over me.
i'm also incredibly excited about prague - there's something magical about travelling alone for me, it's like finding a whole new world, and having it revolve around me.
and, i'm excited about arizona - reconnecting with
tobi, with sedona, with the road and with my tent. not spending money is harder then it seems.
today, i spent money to replace a book of
sol3's that i lost.i will also spend money to get my coat dry cleaned - because it has a couple of stains on it, and thus needs to be done, and i tend to think that if money is going to be spent no matter what, it doesn't matter too much when the spending is done.
then, there will be some supplies for tonight's dinner, yoga on Wednesday, and i might see a movie sometime this week. that, plus gas for my car, and there'll go about $100 - it makes me miss being 16 and being able to give myself a spending budget of $20 a week (and in a summer when i was making $160 a week, i was putting a lot into savings!)
i've been fighting off a cold.
i noticed it on Friday, when i was on my 7th cup of tea before lunch, could barely eat food, and drank at least 2 more cups in the afternoon.
Saturday night,
sol3 pointed out that the almost-cold could be a reason for how cold i was through the evening, at which point i realized that changing into something warmer is really in order.last night, i started feeling head-heavy and sniffly, and had some nyquil along with 2000mg of vitamin c - and today, i feel almost okay.
this is the first time in my life when i'm butting heads with a cold and having the upper hand - and i really hope that (a) this lasts and (b) it is the start of a pattern.
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Date: 2004-01-19 06:02 pm (UTC)The funniest thing about prague was that I mentioned going there to K, and she had no interest, and then she saw a TV show on it on PBS and she wants to go. The lesson I told her to take from this was that I'm always right and all my ideas are brilliant. She isn't buying that.
Good luck fighting the cold off.
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Date: 2004-01-19 06:23 pm (UTC)the two of us found and left parts of ourselves there, and this is our second time going back - i highly recommend it!
as for prague, i've been wanting to go for some time - have you been there, or is your desire stemming from hearsay?
& *giggle*
what about the show convinced her?
when i first told my mom about burning man*, she thought i was nuts, and really questioned my decision.
then, i showed her pictures from the website, and she got so excited that she ran to her closet to find clothes to loan me.
this year, she saw a PBS special on art festivals, where burning man was rated the third in the world, and she didn't even have objections to me road-tripping to get there!
* not that i'm comparing K to my mom, my mom is just the person i usually go to to sanity-proof my trip ideas...
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Date: 2004-01-19 06:39 pm (UTC)tobi and i needed a random vacation 3 years ago, and booked a trip to phoenix - it was my step-grandmother who recommended taking a side trip to sedona, and damn am i glad i listened!
the two of us found and left parts of ourselves there, and this is our second time going back - i highly recommend it!
Actually, at the time, it was my mother who recommended it. When I asked her what she did in Arizona, she said she took a bus tour around Phoenix (we couldn't ever find one) and she did a day trip to Sedona, which was amazing. Then when we ran into Beck(y) at Ceremony, she mentioned how much she loved it. So that sealed the deal.
you get half points : P
Date: 2004-01-19 06:42 pm (UTC)i distinctly remember the spiel i got from my step-grandmother, and then telling you about the fish farm she'd been raving about.
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Date: 2004-01-20 04:48 pm (UTC)I haven't been to prague, but I became interested the when i went to Europe post HS and everyone we ran into told us not only was it pretty inexpensive, it was lots of fun and very beautiful. Sadly that trip was already tightly planned, so no Prague then. Later, a snot goth whose name is escaping me was showing his pictures of Prague, and it reminded me of the stories I had heard.
I think what sold K was the program focused on things dear to her -- really grandiose old buildings and churches, which she loves, an affordable and plentiful musical arts scene of opera and classical music, and then beer for me. Which means she can get me drunk and make me go to lots of old buildings! :)
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Date: 2004-01-19 06:44 pm (UTC)I'm partial, because I had an amazing and somewhat...well...as close as I get to spiritual experiences.
I don't know that everyone will find it as centering, but it's one of the few places in the world that does that for me.