Since cats seem to be the theme of the week around this blog, I found this adorable picture too. Some of the most amazing acrobats, these feline funny guys!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Spent a good part of today with a "normie" high school friend of mine. She lives in a delightful old house at the edge of a town I'd never been to before. I didn't make the coffeecake to take along, turned out to be just as well, as she doesn't eat sweets. (In my head is screaming that scene from My Bigt Fat Greek Wedding, where the bride to be is telling her aunt that the fiance is a vegetarian. He doesn't eat meat, she explains. The aunt [at the top of her lungs] says "WHAT??? HE DON'T EAT NO MEAT !?!?!?! WHAT YOU MEAN HE DON'T EAT NO MEAT?????") Of course I'm thinking--you don't eat no sweets??What????? lol
We had a good time chatting away and I stayed a long time before heading home. I met one of her sons and her husband and it was all real nice. I came home with about 15 pounds of sweet potatoes (maybe more, I can't tell) and a light heart. I don't have many connections from when I lived here all those years ago... but this woman had tracked me down back when I lived in Oregon (1995) about a class reunion, and we have been vaguely in contact ever since. It was funny, listening to her talk about things that I have no recollection of for the most part. But isn't that how it is for us, sometimes? I go through this with my family all the time....and try to explain to them that I cannot remember much stuff from back then...that alcoholism stole all memories of lots of things for me. I didn't tell my friend that today-no reason too. Just shook my head a few times and said I didn't remember.
Tomorrow we are going to dinner with friends. Out. Like a real date or something. lol I'm looking forward to that, getting to know some new people that we SEEM to have a lot in common with. Life is good.
I am very tired tonight and getting ready to go and read in bed for a bit before falling off to sleep. It's horrendously foggy here...from late this afternoon through tonight. GUess it's from it getting so warm while there's still so much snow around...
I came home today feeling very blessed to be me and have my home and planning my own garden. My friend gave me a beautiful heirloom seed catalog from a company in Missouri that looks like a quality coffee table book. It is gorgeous! I'll post a little more about that tomorrow.
***Happiness lies not in getting what you want, but in wanting what you have.***
Namaste.
3 comments:
Blessed and a blessing to others, there's no better place for you to be!
:)
Thank you for continuing to share
Good Saturday morning to you, Annie. I adore my cats and my life and recovery, just like you. Hope you have a good time at dinner tonight. I'm putting my chubbiness into a ball gown tonight for a gala downtown. Hmmm.
Blessings on your day!
Chris
I am often with friends (not alcoholics) that I have known for 25 years. They were my friends when I ended up in the depths of alcoholism and have been my friends ever since. They often talk about incidents that I have absolutely no recollection of. There are a lot of just blank places in my mind. The alcohol seems to have been like a laser that just cut out a lot of my memories. It bothers me sometimes, but I have come to just accept this a consequence of my disease.
PG
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