miscellaneous updates
It’s been a busy last week and half or so. Last week I was on vacation, and it was great! Since my last blog, I’ve started P90X workouts, worked on an Android app, prepped my garden (I plant seedlings tonight), visited Brookgreen Gardens near Myrtle Beach, visited Edisto Gardens in Orangeburg, went to a movie, rolled a bunch of change and done a lot of housework. I’ve done a fair bit of thinking as well.
Thursday when I went to Brookgreen Gardens, I was listening to Enya, Loreena McKennitt, and Diana Krall. It was so nice I did the same thing on the way back home, and then the following day on the way to and from Edisto Gardens. After Edisto Gardens I went to the movies, and I noticed something interesting as I was leaving. For the first time in maybe a long time, everything felt right – I felt like my old self again. I don’t exactly know how to describe the feeling, other than to say that things were the way they were supposed to be.
One thing I have figured out is that the less time I spend on the computer, the happier I am. I’m not sure if I’m associating it with work, or what the deal is, but the less I’m on it, the happier I am. Kind of an odd association for someone in my line of work, but there you have it.
Something else I figured out was how I’ve been pushing people away from me as well. I’ve noticed a pattern in myself lately of wanting attention from people who I know can’t or won’t give it to me, while I mostly ignore the people who would like to have me around. Looking back it’s obvious to me now, but I completely overlooked it for a while. So, to my friends that read this but haven’t seen much of me lately, I apologize. I’ll be around more, I promise.
Oh, before I forget – I did this before vacation but keep forgetting to mention it. I signed up for the canoe and rafting club here at work, I’m going on my first trip in a few days. I thought it would be good to shake things up and try something different. Who knows, I might like it. That’s really the point though, isn’t it? Finding something I like in life and holding on?