How I spend my daze..(.but I'm looking for a catchier title)
Like many mornings in recent times, my day started before the alarm clock went off. I lay in bed, waiting for the radio to turn on and play the ABC classic program I'd tuned it into to. This isn't always the channel I listen to, it is just the one I felt like waking up to this week. Once the radio came on, I allowed myself to get up. Another week has begun.
I had a dull weekend. The girls stayed with me on Friday night, but Dee took them back on Saturday, so a void was left in my mind as far as activities were concerned. And it was raining most of the time as well. I was disappointed that I hadn't made better use of the weekend. I had managed to dig a grave for poor dead Puzzle, Dee's kitten from Geelong, and I had picked up some rabbit food, but many things were not done and I beat myself up about that.
I'm reading Michael J Fox's autobiography at the moment. I feel that he and I shared many similar thoughts and motives as we were growing up at different ends of the planet (he Canada, me New Zealand), but I think he might have achieved slightly more fame than me. His story is told in a relaxed style, given the feelings he has about his Parkinson disease, and I'm up to 1993 in the book, so I'm looking forward to finishing it shortly.
6:45am :: I rang the lady who works with me in Geelong, and asked her for a ride to work. This is a change in habit for me, because I wouldn't normally ask for help. "No problem" she said, "Be there at 7:45" . Great, I now had an hour to get ready for work. Onto the 'net and check my emails...nothing flash there, but my weekly horoscope indicated that if I was nice to people, they would be nice back to me. Cool!.
I packed my bags for work and while I waited for Leanne, I stacked the dishwasher and vacuumed the lounge room. That is a new thing for me as well. (doing housework outside of weekend)
When at work, I made a few sales / warm calls, which is still a pressure thing for me, plus I made a call to an old work colleague just to chat, which is my way of reaching out. It was great to talk to Frank. Still not great at asking for help yet, but if I keep making the calls, I'm sure I will get better at it. Damm, this male macho stuff is a hard habit to break.
This BLOG is also in my rebuilding plan (evening plan = call a friend or family member, avoid TV and crazy computer games, wind down with a quick entry in the Blog) Tonight I called my cousin Wendy and had a great chat. She is always fun to talk to and now I can send her an email as well.
TTFN
I had a dull weekend. The girls stayed with me on Friday night, but Dee took them back on Saturday, so a void was left in my mind as far as activities were concerned. And it was raining most of the time as well. I was disappointed that I hadn't made better use of the weekend. I had managed to dig a grave for poor dead Puzzle, Dee's kitten from Geelong, and I had picked up some rabbit food, but many things were not done and I beat myself up about that.
I'm reading Michael J Fox's autobiography at the moment. I feel that he and I shared many similar thoughts and motives as we were growing up at different ends of the planet (he Canada, me New Zealand), but I think he might have achieved slightly more fame than me. His story is told in a relaxed style, given the feelings he has about his Parkinson disease, and I'm up to 1993 in the book, so I'm looking forward to finishing it shortly.
6:45am :: I rang the lady who works with me in Geelong, and asked her for a ride to work. This is a change in habit for me, because I wouldn't normally ask for help. "No problem" she said, "Be there at 7:45" . Great, I now had an hour to get ready for work. Onto the 'net and check my emails...nothing flash there, but my weekly horoscope indicated that if I was nice to people, they would be nice back to me. Cool!.
I packed my bags for work and while I waited for Leanne, I stacked the dishwasher and vacuumed the lounge room. That is a new thing for me as well. (doing housework outside of weekend)
When at work, I made a few sales / warm calls, which is still a pressure thing for me, plus I made a call to an old work colleague just to chat, which is my way of reaching out. It was great to talk to Frank. Still not great at asking for help yet, but if I keep making the calls, I'm sure I will get better at it. Damm, this male macho stuff is a hard habit to break.
This BLOG is also in my rebuilding plan (evening plan = call a friend or family member, avoid TV and crazy computer games, wind down with a quick entry in the Blog) Tonight I called my cousin Wendy and had a great chat. She is always fun to talk to and now I can send her an email as well.
TTFN
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