My Adventure

Going to a new place for errands did not work well. I may have saved a couple of dollars, but the place was far away and a mob scene, so I won’t be doing that again. For some things, sameness is the best option.  On the way back, I did find a beautiful place to walk my dog and take photos so all was not lost. I’ve been knitting for four nights now, for the first time in over a year, and it is very soothing. Today the challenge is to find a nice dog walk place and a grubby area to photograph before the rains begin and then errands, rides, bills, cleaning, cooking, calls and knitting. Weekends are just too short.

Sameness

After a couch nap and nine hours of solid sleep, waking up naturally, I am excited about a day without work and going on an adventure.  Breaking from my sameness routine, I’m going to a new area to do errands, take my dog for a walk and take photos.   Then we are going out to dinner at a new place.  Sometimes a little shake-up from routine can mean the world.  Of course I am just planning this now and who knows how it will turn out.  It’s still cold and windy and there’s a lot to do on the home front this weekend.  I was mindful yesterday of being on time and present at work, so that made that better.  Structure and routine can be good, but if that’s all there is to one’s life, not leaving room for spontaneity or creativity, it really does dampen the soul.

More Snow

I had deluded myself to thinking that the cold and snow were a thing of the past, but not so. Yesterday I heard that someone I work with and care about a great deal was ‘let go’ in a barbaric fashion. It brought up this whole feeling of everyone is disposable and who to trust. I live in a naive little world, so I get badly shaken when the world doesn’t fit into my vision. Speaking of vision, I have been letting my photography effect my job. I’ve barely made it there on time lately and care more about my craft than my job. It’s nice to feel that way, in a way, but in these times one needs to be overly dedicated apparently to keep one’s job. Oh money woes, bad news every day – no wonder I’m happier naive and being creative.

Blog, blog, blog

I get sucked into the blogosphere and almost forget to post my morning pages. Not much sleep last night and off to work again. I did bake – rather maniacally – yesterday. No need to buy bread for weeks now. I walked, talked, met new people, took photos (hard to do around new people met in parks). Even with three days off, I barely scratched the surface of my to do list. That would be okay, because I had a lot of good times, but not okay, because now I have to do all the stuff I avoided at night after work.

Errands

Because I took Saturday off, I had many errands to run yesterday.  After four hours of racing to various stores, bank etc, I was utterly and totally exhausted.  Home to make a rather elaborate dinner and required family phone calls and then I could only melt into the couch to veg out in front of the tv.  My dog had only a short walk, I stole only a few minutes for photographing.  There’s got to be a better way.  I will try to make today better, by concentrating equally on what still has to be done and what I still want and need to do to save this day off.

New Spot

I found a new spot yesterday, to walk with or without my dog. A new place to photograph, a new place to find quietude in the midst of a crowded city. This makes me happy. The snow is melting, a three day weekend is coming up and that too makes me happy.

Creativity

I finished my crochet project last night. It has been nice to add this little part of creativity on top of the photography. Think I’ll do some knitting and baking this upcoming long weekend.
There are bits of bare ground here and there finally and I can see little green tips of plants popping out of the ground.

Making Time

I was determined to incorporate some creative me time yesterday and it worked.  Eventually, my energy came back after spending some time at lunch photographing, taking a long hot shower at night and then crocheting.  Lesson learned, but not always given the attention it deserves.  Going to try to do the same today.  One day at a time.

Walking

After 2 months of snow & ice, I was able to go for a real walk – as in fast & some distance yesterday.  It’s amazing how quickly one gets out of shape.  I’ve been out every day photographing, but not really walking.  Now to do both since it’s supposed to be above freezing all week.  Step by step trying to find balance.  In the meantime, back to work today and it will be a day of meetings.

Vague

The meeting yesterday was full of vagueness and bs and work to do and time to wait before anything is clear.  I don’t know why people can’t just be upfront and clear when they want something.  Frigid weather, but I discovered another new place to photograph in my 10 minutes of free time yesterday.