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My Life Thus Far
2015-05-04 05:45:06 (UTC)

The Inevitables of Life

Perhaps I consolidated all of my bad attitude into yesterday, because despite impending menstruation, I was in a much better frame of mind today. I made a concerted effort to remain peaceful and positive. Letting the inevitables of life get the better of me is a habit I want to leave in the past. If this is something I wish to achieve, I have to work on it everyday, and accept that bad things will happen. Bad moods will happen. I hate that this is "duh" shit, obvious stuff. Yet, I need to actively work on rolling with it.

I'm off tomorrow, and all I can think about is how much I want to go up to Port Townsend and spend some time in Phoenix Rising (a new age bookstore I love). I need more incense and they have the best selection in the area. By far. Since Snookums isn't working, I find that I spend pretty much every moment that I'm not working or he's not in school, with him. Which isn't terrible. I love him, and enjoy his company. I just think it would do me good to spend some time on my own. Like a vacation from regular life, just not quite on the scale of a Hawaiian vacation. If I leave before he wakes up, I won't have to explain why I want to be alone. He also has school tomorrow, so he won't want to go anyway...

I've been posting my meals on Facebook and Instagram, even though I know it's popular to hate people who post pictures of their food. Several of my friends have told me that my posts are helping them branch outside of their standard diets. It's giving them ideas for how to use more vegetables, and even if they don't want to go vegan, it's helping them eat less meat overall. I think these are all positives, and reason enough for me to keep doing it! Would it be silly for me to buy some more pretty dishes for my foodtography? No, I did not make that word up. It's a thing... I think I love taking the pictures as much as I enjoy even cooking and eating the food, maybe more! I've been toying with the idea of starting a food page specifically for foodtography, so my friends who are interested could join, and the friends not interested won't be annoyed with my constant food posts. It's just an idea at this point. I wouldn't have a ton of time to devote to it.

Every time the Aulani commercial comes on tv, I get a little sad. Aulani is Disney's resort on Oahu. When Selena and I went to Ko'Olina, we swam in the protected bay behind Aulani. It was gorgeous, and exactly what you'd expect from a Hawaiian resort. Only way less people than Waikiki. We took the kids to Disneyland a few years ago, and every time we turned on the tv, there was an infomercial for their vacation timeshares to Aulani. We entertained the idea for a minute, but decided against it. Now I'm wishing we'd done it. Of course, it's expendable income we haven't always had over the past 3 years. It's around $900/yr. Not feasible. Especially since dear husband isn't even working. Eventually this will change, and we'll be able to enjoy nicer things in life. For now, I'll just be grateful for the little daily luxuries. Like, tea and incense :)




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