It's a nice day

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I'm in too good a mood to be all dramatic today.  I had a great day Sunday, and for some reason that little bit of euphoria carried over to yesterday as well.  I got a swim in, cleaned off the patio and helped someone out by giving away my old Honda lawnmower.  The man was happy to have it because he needed it for parts.  I'm happy about that.

The lawnmower story can keep.  I had to learn something about me through that process but you know what, it's just too nice a day, and that thing can be summed up in a short sentence:  Good, sometimes is good enough.  Not everything in life has to be the "best".

We all have little bridges to cross.  That was one I needed to, trust me.  Apparently, I'd been standing in the middle of that bridge and the whole lawnmower thing made me see it was time to keep going to the other side.

I have to have my thumb looked at again today at noon.  Hopefully, I can go to work.  The rest has been nice but I'm starting to putter with things.  I did the dishes last night and it hurt.  My hand is a little more black and blue, but my grass looked terrible.  It needed to be mowed.  Again, sometimes you gotta play hurt.

I've had a couple of calls on the restaurant equipment.  I think this is a big step in letting go of some things.  I should have done it last year.  I'm telling you, in my part of the great "do-over", I'm making choices that are pretty much the opposite of what I did last summer.

I'm on day 8 of my self-imposed Facebook vacation.  That's probably the best thing I've done for me in a very long time.  I made it a day now without a cigarette.  Baby steps, baby steps.

I hope all y'all are having a nice day.  Why I'm happy, I don't exactly know.  I just know I am, and so was the immigrant.  Same story.  Just kind of came over her as it did me yesterday.

We'll take it.

Comments

  1. AnonymousJuly 12, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    Might want to contact the Mrs. She's dealing with a medical issue and could use your prayers. She's in ours always.

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  2. Dale CooperJuly 13, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Thank you for letting me know. I didn't see this post until just now, but I heard about this today from family. Like you, I pray for Wendi every day.

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