Happy!!!

I am happy!

I am deliriously, incredibly, unabashedly, just plain happy!

I have a million reasons to be happy - and today I don't even have to count each one separately - they are all present in my life right here and now.

A great gift is to be aware of happiness and joy in the now and to appreciate it fully while the joy is here.

It's said that happiness is fleeting. I disagree. I believe that happiness is our natural state and we work hard at making ourselves unhappy.

The easy way is to succumb to happiness.

Let it wash over you. Be in a state of gratitude. If for no other reason, we need to be happy because we are alive.

Slowwwwwww Monday

Slow is good right? Right?!

sigh

Not so much when the interview and story you were scheduled to do just ups and doesn't show - it then all has to crowd into later in the day or week.

Deep breath. It's all okay. I just get to have a pleasant, slow start to the week.

Meanwhile, I've been reading about German New Medicine. It's the Law of Attraction in a big way. Anyone with a serious disease - cancer, heart - well, anything at all - needs to learn about this. I need to learn more about it. From what I've read so far I'd say this makes complete sense!

Sunny Sunday

It's a sunny Sunday - really - is there anything else that needs to be said? It's the kind of warm sunshine that makes you slow down when you walk. Instead of trying to get from point a to point b, you stop and notice the sun warming the rock shelf by the river - and you pause and detour to the rock and sit - and let your body absorb the warmth.

Glorious! And now the sun is pouring in my windows. I was going to watch Good Will Hunting but that would require me to close the blinds. The movie can wait for another day.

Infatuation - oh yes!

Oh yes - I love, love, love infatuation. I don't care if it last only 24 hours - it's such a good feeling while it's here! I want to sing and dance and grin from ear to ear. (actually, I think I am doing all three).

All because of a super man who I haven't even met yet - but what a lovely person.

Who I will meet.

And to top it all off we had a fabulous hike in the Foothills today - it must have been fabulous because we even bushwhacked for 45 minutes! Three happy people and three happy puppies. Does it get any better? I think not.

(therefore I am not?)

Weekend

It's the weekend - and that's all the reason I need to be happy and to celebrate.

In case I do however, need a few more excuses: a hike with three dogs tomorrow (three dog day); the Cedar Farmers Market on Sunday - gardening on Sunday - shopping at Valhalla Pure after the hike (my favourite store next to Chapters) - oh, and I had a chat with a remarkable man today - an innovator with a huge heart and brain - what a lethal combination.

It's a good Friday afternoon!

I can See Clearly

I don't quite know what to make of this - I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions.

Several weeks ago I had flashing lights and swirls of colour dance around my vision for about 15 minutes. A couple of days after that I noticed that my eyesight had changed significantly. I have been far sighted for ages and need glasses for driving. I could no longer see through those glasses but could see well enough to drive without them.

Still, I made an appointment at Iris to have a checkup and to get new lenses put in my frames (sunglasses and regular glasses.)

I had a thorough exam and was given two pieces of information. 1 - I have cataracts. Not a surprise - my mother has had cataracts for ages. 2 - I had gone from being far sighted to having astigmatism. So - fine - I got a new prescription. This was two weeks ago.

I got home and asked my friends about supplements  - and I checked online. A couple of days later I bought a supplement containing Lutein, Bilberry and  anthocyanidins (anti-oxidant that's supposed to be great for eyesight)

So - everything was fine. My eyes seemed fine - better actually but not anything I paid much attention to.

Today my new prescription was ready. I went to Iris and put on my new glasses - and couldn't see a thing. The woman checked the prescription - it was accurate. I could read signs and so on just fine without glasses - but with them - nothing.

So next week I see the eye doctor again to find out what the heck is going on.

I'm pleased that my eyes seem fine. But I have no idea whether this is some kind of miracle or....

What I'm most concerned about now is getting back the money I already spent (a considerable amount). But Iris seems very good that way.

Still - weird, isn't it?

Mother's Story

Okay - it's done. I've edited it and printed it out and tomorrow I'll buy a nice folder to put it in - and then I'll give it to my mother when I visit in July.

I expected more than I got - but I also got things I didn't expect. I've always considered my mother a highly self-centric person and that opinion certainly gained plenty of validation. I was surprised how many times I had to prod her to talk about external events taking place (a damn war for heaven's sakes) and to elaborate on how those events affected her. Surprisingly, unless the events impacted her directly, she tended to shrug them off.

On the other hand, I got a good, sweeping picture of her life as a young woman and I mourn for the loss of that woman - where did she go? Death by a thousand duck bites.