I am feeling a little scattered today so here are so more random thoughts:
1. I have been in such a good mood since my manuscript came back from my editor. I think I am just basically relieved that she didn't say, "This is a piece of sh*t and I have no idea why we said we would publish it." Sometimes it pays to set your expectations really low.
2. I am finding time management or the organization of my day to be a real challenge. No matter what thing I do well on any given day, there are several that I should have done and didn't.
3. I am very sad that Jeremy Hinzman is being deported.
4. I took a deep breath and gave some thought to an email before I wrote it today. In doing so, I realized that the other person had raised some valid points. I think cancer has made me grow up a little.
5. I am very psyched for the Ottawa Folk Festival. It had better not rain (as it has almost every day this summer). We had such a good time last year.
3 comments:
Hey Sister,
Didn't Mama say there be days like this...
(smile)
I struggle with #2. I want to do as much as I did before I got mets. I am still in active treatment, too (just lost my tissue expander on Monday due to radiation and now I have a "Vac", a vacuum wound pump to heal up the cavity where the expander existed for 9 months or so). I want to forget that I am a "cancer patient" and live a normal life.
But, as several friends and family members keep telling me, I have been able to do a lot, even through all this stuff. It's not as much as it was previously. But I need to save me from myself and just take it easy and put my expectations for myself fairly low. My body's been through and will continue to go through a lot. I owe it to myself and the rest can wait, especially since I plan to be around for many years to come. I'll get to it when I get to it.
Although, those are very big words and all. Easier said than done. I'm an overachiever by nature. That's probably what contributed to my problem to begin with.
I have had my head shoved up my own butt for so long that I didn't realize you had a book in progress. I can't wait to read it, sweetie. Yeah!!!! GO YOU!!!
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