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So . . .

Hello!! How are you guys?

Summer has started (104 today) and the boys are home.  18 (can you believe it?) came home ALL MAN!  16 is trying to turn a corner himself.  It’s a sloooooow turn, but a turn nonetheless.

E is good. We went to see Win-Win the other day because I had a cameo appearance in it . . . sort of.  Normally E does not go to any movies that don’t have any explosions in them but he made an exception to see me on the big screen.  The movie was really cute.  We laughed all the way through.   There was wrestling in it so he was happy about that.  E put T is testosterone . . . just sayin’

Let’s see, what else is new? . . . Still taping.  Working on my new book every day . . . well that’s not exactly true but I at least think about it t every day.  I actually write down my thoughts about every third day.   I am probably about two shades darker and five pounds lighter since you’ve seen me last (this picture is about four weeks old)  I am still short.

You guys have been very kind about my blogcation.  You let me know that you missed me but did not stress me.  How nice is that?   I come by and check too.  I see the new comments here and there.  I really do appreciate you guys so I am going to get my act together and see if I can ease my way back into this thing.

I hope you are all doing well.  This is me fresh off of a tennis high!!!!!! Throw another coat of chocolate on that and that’s about how I look now.  I would add a current picture but that would require some adjustments.  Maybe tomorrow . . .

Phylis, I heard about your mother passing the other day and I just wanted to stop by and tell you how sorry I am.  I know you have been dealing with so much lately and how hard it has been.

There is, I know, nothing I can say or do to make you feel better except to say that I care and I know all of those who regularly blog here do as well.

I wish you strength and peace.  Love and hope.

Inadequate yes, but very very heart felt.

I can imagine you know why I chose this picture.  This is as close to having a picture of all our OCMs together as I have.  That’s what I see when I look at it anyway.

Much love.

The less I get done.

What’s up with that?

I have been thinking about that a lot lately.

Finally came to this conclusion:

I am always STARTING a whole lot of stuff and once I start it gets added on to the things that I MUST DO.

The thing is I can’t let anything dangle undone.  Once I start something (whether I need to do it or not)  I feel compelled to complete it.  What’s more,more often than not I manage it. Which means it’s a matter of effort on my part.  Which means I need to work harder.  Which means More pressure.  Which means I am my own worst enemy.

WHICH MEANS I NEED TO LIGHTEN UP!!!!!!!!!!

I believe I will go for a walk to day and get my head together.

PEACE

There was actually so contention about who was going to get the last piece.  I left the room and let E and 15 work it out.

I hope everybody is doing well.  I see that a lot of you are going through some major stuff.  This is a group hug I am passing on here.

No words of wisdom this morning though.  I wish I did have some.

New season started taping last week.  These won’t air until September though.  Lots of newness going on.  Change is always a destabilizing thing.  But if you work it right newness can lead to goodness.

We already caught a couple that was trying to “Double Dip”  That means they were on another court show about the same issue and now tried to re-frame it and come on ours.  They got bounced.

Well, that’s all I have.  Still trying to figure out my blog quantity and quality issues.  Can’t quite seem to get a handle on what I should be doing and how well I can do it.

But we’ll see.

You guys have a great day.

Hello Everybody,

I finally got back to work this week.  This is what I learned:

1.  It is great to have a job you are anxious to get back to.

2. It is hard to shift the nature of your relationship with others especially if you have gone through a profound change in a short period of time and they weren’t around to see it.

3. If you can’t fix what is, you have to change the way you look at it.  Example: Airports are not designed for waiting nor are delayed flights created to produce frustration.  These things are the Pause Buttons everybody is looking for in their lives that will give them the opportunity to feed those needs that get neglected in the rush of everyday life.  All of those books I complain about never having the time to read will be devoured there.

4.  You ought  not rush your mother off the phone because you have ‘so much to do.’  One day she might  get tired of it and give you an earful.  Trust me, that kind of dressing down is no more fun at 51 than it was at 15.

5.  Control, my drug of chose, though often the source of great anxiety, is also a cure for that very same irritant if used correctly.

6.  You can stand down fear if you Give it Voice.  I did that twice this week.  I was about to engage in two separate, but equally ridiculous, habits that have no purpose other than to soothe my anxiety.  So I said out loud “That is a Fear Move” and then I didn’t do it.  That’s two more speed bumps in my Highway to Better that have been removed from the road.

7. I don’t care what you do it is hard to sleep the first night when you are away from home.

8.  It pays to proof read.  And even then some dumb stuff usually gets through.

9. Husbands get more handsome once you’ve been away from them for a while.

10.  Vigilance is they key to correcting bad habits. I have got my crosshairs on Unnecessary Rushing and though I know there is no ‘kill shot’ I can, over time, put enough holes in it to eventually bring it down.

Well, that’s that.

Hope everyone whose having a rough time finds some peace this week.  If the world won’t give it to you shut the door on it, take five minutes and create some of your own.

Here’s wishing you more of it . . .

PEACE.