All Things in Moderation

When you're on dietary restrictions, but it's Cape Cod...

Clam chowder is required.

So I had it with a sensible salad.

Limits to Extroversion

Reunion weekend

A hundred people I do not know, as it's my partner's reunion.

It's pretty exhausting to catch up with all those people I've never met.

Half-assed Photography

This, my friends, is a blurry picture of my hand covering the camera on my phone.

I take variations on this shot often. 

Notice something picturesque, grab the phone and turn on the camera, point and click. Sure, sometimes it happens when the glare or my sunglasses keep me from a clear view of the phone screen.

But often I do not look at the phone--I look at whatever I'm admiring and assume that it will show up on my screen.

This is a photographic version of The Secret. It's aspirational--hope for the best. 

The Importance of Hydration

Four-hour flight followed by getting lost walking around Boston on a hot summer day... it was 2 PM when I got to lunch and I was so very thirsty. The 8 oz. water glass seemed ridiculously small.

There's a cliche that everything's bigger in Texas, but I will say that I'm accustomed to getting a big ol' glass of water when I ask for water. My favorite places have a 24-32 oz. tumbler. And if I'm hot, I may drink two of them.

Thirst means that we're already dehydrated--gotta replenish quickly. This is true not only with water for the body, but the thirsts of our souls. Are you keeping up with frequent sips? Gleefully gulping? 

And how can we best offer up the good stuff to all those we meet?

The Bachelor Life

The family has left on vacation. I have the house to myself. Mostly that means I control the remote and don't have to share my food.

 

Lessons

One of the reasons I love my line of work is there are always things to learn. Today's observations include:

1) Craft foam has a smell, particularly when you take it out of the pack. Seriously, let that stuff outgas FAR from your desk.

2) When someone approaches you with three concerns, the first one may not be the most important to them. Might even be the fourth or the fifth.

3) Resilience is for real. 

There's no telling what lessons tomorrow may provide. 

An Exhaustion of Shoulds

Some days just have more obligations than others. When there are just so many thinks you simply must get done. None of them especially whimsical or alluring.

Some days you just have to grind it all through.

It's all possible, but it's rather tiring.

And putting off the obligations just make for a more desperate day to come.

At least we should be able to wear novelty socks and play our quirkiest music.

Maybe tomorrow.