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Block UserLife is rather mellow right now. Not that it isn't busy, but it's not crazy at least. Stuff going on with the girls at school, running them to/from their after-school stuff (loving carting them around, this is part of what I looked forward to as a parent). My parents continue to be mostly healthy, thank the gods. My DH is also healthy and we are still passionate where it counts. Our marriage is 9 years old, amazing. I know I'm lucky and I count that blessing daily.
Work is also good, although not as steadily good as it used to be, mainly due to most of the engineers quitting and my new VP/boss does not inspire confidence that I'll have a job in a year. But I've taken that in stride and will enjoy what I have while I have it and if things must change, so it goes. I've been having successes with investing, and I continue to teach online, so those are things I may fall back on.
I've also been reading like a crazed woman lately. I joined paperbackswap and it's renewed my love of reading novels. I've gotten into the vampire/paranormal/dark romantic/erotic genre and I love it, omg. All those old fantasies come to "life" on the pages. I'm rather obsessed, actually, taking books everywhere I go and neglecting some housekeeping chores (oops). So far, my favs are Lora Leigh, Christine Feehan, Laurell K Hamilton, but I have others on their way to me as well to try. If anyone reads this and wants to join, I highly recommend it, and my username is JaneneMc, if you want to "Buddy" me (and I'll get a free credit for a book :) It's so much cheaper than buying all the books I want! For the price of postage, I get new books to read. If I can find someone who has more than 1 book I want, then I get double or more. I've ravaged my shelves, starting to be ruthless about what I cull to put on my list of books I will trade out. I've delved into my Wicca shelf as well as those are in high demand and, well, I ain't Wiccan and there's that, so why keep them?
Since my cousin's funeral, I've reconnected with my other cousins, as it should be. We talk weekly, now. I've remembered that these women are some of the very very few I have known ALL my life. 2 of them are becoming close friends, and one of them was super close before and we are rekindling that. She's hoping to come and visit, but it does keep getting pushed out, so I won't demand it. ITMT, she's one of the few humans I can talk to as ME and really not have to hold back and she'll still love me, even if she might not agree. I've had some old hurts from her that I'm doing my utmost to set aside. They still nag at me, but I have to grown and accept her apology and move on - the relationship is worth it.
My father has recently come across the philosophy of Deism and is very enamored with it. I've not delved into it enough to know if it truly fits my philosophy, but it's great to be able to discuss it with him. We are also good friends, now. He even feels comfortable enough to be crude, which totally cracks me up. I can feel his pride of me, and he knows I value him. What a wonderful thing.
I didn't sign up for our local yearly pagan gathering, even though it's for Samhain this year and I know I'll miss out. I'm not Wiccan, so I didn't feel like I should go, even though I know it'll probably be powerful. But it's also 200 or so people that I don't know and don't have much in common with. I yearn for the small intimate, powerful gathering... but that won't happen any time soon as I have no one to gather WITH right now. I have no coven, grove, group, etc. I would need to actually determine what my path really entails, and that's still under construction. I've dropped off studying Druidry for a bit, while my reading habit consumes me. I'll pick it up again, I know, just not right now, and that is ok. I'm content right now, content to not delve deep but just enjoy the season. Fall is my absolute favorite time of the year. I intend to relish every moment.
I'm supposed to be working so I will get back to it, but I wanted to record all this while it was stirring around.
