A bit detached

The past few weeks I've been feeling a little detached from my life. Not something intentional ~ but something worth noting. I've been so overwhelmed with working, crappy drama that I normally avert from, trying to get paid on receivables and so forth that life has been a bit too much.

My older sister Michelle and her boyfriend Joe came for a visit these past few days. I was able to visit a little not a lot due to my current print workload. However, yesterday I finally listened to all my own talk about "living in the now" and decided to set my work aside in the afternoon and get a short respite. We went to Skinny Dipper hot springs and met the man, Ken, who actually developed it. It was quite an interesting afternoon involving a bit of good cardio, bathing in the springs and drinking in the beauty of the day with good conversation. I even drank a "Mil's Best!" (Union made at that) to top it off.

Then today - back to the grind and back to feeling like a grumpy bitch. I know the end of the tunnel is close - hopefully two more weeks and I will have some of my personal liberty back and I can start hiking regularly, getting the garden ready for the season, clean my house and start some spring sprucing.

I think it was Osho who said it's harder or more difficult to live in misery then ecstasy. You have to work at being miserable. So here's to working towards ecstasy. I can do the grind and think of all the exciting things that are close on the horizon.