I've lost a lot that I held dear. But I've learned a lot too. Whenever I find myself angry or sad I take a minute and remind myself that nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems. I've been following closely another rule for living quite often, and I find it exeedingly helpful: "When overwhelmed by disaster, check if it's really a disaster by doing the following: (a) think, "Oh, fuck it," (b) look on the bright side, and if that doesn't work then look on the funny side. If all of the above don't work, then maybe it is a disaster."
I'm looking at the funny side a lot these days.
And in spite of the holes in my heart and the learning curve, I keep reminding myself that I'm gaining a lot too. Things that wouldn't have happened without a disaster. I am spending a lot of time with these two monkeys lately:
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| i myself am not a monkey |
Playing the role of fun Aunt Megan scored me an invitation to a hip hopping Valentine's Day dance party too. It wasn't until I arrived that I discovered that it was less of a "dance" and more of a "chase."
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| it was seriously a madhouse. i could only keep track of one child at a time for a maximum of about five seconds. |
And work is fun. Been busy there doing lots of events.
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| me and a co-worker with 156 orange, white and lady vols blue luftballoons |
I recently took a trip to Asheville, and found this on the ground. Who accidentally spills bacon wrapped asparagus? What a waste. Swine around the world are offended.
anywhere else in america it would be a cheeseburger on the ground
I met new people, including celebrities!
the lady in the middle is a famous lady!
see? that's her!
It was Valentine's weekend and the hotel I stayed at had this sweet little birdcage display where you could write down something mushy and clip it to the birdcage. I thought it was an excellent opportunity to introduce my new word to the world.
blurgh. it encompasses a wide range of emotions.
Despite losing friends, I'm gaining friends too. Sometimes in the strangest of places - the lady who makes my bagelwiches. The guy who runs the radio station. The gal who runs the bookstore. The innkeeper in Asheville who took pity on me and let me in his bed and breakfast to peruse his miniscule gift shop.
And I'm learning that there is a balance in life, and the right people come into our lives at the right time, for the right reasons. Please meet Regina:
hi regina! that is one sweet-ass ride!
Regina has spent the last few months checking something off her own bucket list - living in an RV. She has now officially been there, done that. And needs a place to live. Say whaaaa? I need a place to live too!
unfortunately we don't live here
But we do live somewhere almost as equally fabulous and spectacular and fun and exciting and ohmygodisthisreallyhappening?
Welcome to my bucket list.
Growing up in Knoxville, I have always wanted to live downtown. ALWAYS. Even when it was a dump. I have a very vivid memory as a child pointing a downtown building out to my father and telling him that was where I was going to live as a grownup. I believe there was a drunk on the stoop but never you mind that! I was going to make that happen.
When we moved back to Knoxville, I tried as hard as I could to find something affordable and liveable for two people downtown, but nothing we could afford was liveable for two people.
That building I wanted to live in when I was a girl has been renovated into condos today. I don't live there, but - I do live down the street.
SQEEEEEEE!!!! BUCKET LIST CHECK! BUCKET LIST CHECK!!!
To end, and proof positive that the world is being turned upside down and on its head, my sweet mama sent me the most wonderful quote the other day that she found on the internet (read: Pinterest). It contained an f bomb. Being a fan of the well-placed f bomb, and learning to love the new upside down world, I found the quote both appropriate and amusing:
"Want to find out who your friends are? Fuck up and see who's there."
I never knew my mother could be so eloquent.
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