Not sure if i mentioned this in an earlier blog, but i gave up eating meat a few months ago. About 6 months now, I guess. Mainly for ethical and environmental reasons. I'm proud of myself for it, though I have not really embraced the eating of more vegetables yet. Lots of pasta and fake soy-meat products :-D
But I snuck a real chicken nugget day before yesterday (I still cook some meat for Em), and I am paying for it now. My stomach is sick and nasty right now. I'm desperately trying to get an article finished before the end of the week, and I'm rushing to the bathroom every 15 minutes. All for a stupid chicken nugget that didnt'even taste that good.
This happened once before about a month ago, but then I wasn't positive that it was from eating a bit of meat. Now I am sure.
Like everyone else, I'm wishing you a blessed Yule today.
I feel like it's a bit of a new beginning for me, as I start the new year single again. For once, I think I'm ok with it and won't be rushing to find my next guy. I'm going to enjoy life with just me and Em.
At some point tonight, I will be digging out every candle I can find and having a brief little lighting ritual for myself. Alot of my altar stuff is packed in a box in the garage. I think it's time I dug it out.
Feeling quite a bit more chipper again, though I'm sure I'll be mopey again any moment now. My moods seem to be all over the place lately. :)
I think I've finally come to terms with my disinterested bf and will take any company when he is around, but I won't be dwelling on the issue any longer. There are plenty of perks to being on my own and I have to start focusing on that.
My mom is coming to visit in a few days for an early Christmas with me and Em. Not a huge family gathering but I am looking forward to it. Em is just past 3 years old and is finally old enough to really enjoy all the presents and stuff. Next year I will likely start introducing some Pagan elements to our holiday celebrations.
As for what's up here at Covenspace, I am finally digging into the custom layout coding and hope to have a collection of Pagan layouts for y'all to choose from to help pretty up your pages without having to resort to those nasty MySpace things. So watch for some new layouts soon. They will likely be housed over at Covenspacestuff.com but I'll post here when they are ready for your perusal.
Woke up to the sound of running water. Don't know how long it had been going on, but the outside spigot has come loose again and leaking water all over my side yard. Which of course, freezes solid. Judging by the amount of ice, it's been leaking slowly and just now started to gush.
So now I have to find a plumber on a Sunday. Jeez. I fixed it once before with vast quantities of electrical tape, but I guess the cold snapped the seal again. I could try to do it myself again, but I don't want to worry that it will leak again. I can't afford the water bill.
I don't seem to have a way of turning off JUST the outside line, so all the water is off in the house. Thankfully, I have some left over coffee I can heat up.
Aren't I due some damn good luck soon? I mean really.
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I had hoped to get ahead in my workload but at the rate I'm going, I'll be lucky to stay barely caught up. I have to admit that it's better than being behind again.....
Haven't seen my "bf" for more than 2 weeks now, and it looks like it will be another week as he has to work this weekend. Not sure if I really want to spend Christmas with someone I've seen once in more than a month. I feel like we're strangers again, and spending the holidays surround by a dozen more strangers (his family) is starting to sound too awkward to bother with.
I know, I'm griping as usual. I am having a harder and harder time dealing with the non-stop problems and obstacles in my life. It just never lets up.
I'm behind in my email again, so I apologize for not getting back to people about various issues.
The African spammers have been removed, and please let me know if any others show up. You'll get an email from someone wanting to do a banking transaction with you. Ignore it and let me know.
I have a nasty case of bronchitis and am behind in everything. I hope to drag my butt off the couch long enough to put up our Christmas tree with Em today. My supposed-bf looks to have stood me up again today, and I"m doing my best not to dwell on that. I think he has run out of chances.
I will have more time to spend here on Covenspace as of Wednesday when Em goes to her father's for the weekend. I'll get caught up on my issues here and try to get some stuff updated.
Any spare healing energy would be much appreciated so I can get things done when i finally have the time to do them. Thanks.
Again, sorry for being such an absentee manager around here.
