Category Archives: Overcoming Challenges

Oh Lordy, what a day. I am still kind of shaking my head. No, there weren’t any particularly earth-shattering, bone-rattling events that happened, not exactly anyway. I can tell you that I went for a pretty wild ride on Mephistopheles … Continue reading →

I’ve started tonight’s blog three times now and keep backspacing and deleting what I’ve written. And I just deleted the second sentence I wrote after I finally wrote the first sentence. Not off to an auspicious start tonight. I am … Continue reading →

I finally got myself acclimated to Eastern Standard Time. Unfortunately I am back home on Pacific time. It is nearly 9:30 p.m. here, but my body feels like it’s nearly 12:30. Whew! I am grateful this evening for perspective and … Continue reading →

Last night I slept with both my windows wide open because even after sunset it was still stuffy and hot in my room. This morning, I paid for it. I was awakened at 5:27 a.m. by the familiar and annoyingly … Continue reading →

I am grateful this evening for having a relatively productive day. When I look at the sum total of all the things I need to get done, it might look less productive; but when I look at the energy I … Continue reading →

I am grateful for a lot of things today. The challenge today, unlike some days I’ve had this past week, is how to figure out which one or two I’m going to focus on for tonight’s blog. Sometimes I struggle … Continue reading →

I am cranky and overwhelmed this evening. This has been one of those days, no, this has been one of those periods when virtually nothing is easy or happens without struggle or drama. Somewhere in the midst of this tumult … Continue reading →

It’s been an emotionally bumpy day or two, I must confess. I sort of knew from the moment I woke up this morning that today might be a bit rocky–I wrote about it in my journal. It wasn’t so much … Continue reading →

I have a lot of thoughts bouncing around in my head this evening, so this is probably going to be one of the more ADD (attention deficit disorder) driven blogs. But it’s been that kind of day–I woke this morning … Continue reading →