Moving my LJ posts to Dreamwidth opened my eyes to a stark reality. For at least a dozen years I have been bemoaning being overworked and out of shape. Enough already. Do or do not. There is no try.
Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.
'Out Of Gas'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2016: We know the world didn't end, because, check it out!
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Thanksgivukkahmas, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering.
Go away, 2016.
Laura - Jan 01, 2017 6:06:16 am PST #215 of 269
Our wings are not tired.
SailAweigh - Jan 01, 2017 6:43:56 am PST #216 of 269
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Gina! I finally checked my mail today and got your package. It is awesome! I don't know where to start with how much I love everything. Especially the Doctor Who stuff: a package of ankle socks with different motifs (Daleks, Cybermen, and more); a TARDIS tea infuser (I've been dying for one!), a mug that when you pour stuff in one picture disappears on one side and another appears on the other--I've got the disappearing/reappearing TARDIS--but this one is the Weeping Angels! AHHHHHHH. It's awesome! And then two bags of tea from Adagio: one that's Lord of the Rings themed (by one of my favorite fandom blenders; I have two of their teas in my cupboard right now) and one of chestnut, which is one of my very favorite flavored teas, especially in winter. And, lastly, a mug from the Christkinldmarket in Chicago. It's all so amazing. THANK YOU! It's the most wonderful way to ring out the old and ring in the new.
Edited to add: Santee, your package went out on Thursday UPS ground.
aurelia - Jan 01, 2017 10:32:20 am PST #217 of 269
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Excellent! I'm glad it got there so quickly! I didn't quite have the spoons to get it shipped before Christmas.
Zenkitty - Jan 01, 2017 1:38:15 pm PST #218 of 269
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Sincere thank you to all Buffistas who sent me cards this holiday season, and earlier in the summer in case I didn't say it then. I'd mention everyone by name but I fear I'd accidentally leave someone out. I loved them all and they made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Moving my LJ posts to Dreamwidth opened my eyes to a stark reality. For at least a dozen years I have been bemoaning being overworked and out of shape. Enough already. Do or do not. There is no try.
Similar experience here. I'm astonished in a not-good way how many years I've been saying the same things. Time really does run together for me, I guess. But it needs to stop. I need to pay attention to my life and what I'm doing, beyond just my work. Do or do not. There is no try.
(That quote was on my BFF's bedroom ceiling as a teenager.)
quester - Jan 01, 2017 6:34:59 pm PST #219 of 269
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I went to my sister's for New Year's Day brunch and picked up a card and package.
I got Elf-ed with chocolate and magnets!
And my secret santa DebetEsse sent a gorgeous card from Hawaii with word that she had donated to Planned Parenthood for me and sent a lovely magnet as well! Thank you, that's the best give ever this year!
msbelle - Jan 01, 2017 6:40:29 pm PST #220 of 269
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Theodosia or Paula - one of you is my marvelous gifter. ONE OF YOU!
aurelia - Jan 01, 2017 6:50:59 pm PST #221 of 269
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I received a copy of Christopher Moore's Sacre Bleu but I don't know if it was a santa or a straggler from the FB book pyramid scheme. Either way, I'm glad to have it!
Scrappy - Jan 02, 2017 9:05:35 am PST #222 of 269
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
2016 was a big year. I turned 60 and that seemed to kick off a lot of soul-searching, which led to a lot of changes. A lot of them were very good: I started doing stand-up, which I am really liking. My nephew got married to his way cool girlfriend in April and my whole extended family was there. We finished redoing our bathroom and have started a giant culling of stuff, to get rid of all non-loved and needed things.
Some changes were not good--The country's right wing shift is horrible for all of us. My mom's and my FiL's health continue to deteriorate. I gained a LOT of weight, I think due to the struggle of realizing that I not only kinda hate my job--I hate being in HR. After a lot of discussion and thought, we decided the best course of action will probably be moving to the Detroit area (most likely Ypslanti or somewhere else around Ann Arbor). The DH can continue his writing easily, and we can buy a place which is MUCH more affordable, which will allow me to work as a substitute teacher, and possibly try to get a provisional cert to become a fulltime teacher. We are going there at the end of the monthto scout out neighborhoods and unless it's radically different than we think it is, the move will happen in the Spring.
amyth - Jan 02, 2017 9:15:42 am PST #223 of 269
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I just got home from NY and there were many holiday cards from Buffistas, as well as a lovely necklace from my Elf: lisah! Thank you so much! I'm wearing it right now, and I adore it!
It's also raining and I came down with a cold and I've been up since 4:45 this morning, so I'm going to take it easy for the rest of the afternoon. The cat and I are staring at each other from opposite couches.
lisah - Jan 02, 2017 10:12:20 am PST #224 of 269
Punishingly Intricate
as well as a lovely necklace from my Elf: lisah! Thank you so much! I'm wearing it right now, and I adore it!
Yay! My friend who owns the store where I got it made it. I love her work!