Sunday, January 31, 2016

Sunday Coffee: Nothing Like Running Into An Old Friend



            So I wake up from one of my many naps today and manage to run into my longtime friend, Jamie, and we start talking and just having a good time. We’re still chatting as I am starting this post out so it might be a while before I finish the post, but no big deal. Sometimes you just need to run into an old friend to get the day off to that right start. It just puts the day into an upbeat tempo right from the start. Even if after the chat you end up taking a nap, it still sets the tempo of the day to be upbeat.
            Much like the mail did for me the other day, when I got my first issue of National Geographic History magazine. Getting that magazine in the mail perked my day right up. I’m hoping to be getting my first two issues of National Geographic Magazine for the year in the mail soon. I don’t think we ever get tired of receiving stuff in the mail. It is just the type of stuff we get sick of receiving. After all, no one really likes bills or junk mail much when they are going through the mail. Well except catalogues, for some reason most of us like looking at them.
            And then as I am writing this now my friend, Laura, messaged me and we started talking. And so the post might get up late. But for the first time in a couple of years I am daring to trust again. Letting someone else see how vulnerable I can be. And that doesn’t come easy. But I’m finding when I trust my gut on it that it is worth it. But sometimes it is hard especially having been down the roads I have been down.
            Though today has been a good day overall with me feeling like I have actually gotten something done besides this post. After all, I got to have two long discussions with old friends. And I got my calendar in order for at least this next week and hopefully next term. I got caught up on the news and did some other reading. Posted questions in one of my book clubs and voted on the next book in another one.
            I know it doesn’t sound like much to some. But since I started down the path to quit smoking it is the first time I have felt like I accomplished something in a long time. I know I have accomplished things before now, but I just haven’t felt like I did before now. Weird I know but then again I am weird and not ashamed to admit it. I mean there are not many other guys that I know who like Brussel Sprouts, with or without butter. Personally I prefer them with a nice butter sauce, sweetens them up that way.
            But it has also been a good day getting to kick back and relax a bit and talk to old friends at the same time as getting something done. Sure this post is a bit late in getting up. But I wouldn’t trade it getting up on time for what I went through today. Plus, I’m looking into a way to let more sunlight into my place without being snooped on. It’s a special kind of shade that blocks out people looking in below, while at the same time letting in sunlight from above.
            Tim found it for me the other day while surfing the internet. I think it’s pretty cool, and that it’s just what I need. But it is getting late so like always feel free to leave questions and comments below. And if you want my posts to show up in your inbox enter your email address in the box below where it says follow by email. As for me I’ve got some reading to catch up on. *Tips his hat and walks out the door towards the library. *

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