the sound of the rain on the awning of my balcony is so beautiful. its so peaceful.
i can honestly say, one of the best feelings in the world is when you get caught in the rain and get completely drenched. being soaked in the rain frees me from all inhibitions. its the feeling of utter acceptance "i am wet. i might as well go with it". you don't have to avoid puddles. you don't have to huddle under an umbrella or try to stay under the overhang. you just live your life freely and i LOVE it.
i want that notion to seep over into other areas of my life. for years i wondered if i was a "free-spirit". than i gave up wondering. i think its because i started to play the game of life too carefully because being reckless means i can get hurt. but life has a funny way of breaking what doesn't bend (as jewel says). being careful doesn't prevent you from being hurt, it often leaves you more devistated since what you were trying to protect yourself from in the first place has happened. regardless, sometimes we choose our paths and other times they choose us. i guess the key is knowing when to work at something and when to just go with it.
today i got my first pieces of mail at my new house!! yay!! and they weren't bills. i got both my postcards from dawna and from cas on the same day. hurray!! THANK YOU GIRLS!! i was soooo excited and immediately taped them up on my kitchen cupboards with the others. oh man, my house is looking great. my other rooms are coming along nicely, but for some reason the kitchen is still my favourite. it has character. i'd take a picture to show you, but then you'd feel less inclined to drop by for a visit :)
oh speaking of visits. bad news. this sunday won't work for my open house either (its mother's day and i figure most of you will be with your moms). then next week is the long weekend (and most of you will probably have plans or be away). SOOO, we're going to go with... may 28th. mark that down. the only possible problem i forsee is that rhonda is moving on the 27th. now, that may not effect me at all, but i hope to be available to help her if needed. BUT i figure this event may take up 2 or 3 hours on a sunday afternoon. nothing too major. so unless something CRAZY comes up, that's the big day.
buy ourselves chastity belts and lock them
organize our lives and lose the key
8 comments:
hey les
beautiful post, and i echo your sentiments entirely. well written!
i am glad you liked the post card - i laughed so hard when i saw it...it's just such a silly picture!
hope it adds to the mood you're setting - whatever that may be!
enjoy the rain...
Cas
thanks cas.
i totally got a kick out of your card. did you draw on that smiley face or was that part of the card originally?? either its really funny.
i hope you can visit soon :) maybe the weekend of my open house??
my pleasure, les... glad you liked it! it's always exciting to get interesting mail, rather than the same old bills and ads.
indeed. it came so fast too! where are you now?
i didn't draw it on - it definitely came on the postcard...i wish i had thought of that, though!
i'll let you know about the visit..i start work on monday, so everything in terms of my schedule is up in the air right now...
hopefully soon, though!
Cas
hahaha, too funny. well until you visit, be watching your mailbox...
;)
very fast, indeed... the mail in and out of charlottetown is usually pretty slow, compared to ontario, so i'm impressed.
in kingston for the moment; we're heading to moose jaw on sunday for a "destination inspection trip". i think we'll feel a bit more settled once we see what this place is all about.
wow, exciting. i hope all goes well and that you like what you see. looking forward to hearing how it goes!e
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