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What does one say...?
Apr. 6th, 2004 01:38 pmSo, what does one say in a daily journal, when nothing new ever happens?
I could talk about the weather; it is nice today, sunny and crisply cool -- not exactly Spring anymore, but still nice. Or I could talk about all the things I didn't get done yesterday. But I won't, because they don't matter; the things that I really wanted to accomplish got done, so that's what counts.
I am feeling pretty content right now; having spoken to my son's friend who has been "visiting" for a month, I now feel free of a burden that has been weighing me down for some time. He is still around, and will be for the rest of the month, but that is okay, because he now knows our situation and will be taking steps to move on. He just needed someone to establish the boundaries for him, so that he knows how to proceed. That done, we all feel a lot happier. It was hard to bring myself to the point of being firm, because I generally want to be kind and lenient with everyone, but I see now I was not doing anyone a favor by putting it off.
I still think I'll have to go home and brow-beat them both into cleaning their rooms... No amount of discussion seems to be able to cure that problem!
My LOTR article for the mission women's newsletter is not going very well; I will probably not make the deadline. That's okay, as it can be published anytime, but it would have fit well with this month's topic. There may still be time, if my brain gets in gear. Too bad the topic doesn't have Boromir in it, then I'd be zipping right along!
Okay... I see I am getting off track here, so I'll close this entry for today, and get back to work! I'll fiddle with that article for a bit longer, then get back to my editing a coworker's book...
I could talk about the weather; it is nice today, sunny and crisply cool -- not exactly Spring anymore, but still nice. Or I could talk about all the things I didn't get done yesterday. But I won't, because they don't matter; the things that I really wanted to accomplish got done, so that's what counts.
I am feeling pretty content right now; having spoken to my son's friend who has been "visiting" for a month, I now feel free of a burden that has been weighing me down for some time. He is still around, and will be for the rest of the month, but that is okay, because he now knows our situation and will be taking steps to move on. He just needed someone to establish the boundaries for him, so that he knows how to proceed. That done, we all feel a lot happier. It was hard to bring myself to the point of being firm, because I generally want to be kind and lenient with everyone, but I see now I was not doing anyone a favor by putting it off.
I still think I'll have to go home and brow-beat them both into cleaning their rooms... No amount of discussion seems to be able to cure that problem!
My LOTR article for the mission women's newsletter is not going very well; I will probably not make the deadline. That's okay, as it can be published anytime, but it would have fit well with this month's topic. There may still be time, if my brain gets in gear. Too bad the topic doesn't have Boromir in it, then I'd be zipping right along!
Okay... I see I am getting off track here, so I'll close this entry for today, and get back to work! I'll fiddle with that article for a bit longer, then get back to my editing a coworker's book...
