Anyway

People are often unreasonable and self-centered.

FORGIVE them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives.

Be KIND anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you.

Be HONEST anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous.

Be HAPPY anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.

Do GOOD anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.

Give your BEST anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.

It never was between you and them anyway.

~~ by Mother Teresa ~~

The moon among the stars

Never ignore a person that loves you, cares for you, and misses you.

Because one day you might wake up from your sleep to realize

that you lost the moon while counting the stars.

A pain in the neck

How many times have we heard the phrase "a pain in the neck"?  Often it's in reference to someone or something being a pain in our necks.  In my case, today at least, it's a real and genuine pain in my neck!

For the last ten years or so I've dealt with sporadic neck spasms / pain / nerve issues that really and truly knock me out for the count.  The first time it happened I had never been so scared in my life since I didn't know what was happening.  Over the years though I've learned that this happens every six or so months and am therefore not as freaked out when it happens.  That being said, it's very disconcerting to wake up to shooting pain in your neck and to not be able to really move your neck much at all without throbbing pain.

A few times I have landed myself in the urgent care to get it addressed however more often that not, I can address it with pain killers left over from my last visit in to take care of the pain.  Grant it, I have a relatively  high thresh-hold for pain so I do tend to deal with more than I probably should.  I also therefore physically do more than I probably should given what's going on.  I'll take the meds to mask the pain and continue my life as usual when instead I should be laying low and letting my body heal itself.

This pain in the neck should be a wake up call to take care of myself but instead I shrug it off and keep going.  I suppose I'm really being a pain in my own neck both figuratively and literally!

New job!!!

What a great way to end the week and head into the Thanksgiving week...with a new job!  It's a great position with an amazing organization and people that I'll be honored to work with.  Such a weight off my shoulders and something to look forward to!

While being unemployed hasn't always been a bed of roses, this new job has proven that all things happen for a reason and I'm excited that being laid off from my last job lead me to this new job that I can't wait to start!

A partridge in a pear tree (revised)

So we all know the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" where we sing about two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree among other things.  This week my life seems to resemble this concept only it's a bit different.

Instead of seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, and five golden rings, my life this week includes the following:

• Five (possibly six) job interviews
• Three funerals
• Two pre-funeral wakes
• Two doctors appointments (one of which had to be rescheduled due to one of the aforementioned funerals)
• One second date with a guy who is quickly digging himself out of a third date before the second date has even started
• One car gone on the fritz
• And zero partridges in a pear tree

Needless to say it's been a bit of craziness but 'tis the season I suppose!

Cruising the High Seas

One of my dearest friends turned forty this past Sunday.  To celebrate, eleven of us took a three night Caribbean cruise that was a BLAST!

It was a merry band of people that my friend has known from different stages in her life.  As a testament to what a great group of friends she has, we all blended well together and were able to ebb and flow together as if we had all known each other for years despite the fact that many of us had just met for the first time at the start of this trip.  I hope that when I turn forty I'm able to celebrate in similar fashion.

It was a great chance to get away from the craziness of what's been going on in "real life" as well as a fun way to celebrate my friend on a milestone birthday.