Positive Thought of the Day: "If I can awaken just one person ..." - Nicola Gibbs
Positive Affirmation: I am a writer!
Three Action Steps:
1. Write today's blog.
2. Research how to advertise my blog.
3. Develop title for the book I want to write.
Today was the first day I've ever gone alone to the cancer treatment center. As I was tootling along in my car, I had time to think. Here are my very important (well not really) musings.
1. I am completely tone deaf. Yet, I will sing at the top of my lungs along with Slipknot, Shinedown, Rehab, and Korn. Too bad I don't have tinted windows.
2. I love alone time! I don't get enough of it. An hour and 20 minutes was a lovely little break. I like hanging out with me.
3. Prayers really do work. All the positive energy that has been sent to us over the past few months is healing our financial situation and our physical, emotional, and spiritual beings. My kids and I could not have made this journey without all of you sending us your love. Did you know that prayer and meditation are basically the same thing? Even after being raised Baptist, I just recently discovered how to become closer to my spirituality through the practice of meditation.
4. This getting healthy adventure is super expensive! Just this week, I have used an entire tank of gas going back and forth to Bakersfield (twice this week) to the cancer treatment center, I have paid $60 in copays, and just today's prescription was $83 (insurance didn't cover it). Good grief! I'm so thankful to all of the wonderful, generous souls that have donated to the fundraiser my children set up for me. There is no way we could make ends meet without them.
5. I'm freaking hysterical! Why is it that not everyone knows this? I came up with a fabulous idea for Tshirts to sell on my Etsy shop, but I'm not telling you what it is, because you'll steal it, won't you?
6. Truck drivers think I'm crazy. First of all, they can see me belting out metal tunes while I'm travelling down Highway 65. Then, there's the fact that I like to go fast. So, I tend to pass the big slow trucks. When they look down into my car and see a tiny little woman driving a Hemi with a manual 6 speed, the surprise on their faces always makes me smile.
7. The drive to Bakersfield actually isn't horrible. Sheep, cows, tumble weeds, and oil rigs are actually quite interesting parts of the landscape. It's much prettier than driving to Fresno on 99 or driving anywhere on I5. If I could figure out how to make my car run on smog instead of gasoline, I'd have it made.
8. I am flat and fabulous! OK. I didn't just figure this out, but damn! I looked cute today. I have a knack for turning second hand clothes into awesome outfits. Just because I don't have boobs doesn't mean I can't look amazing.
9. I have everything I need. I'm completely and totally blessed. My life is full of love. My friends and family are extremely supportive Even my doggies are considerate of my health. On those days that I'm in a lot of pain, Lita will lay right next to my scars where the pain eminates. She's a living, breathing heating pad. We're making ends meet even if those ends are a little frayed right now from all the medical expenses. What else could I possibly need?
10. I may never have enough piercings or tattoos. I came up with about eleven new designs I would like to add to my body. This does not bode well for my wallet, but it is incredibly advantageous for my tattoo artist.
OK. Enough of my innane introspection. Here's the latest installment of New Worlds.
New Worlds Chapter 8
I began to read Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in Kind Arthur's Court. I couldn't believe that no one had ever told me that I should read Mark Twain or Beatrix Potter or Alfred Hitchcock or any of the other authors I had access to at Aunt Tootie's house. Mark Twain made me laugh so hard that I had to bite down on a handkerchief while I read so that I wouldn't wake Vicky sleeping in the bed beside me.