When you’re loved like you are, everything falls into place
I should be in bed. I am going to regret staying up this late when I have to get up in 6 hours. But I have so many things swimming through my head that I can’t even think about sleeping. Maybe blogging will help?
Easter is about new life, rebirth, new beginnings. Celebrating life. Today feels so good, the epitome of the good feeling I’ve had hanging around me for the past month or so. Like everything is falling into place and the small stuff just sweats itself out. Things are good, they are changing for the better, and something great is on the horizon. I can feel it. I don’t mean to sound like a cheeseball, but I can’t shake it. Sure there are bad days, but I just brush my shoulders off.
Last night my roommate (not the coworker/friend, but one I don’t know as well) came home from a peace walk with a tiny adorable little bundle of puppy love. His name is Paz, or Paws, interchangeably, and he is a maybe 6-8 week old Dachshund mix. Oh oh oh, I am so in love. All three dogs get along swimmingly, and we now have more non-humans in the house than humans. Awesome. I almost rescued a dog from the shelter last week that stole my heart, but I couldn’t actually afford her, on several levels. It’s good I didn’t, because this little guy was meant to come into our lives.
So in my quest to find the woman of my dreams, I recently turned to Craigslist. It’s ok, you can laugh. I laugh at myself. But I figured it was worth a shot, right? So I posted an ad and actually got several responses – maybe I’m not that lame after all. I met one of the responders at the dog park (my rendezvous site of choice) yesterday. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day, the dogs were cute other than Macy’s usual obnoxious antics, and the people I met were great. She brought two of her friends, one of whom had a cute bully mix named Owen and with whom I chatted a lot about dogs and our mutual appreciation thereof. When I got home I did my usual internet stalking of said people, and discovered the creepy small-world-esque connections between us. My sister said, “There must be thousands of lesbians in the bay area. How do you always end up associating with the same group of like 20 who all know each other?” I have no idea. But I love proof that we are all connected somehow. Do you ever pass a stranger on the freeway and think, maybe that person will come into my life someday? Or maybe we have a mutual friend and don’t know it? There has to be some connection. I think about it all the time. I think it’s one of the positive things about the internet. But maybe that’s another blog post…
Back to the puppy subject (I do interact with humans, I swear): I am puppy-sitting for a week starting Friday! I am beyond excited. My life is going to be full of fuzzy joyful cuddly love. I forsee dog park trips every day and even more new friends.
I have a theory that part of the reason for my good moods and high energy might be my new diet. For about three weeks I’ve been trying to eat healthy. This means eating as close to vegan as I can, cutting out white flours and rice and going with brown, whole grains, etc, giving up regular sugar and high fructose crap for organic alternatives (agave nectar is my new best friend!) and quitting caffeine. Yes, I did it. In the last three weeks I’ve had two caffeinated beverages, as opposed to my previous two a day, and I feel awesome. I have also gotten into riding my bike to work. I am shooting for four times a week. Haven’t gotten there yet, but I am trying. Which reminds me that I need to go to bed. In considering me for a temporary promotion, my boss challenged me to be on time to work every day for four weeks. So far I’m doing pretty well… I have been one minute late several days, but that is way better than ten or fifteen or more, which got me written up last month. Oops.
If you haven’t seen Obama’s race speech, go watch it. It convinced me to support him. Another thing to be happy about.
Usually when I get on a high swing like this I am waiting for it to drop. I’m sure it has to eventually, but this time I feel like it could just keep going. I guess it could just be the sudden abundance of sunshine, but whatever it is, I’m not complaining. Thanks, life!
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