To-Do's. . .

Numbers are simply for reference, not prioritized:

1. Indulge Wolfling's craving for tacos, either by taking her out to a restaurant or by stopping by the grocery store this evening so we can make them at home.

2. Finalize my brochure for my spiritual direction practice so I have something to pass out to friends and to leave at appropriate bookstores and community centers.

3. Consolidate my sources for my Ereshkigal book.

3.5 Plan a trip to the U library so I can access more scholarly references.

4. Write down what I remember from a couple of invocations from P-con and compare notes with oakmouse so she can fill in the blanks, so I can use them effectively.

5. Respond to the participants in my class who requested my notes. Email them a general acknowledgement first, then send a condensed version of my presentation.

6. Dragon work

7. Figure out a rate structure for tarot readings.

8. Get my boxes of books unpacked and the books up on the shelves so I can start actually using my office.

9. Get a chair for my office desk.

10. Make dates with the folks (men and women) I've met online and want to have an initial coffee date with.

Sideswiped by Garth

Driving to work, feeling good, listening to a random shuffle of tunes on my iPod, and suddenly it's Garth Brooks singing "Two of a Kind Working on a Full House" -- and the clever, exuberant, romantic, silly lyrics slam home to me all that I've lost. Suddenly I'm in tears again for the first time in several weeks.

growl

It's a good thing I don't actually carry a sword with me everywhere.

I have two hours left at work, and I'm ready to lay about me indiscriminately with edged steel. Even the most simple and innocuous interruption or request makes me have to clench my teeth against a snarl.

No Less Than Expected

Once I got free of work today, I had to stop and realize Yes, this is what I've been expecting.

You see: when I was in high school, my dad taught my Sunday School class an extremely important lesson: for every high, there's a low.

Strange lesson for Sunday School, right? It was the lesson my King of Swords father drew from the aftermath of Elijah's victory over the priests of Baal. He had a huge, dramatic public triumph when fire from heaven consumed his water-soaked sacrifice while the sacrifice of the priests of Baal was still lying there. Then he led an assault on Jerusalem to throw the idolators out. And what he did he do after the second victory? He ran out to a cave in the wilderness and wept and moaned about YHVH had abandoned him. To which anyone who is paying attention might ask, WTF??

Elijah's depression demonstrated a profound psychological truth, according to my father: after you have a peak experience, you're going to end up in a valley. It's part of the natural and normal cycling process of the human emotional pattern. Enjoy the high while you're on it, but don't freak out when you experience the compensatory/complementary slide down the other side of that peak. My previous two entries were the skid marks of me sliding down from the peak into the valley.

Pantheacon was a significant high for me. I haven't told anywhere near all of the significant stuff that happened, especially in the area of spiritual initiations. When I got back, I was immediately immersed in intensity at work, which continued to keep me "up" -- even if I was stressed. But my weekend was very relaxing, and today was "business as usual" at the office: in other words, time for the crash.

It's no wonder I've been grieving, over-sensitive, frustrated, and irritable all day today.

Because Who Can Resist Calvin & Hobbes?

Via brigidsblest

Your Score: A Bit Of Both

You are 40% Calvin and 60% Hobbes

Calvin & Hobbes, like a scruffy yin and yang, are in perfect balance within you. Like Calvin, you're weird, a bit insecure, and can be a trouble-maker. But like Hobbes, you're down to earth and sensitive. It's a risk to say it here, after just a ten question test, but I'll bet you're smarter than most. Both Calvin and Hobbes are crafty, clever characters, and any one made from equal parts of each is a force to be reckoned with.

Link: The Calvin Or Hobbes Test written by gwendolynbooks on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test View My Profile(gwendolynbooks)

Rune!

Sounds like a better night/morning than I've had in a while!
;-)

What The Hell Happened Last Night?
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What did you drink?
You wake up in the morning next to:	stiobhanrune
...who is wearing:	nothing at all
...and rolls over to you to say:	Are you putting the kettle on?
...and then:	nibbles your neck
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