Rewiring my brain

I currently have Busy Head Syndrome. It is not conducive to sleep. Or to rationality. Maybe not to good decision making. Definitely not to emotional stability.

In an attempt to clear some busyness, I walked the boys to the park and just lay down with music blasting though my ears. None of this relaxing pan flute shite, I needed to make sure nothing else could get in, so I picked an all time favourite song and played at volume several times, staring at the sky.

It sort of helped at the time, but when I got back home I thought of another place to go to help me get real. Pinterest. I needed to read all those little quotes I had pinned on a Board that said "Remember This". Of the 115 pins I have on this Board, these were particularly relevant to my present state of mind. Now I just have to rewire my thinking, and ... Remember.

this would solve a LOT of my problems!

true, dat

 

Who sung that like Bob Marley?

In my case, 11:50, 1:30, AND 3am. 

Yes, cos it hurts!

      

I did a LOT of dog hugging this morning! 

Being alone does not mean missing out

A birthday today for me, and for my little Hugo Dog -  Me, 40something, Hugo, 5 years old.

Ordinarily I celebrate my birthday in the school holidays, but with the Rugby World Cup dictating to the school calendar, September 30 falls within term time this year.

In terms of a work day, it was my second day working with my Y 7/8 digital photography group, so a fun day really. Someone had let slip to some kids it was my birthday (might have even been me) and the food technology group presented me with a Birthday Burger, as shown by the first photo here. It was accompanied by a chocolate milkshake. I was super full till dinnertime.

Speaking of dinner, I was home alone tonight - sad but true - but I was not going to let a birthday celebrating dinner pass me by. I swung by the supermarket after work to get Birthday Boy Hugo a treat, and picked up some stuff for myself as well.

Now the pictures are all uncooked, which might be odd, but  had a truckload of stuff to do this afternoon/evening and wanted to catch the photos before I forgot.

There is a rationale behind each of my choices here:
Morton Estate Bubbles - one of my most favourite tipples, and also synonymous with my birthday for a few years now. I had 3 glasses.

Pistachos - Nuts are a healthy snack, right?

Chicken Mignon - The only snail mail card that arrived in my letterbox was from my dear friend Mignon, breeder of my dogs, whose card was addressed to both Hugo and me - cute.

(Baked) Potato - a simple delight which I never cook. But I did tonight because another dear friend Viki cooked them the other night and reminded me what I had been missing. It was delicious.

Asparagus - To me my birthday always signals the beginning of the asparagus season. I looked for it tonight in the supermarket and was not disappointed! I ate the whole bunch.

Lemon Sorbet - I adore any kind of lemon dessert, and I love ice-cream. This is a 'good food choice' compromise. Sort of.

P.S Can someone help me sort out Blogger's photo placement? Drives me nutso...

From Someone Else's Perspective

Second group of budding photographers working with me today. On one of their 'Assignments', shooting from different perspectives, a student snapped me, snapping her.

With her permission, it is my photo for the day!