1. Goddess
2. Doctor’s, nurses, social workers, mental health specialists, and cleaning crew.
3. “Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home.” – Simon & Garfunkel, “Mrs. Robinson”.
4. Visit from Chris
5. Visit from Jeff
6. Call with Julieta
7. Call with Ashley.
8. Texts from friends.
1. Goddess
2. Going to the morning meeting, even though I had to leave early for choir rehearsal.
3. Singing with the choir at church.
4. Lunch with my mother and David.
5. Working with GG. We took on my bedroom, and she helped me clear my closets, and get rid of clothes that no longer fit me.
6. Hosting the evening meeting and the after meeting, Grateful to be of service.
1. Goddess
2. Morning Pages
3. Help from a wonderful woman at the bank. Went there for dollars and quarters.
4. Seeing Eileen at the cafe.
5. Chairing the meeting, and leading a discussion about prayer.
6. Hugging Karen for a long time, she told me her daughter is coming to visit, and hugging her again for a long time.
7. Going out to lunch with Kellie, Janis, and Janet.
8. Texting Alison, Alicia, Melissa, Nykhole, Craig, Freedom, Gerry.
9. Sending Alycia a birthday card.
10. Going to Papercuts bookstiore, and buying a book for Cassie and two books for myself and ordering two more. Learning that Stephanie Burt will be reading her poetry at the bookstore in a couple of weeks. Stephanie was a huge inspiration for me in coming out.
11. Cleaning the bathroom
12. Ate dinner. Waffles and a banana.
13. Talking with my mother on the phone.
14. Logging on to the evening meeting and volunteering to be timekeeper.
15. Grateful for a life of happy usefulness.
1. Goddess
2. Morning Pages.
3. Coffee.
4. Working on my essay, having received one of the papers i needed.
5. Kind compliments on my essay from Ben and Mary.
6. Went to buy lunch at the supermarket. Hot outside.
7. Annmarie indulged my vanity and took a picture of me. I wore a straw hat, a peplum blue and white floral embroidered top, royal blue nail polish, white jeans, white socks, and grey everyday sneakers. Grateful that I can afford pretty clothes and can dress how I want.
8. Attended part 2 of the ACRL/MLS workshop on Open Educational Resources and Affordability. Listened and participated and got some great help.
9. Talked to my mother on the phone.
10. Grateful a car didn’t hit me crossing an intersection. Almost happened again, in the rainy night, when a motorist ran a red light. Full of thanks and prayers, especially that my brakes worked.
11. Dinner at Punjab Restaurant: vegetable samosas, garlic naan, and Malai Kofta. The service was excellent.
12. Fellowship at the cafe. And then the skies opened up. Grateful I remembered to bring an umbrella.
13. Meeting at the church, poignant and moving. A lot of women talked about losing their fathers.
14. Arriving home safely, despite the pouring rain.
15. Listening to relaxing Louisiana music and some blues.
1. Goddess
2. Helpful criticism from Jen.
3. Help from Mary Ann.
4. Mary Ann got accepted into her continuing education program. I wrote a letter of recommendation for her, and I think I helped a little bit
5. Kind compliments from Jane, Annmarie, Leslie, and Mary Ann.
6. The go-ahead on my next presentation from Bob,
7. Going to 40 South Street, putting in a request for the white embroidered dress in the window, buying a floral dress and a straw multicolored (white, robin’s egg blue, fuchsia, and navy blue) straw hat.
8. Phone call with my mother.
9. Going to choir practice, like I said I would. Natasha worked us hard. John and Jim welcomed me, John gave me water, and I followed them both on the tenor line. Mary has an enthralling voice (I have a massive crush on Mary.) She looked back and smiled at me several times. The singing voices resonated beautifully in the church.
10. Walking home in the moonlight and the cool breezes.
1. Goddess
2. Kind text from Alison.
3. Good news from the Behavioral Health Program. I will have an intake next week.
4. Annie called and said they will reroute Hannah’s birthday gift to her new address.
5. Productive day at work, finishing an essay, and submitting a proposal.
6. Mary Ann helping me with In-Text citations and footnotes.
7. Jen has a lovely singing voice.
7a. Letting a driver turn left in front of me.
8. Photographing peonies and sweet William.
9. Making amends to Steve P. He responded generously. Grateful for him,
10. Eileen’s support.
11. My mother working at the library.
12. Great meeting on topic of fear and chatting with Craig G. afterwards.
1. Goddess,
2. Walking at lunch.
2a. Writing a draft of an essay and making it halfway through.
2b. Mary Ann helping with Microsoft Word.
2c. I made amends to Dana, after about 2.5 years. Years ago, I judged him on his choice of reading material, which I had no business doing. He was gracious and forgave me.
2. Picked up prescriptions from a nice technician, and got deep blue, lavender, mint, and thistle nail polish> The young woman at the checkout counter said I should wear all the colors at once, and I said, yes, and when people say ” nice color”, I can say “which one”?
3. Took pictures on my evening walk, coming and going.
4. Talked with my mom, who is very busy.
5. Made an omelet.
6. Attended the Artist’s Way group, and we had a good discussion on chapter 3
7. Attended the NBDI meeting, spoke on the topic of ” when did you realize that you needed a spiritual awakening”, both during the meeting and after.
8. Chatting with Alison and Nykhole during the meeting.
9. !0th step inventory.
1. Goddess
2.Those who died in service of our country.
3. Lunch with Cassie. Cubanos at the Co-Op.
4. Trimming Cassie’s lilacs in front of the house.
5. Coffee with Cassie.
6. Driving home safely.
7. Talking with Cameron and Anna, my neighbors, about their herb garden, the flowers I was about to plant, and the peonies and roses starting to show out front.
8. Plant food from Cassie. Hung the fuchsia geranium plant, and planted the zinnias.
9. Phone call with my mother. She was exhausted from working with the realtor all day.
10. Finishing off the questions in Chapter 3 of the Artist’s Way.
11. Logging on to the NBDI meeting, and speaking on the topic “life on life’s terms”. Talking with Willy about the same topic in the after meeting.
12. 10th step inventory.
“Grill & chill? OK, but let us not squander our freedom, for it was gained at great cost.” – QuittersWin blog, via Cassie Eckhof.
1. Goddess
2. Gratitude text from Maureen. Inspired me to write my list.
3. Another day of sobriety.
4. Cassie and i read the papers.
5. Cassie bought me zinnias from the Co-op.
6. We visited Lori and Fred, Cassie’s neighbors. The dogs lay in the shade. Pegasus roamed his turf.
7. Cassie weeded her flower garden and planted her basil.
8. I worked on the questions in chapter 3 of The Artist’s Way.
9. Wrote a first draft of a poem.
10. Cassie grilled hamburgers and bought macaroni salad. A good dinner.
11. We talked afterward about what a good weekend we have had.
12. We ate key lime pie for dessert.
13. We watched “A Man Called Otto” on TV. I crfed throughout. It felt good to cry for the first time in a long time. A sad and happy catharsis.
14. wrote this list, shared it with Maureen, and I am sharing with you now.
15. 10th step inventory.
16. Prayers at bedtime.