Sleepless in Atlanta

What a night.  I took NyQuil, Advil C&S, booster of Advil (all within an hour - sorry to my liver) and I still was up most of the night.  Good news is my sore throat seems to be subsiding - that was far the worst part.

Then a 3 am wake-up.  Little Aspen pooped in her crate, tried to "clean up" by flinging it everywhere.  The water and food bowl got dumped, poop everywhere.  Fun times.  Fortunately, I had another crate in the room - quick transfer and I have everything on sanitize in the wash this morning.

Guess what's happening today??  Exactly NOTHING.  I'm not even showering.  My butt is sofa surfing while I cuddle dogs.  I cancelled breakfast with a friend, no workout, no nothing.

I managed the hike yesterday, but should have cancelled.  It zapped the little energy I had - I could barely drive home.  It was nice to catch up with my aunt and my Duke dog loved it though.

I'm almost finished with World Without End - love this book.  Just in time since 2 more books arrived in the mail yesterday.  I have a problem.  I think I need to stack them up, figure out the order and get reading.  All self-help stuff - those are the only kind I order as a book, not an e-book.

I'm on the kick of listening to Oprah podcast.  I heard a Buddhism 101 with Jack Kornfield - really interesting.  Also, Marianne Williamson: A Return to Love.  I had forgotten about her interpretation of A Course in Miracles.  I have A Course in Miracles and couldn't understand it way back when - I wonder if it makes more sense now.  I also want to read A Return to Love.  See - I have a problem.

I know I'll sound a bit like I've-found-my-religion-and-everyone-needs-to-find-it-too ... but this is all so interesting.  All these "teachers" say the same message.  I've heard it before and never put it in practice.  I had a slight fit this morning over all the shit happening (dogs needing to go out, dog meds, dog feeding, poop cleanup, ants in the kitchen, I'm sick, haven't had my coffee) -- then I centered with a breath, remembered the teachings and it's all finished.  Trust me when I say this would never happen before.  I'd pitch a fit and then let it ruin my day.  Still pitched a fit (hahahaha), but I recovered quickly.  Progress!

I'm sort of embarrassed to admit it, but I'm a believer.  Believer in training your brain to think about circumstances differently.  I took care of everything this morning and I had a choice to do it with crappy thoughts and feelings or take it in stride.  Either way, I have to do the stuff.  Why not do it with better thoughts.  Not only better thoughts, but with a clearer mind, I set about figuring out how to improve the morning crazy-town that exists right now.  Win and a win.  Tell a better story.

Maybe this is what normal people do already and I'm slow to the game.  It works for me.

This weekend is a whole lot of nothing too.  We didn't have anything planned to start and I'm not adding anything on.  I expect to be back to working out tomorrow.  The fosters have a long way to go so time with them is good.  Looks like the group of them were not only neglected, but also abused.  The other foster is seeing the same in the 3rd one too.  We've got you sweet babies - it's all uphill from here.

I'll leave with some dog pictures and another meme (I'm so proud to be meme-organized lol).

Look at his cute feet!

She's starting to feel better and is now an attack dog - true story.  

He has a MOHAWK!

AMEN!!