Hey guys,

I'm back! I think I'm going to have to take a few days off from work to catch up with everyone! Ha. I'm sure my boss would LOVE that!

So...vacation was great. VERY relaxing -- here was the schedule each day:

Sleep for 12 hours
Read for 8 hours broken up by
Eating for 4 hours

There was the occasional bike ride and canoe trip but the above really captures it! We just lounged around on the porch (or the couch when it got too chilly) -- reading and relaxing -- sharing bits of our books when something was particularly funny or interesting. There were lots of smiles, a ton of laughs, lots and lots of good quality time.

Now...here's something that I actually think is interesting and GOOD -- coming home was NOT a letdown. NOT because vacation wasn't wonderful...but because home is pretty darned good, too.

Here's a book that some of you may be interested in (Shiny and Jeannine, I'm thinking of the two of you in particular...Tal, you too?):

How to Be an Adult in Relationships...

It's a pretty interesting blend of mindfulness and psychology and ....

Also, for my meditating friends I got an email today from SoundsTrue telling me I could download some meditations for free...can't say enough (!!) about Jack Kornfield and Pema Chodron and Sharon Salzberg...

www.soundstrue.com

Hmmm...what else? I have therapy tonight which I'm dreading. I told her about 6 weeks ago that I was interested in planning a "stop date" and she essentially laughed...a la "um, you're nowhere near ready to stop, my dear". So, a month ago I told her that I wanted a more "solution based approach" -- that I didn't think that coming in there every two weeks crying about my childhood was helping....

I'm trying really hard to make sure that I'm NOT pulling away from her and from therapy because it's getting too close for comfort. What I think I realized was this:

I'm irked because I've told her that I didn't think it was working optimally for me. And she disagreed. But, she's not really holding up her end of the bargain by offering an alternate solution/path. And that irks me.

Shiny -- are you out there? What do you think of this?

Anyhoo....I WILL check on you all over the next few days. Hang tough, comrades!

Sage

Relax. Appreciate. Be calm. Laugh. Enjoy. Be secure. Be loving. Be loved. Don't personalize. Don't ASSume. Accept. Be grateful.