I will try the tea idea. I do like a nice cup of tea.

It is so frustrating to be a want-to-be Buddhist. I want nothing more than a calm and focused mind, and I am wired--genetics? family? who knows--to be a mind spinner.

That is not an excuse not to TRY however. Tonight I just kept turning my attention back to the tasks I was working on. Sweeping; grating potatoes. Even if it works for just a few seconds, that is progress.


Me: 44
Him: 42
Together: 23 years; never married
Bomb: August 1, 2009
Affair since May 2009
Walk away; no conversation; no process