The Fight For Self III

[CT1118]

The fight for self lately has been more like fight for time. It's good though, all positive, all very positive. Son is having some issues at school, still new though. Work seems to enjoy rewarding the hard worker with more hard work. Wife and I still split. Dog is still little and black and today he smelled like a mule.

Somewhere in there though - making the optimal use of time after obligations remains important. I did actually watch some TV tonight, my son was the opportunity. Then we gave the little black dog a bath. S5 loved it, laughing "Daddy, [little black dog's name] is in my bathtub! That' so silly Daddy!" On the extrinsic GAL level too though, as in I wrote two blogs on management for one class and read a full chapter on trust in leadership for another.
Best thing today, a guy who works for one of the units I am in charge of won a major award at work today; I had worked with the guy's supervisor to get the nomination in and he got it. Cash bonus, time off, and a little internal press coverage. His face - totally unexpected. Felt good to see because he earned it.

So I do hope Newcomers read my threads, because I was where you are today and I am not where the older guards here are now, but...- how does the above tie into DB'ing? Well, I DB'd and I got a life, and the above is a snapshot of it from today and today was a good day. Not what you expect on day 1 here, or even day 60. But you know what? I feel different now, have for a while, because DB'ing is about you and your journey. Not there yet, but I see a horizon, I set goals, I am one day at a time. So yes, this was a journal note for me, but if newbies read it - know it may end up looking like the above; washing little black dogs, reading textbooks, eating a ham sandwich for dinner. But, I feel good about such simple things. I feel content in my own skin. You can get there.

I am taking my son to volunteer with me on Saturday. Not for Red Cross, but for an Arbor Day event. That's right, Arbor Day in October. The tree we plant will be the 28th or so tree he and I have planted together since he was two. Bada*s that my s5 likes planting trees with his dad.