Gigi snuggling this afternoon with her pet rat on her favourite piece of furniture. The couch and the recliner really belong to Gigi — the humans spend more time at their desks in front of their computers than on the furniture. Her snoozefests remind me of the phrase “creature comforts”.
I want to go back to bed, but I’m trying not to!
I haven’t written much lately because I’ve been either out of the house or too tired to do much of anything but sleep while I’ve been at home. January is almost over, and I feel very behind in my extracurricular activities! My work contract began last Monday and I’ve been focusing my energies on learning as much as I possibly can. This means when I get home I want to pass out, so I’ve taken to walking home from work to keep up the energy level (naps just don’t work, I go into deep sleep and there goes the whole evening), then eating early and trying to get some exercise downstairs in the form of gym activity or swimming. This doesn’t leave much time for photography or writing, but somewhere down the line I’ll figure out a more streamlined routine.
Everything in my life is either brand-new or quite recent: work, my apartment, flight school, group therapy, friends, etc., and at random times I stop and wonder at the series of events that got me to this point. Part of the reason why I document my life is because it’s easier to direct people to this website than try and explain… well, lots of things. One ex-boyfriend told me many years ago (when my life was actually much simpler) that when he was getting to know me he had to draw visual aids such as flowcharts and arrows and timelines to track the people and places and companies I’d mention in our conversations. In my first group therapy session last Thursday, I told select bits and pieces of my grief story because it unfolds in a rather complicated way. I’ll be happy to get past the early stage of explanation, truth be told. As with grief itself, there’s no way around it, you just have to get through it.
And as for today, I want to do lots and lots of nothing, but I have to do these tasks eventually, so I’d best be getting to it!
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