Week of April 11
(12th)
Had a meeting with a possible partner on Monday - I definitely like them but
am concerned they're too small to do us any good now. Also they're on
the east coast so I don't think it will put much money in my pocket.
(13th)
flew to NY for a meeting with another company that went in a direction I
didn't expect - they're interested in talking to us about opening up an west
coast office -- it's really up to SF because what they really want is beyond
my skills - I've never been willing to follow anyone else in a venture like
this - but this is one case where I would follow him to the gates of Hell and
back.
(14th) spent the morning playing marriage counselor - I always end up seeing
so much that I do wrong in my own relationship during these discussions
Very long flight back to the west coast - glad to be home
(15th)
completely lost day - picked up puppy and got the extensions to the tax return
done and then did absolutely nothing.
(16th) A
few days into my third house and it already sounds like last year. Had
an article due Monday that I have to finish today and I've got two more due
ASAP. A friend of mine is also going to try and get me in front of his
publisher so I can pitch my book. I've also spent the entire morning
updating my journals on this site. I have lots more important things to
do but unfortunately once I forget it's gone for good.
Saw the most
incredible double rainbow this evening. The colors were bright and the
primary rainbow was perfectly formed. Definitely a once in life time
occurrence.
April 18
(20th) Had dinner with a friend and he told me it's now or
never on the book
(22nd) Today was bring your child to work day so I brought
Clancy to our office. Also got a call from a headhunter. Hope this
isn't something that will move in and out of incipient possibility. The
job is perfect and the pay is exactly right.
Note: 4/05/07 -- I never heard back on the position and I was absolutely
thrown into a trough of depression. I really thought things were
going to get back on the right footing. The thing that I remember
most clearly about this experience is that it was another one of those
sighs of relief -- hey the universe is finally getting back to normal and
I can be me again with some degree of certainty.
Almost forgot to note the more interesting insight of the day.
I've always said that we often agree to interact with people in a manner that
is important for them. I took the admin from our office to lunch as a
thank you. I've never known her that well (I don't actually work in the
office - they just handle our admin) but it seemed important. As she
confided to me it was very important to her. She said I was one of the
people who made her job enjoyable. In some ways it was a false intimacy
but in others it was quite real. As someone who has been at the
receiving end of numerous random acts of kindness I was glad to know that I'd
contributed my own part.
Did
an i-ching reading about things in general and got 18 going to 50. I
think this seems to fit. I'm not completely sure what has been spoiled but
there was a time when life seemed to work better
April 25
(April 25) Finished up column and sent it off.
Dream (26th) A very long very involved dream. I'm on an airplane going
to somewhere in the Pacific. The flight has been reasonably comfortable
and I'm snuggly wrapped in a blanket catching up on my sleep.
Things start to go wrong when the plan begins to land. For some reason
our luggage is at the front of the plane and my suitcase opens and spills
everything out when the plane has a very rough landing. I try and get
all of my stuff together but while I'm picking up an armload of possessions
someone else takes my suitcase off the plane. I follow after it knowing
I don't quite have all of my stuff but by the time I get to the place where
the suitcase should be it's been taken.
Someone from the airport takes me to retrieve the bag from the
muddy slew where all the bags are dumped. Not only do you have to find
your bad in the sludge but it has to be times for a time when the slew isn't
filled with water. I becomes clear to me that I'm not going to be able
to recover any of my things and I turn to the man from the airline and try to
get something resolved. He's being very considerate but doesn't seem to
understand that throwing luggage in a muddy slew makes no sense.
Met
with the writers group. Got a new member - Maybe all the effort will
pay off here somewhere.
(28th) Worked in the garage all day -- still sorting Mom's
stuff
(29th)Spent the day reworking my thoughts for my book - think it will come
along well.
May 2
Our
Candy anniversary - we ended up delaying our celebration until we got to Hawaii.
I was also up most of the night trying to get packed - not sure why
everything took so long
Hawaii
(May 3 - May 8) It was actually a good vacation. Not long enough
by half and I admit that I find Hawaii boring but I appreciated the time
away. We ended up buying a time share. The premise is that we
have so much trouble planning and taking vacations that this will force us
to go. I hope we didn't make a mistake.
May 9
Took a personality quiz and got dragon as my mythological
archetype - the quiz is from the book "the magical personality by Mike
Leslie
According to him "Dragon
types are charismatic leaders. They exude confidence and optimism and thrive on
competition. They are progressive and expansive, socially oriented, and eager to
achieve something for the greater good. They are informed by their love of ideas
and exciting possibilities, and are often guided by strong moral and religious
feeling. They can usually back up their plans with faultless logic. They are
constantly active, moving restlessly from project to project, often having
several going at once. They need to have control and will delegate tasks to
people they can trust to perform well. They work hard and play hard. They are
popular, both at work and socially. They have a flair for the dramatic and for
display, but nevertheless they can be difficult to get to know intimately. They
crave stimulation, are unconventional, and hate red tape."
This is surprisingly
close to who I am now. My personality has shifted over the years from
air/earth to air/fire. Or from my rising sign (earth) to my moon sign
(fire).
