My first post of 2007? Can that be right? I've just not been as into LJ for awhile. (My apologies to friends who think I know what's going on in their lives.. I don't). The year has started out well and I've been having a great time. I hope the same is true for all my pals.

This morning a friend shared a cool site with me. Librarything.com Gotta check it out.

Thanksgiving. A contemplative day. Sleeping late. No calls. A few emails from friends. A nice invitation. All morning in my jammies. Make a big breakfast and listen to NPR. A show about secrets. D sends a msg and I smile at the timing. So much to be thankful for. So much.

I bought a bike! Yay! I'm in love.

I'm at work and bored and should probably just go home, but I don't really want to use vaca. time simply because it's too boring to be at work. More than 1/2 the staff have taken today off, which makes it hard to really get anything done. I'll keep working, but I could so easily go curl up in a corner and take a nap. I've already visited the receptionist's puppy 3 times today, can't keep hanging out at her desk. I need inspiration.

From This I Believe today:

... Lighter than flesh, the soul is the glow of us.
The soul is the particular glow that the genes make when they make.
It's the soul that stands the body up and gets it moving forward.
Every body's soul is on a journey. ...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6068489

Please do go and hear the whole thing.

It's raining! It's raining! And I mean it's really raining.. not some light little drizzle... visibility is like 15' from my window, if that. Excellent!

I've been reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I am not enjoying it as much as I enjoyed The Tipping Point, but it is making me look at myself, the way I think, what I think I want. (and making me feel better about the many ways my thoughts and desires contradict themselves). And I don't just mean that my rational thoughts contradict my desires, but that my thoughts one day contradict my thoughts on a different day and likewise with what I desire from day to day.

I've gone on to the site to play with the tests. They aren't surprising me as much as I hoped.. but they are a fun mind game. www.implicit.harvard.edu

And I used to blame this on being a pisces. Might just be humanness after all.

What a nice day! Visited with the brunch gang which is so wonderfully full of laughter and just general fkng around.. good for the spirit. Had a very nice desert lunch with Laura and some good time exploring the aisles of Target. Continued on with the day by shopping for little miscellaneous items that I've needed for ages but always forget about until I need them (like a stapler!). Came home and goofed off with itunes ~enjoying my new headphones~ and just generally had a pleasant Sunday. Amazed I've been able to keep the stressing thoughts of work at bay. Actually, feeling so even and chill about it all. Must be a deep down knowing that if the worst is happening it truly is absolutely for the best.

So I signed up for LJ yesterday and started actually using it today by joining the Tucson community. Already having lots of really nice comments by people who.. holy cow!.. have things in common with me. Excellent.