Try it.....

On Wednesday I think it was - swan - over on The Heron Clan - challenged her readers to write their life's story in 6 words.

When I think of how many words I have used here to describe my ongoing Journey through this life....... to find 6 words only to describe my entire life........ wow!!  what a challenge!!

I promised her I would come back with my own 6 words....... and it took me 48 hours of trying....... I had no trouble coming up with groups of 6 words.. but they didn't describe my life as a whole.  They seemed to describe bits and pieces.... I needed 6 that described the whole thing......

My 6 words were 

Trying as hard as I can.

Now I am going to challenge you (you had to know this was coming right??)  tell me your story in 6 words..........

glitches and headaches

Well LOL day didn't exactly turn out the way I had expected......... in more ways than one.......

I took my car in to the shop - to be told my brakes were done... finished.. rusted through... and it was lucky I was still "stopping"........... 3 hours later and a whole mess of money later.... I got my car back .  

Now seeing as I had booked the day off work... I had intended on doing some Christmas shopping something I love to do......... but unfortunately after the brake bill... the Christmas shopping didn't look all that enticing....... so after 2 shops and not finding anything in my (now adjusted) budget... I came home with the beginnings of a headache... (stress headache for sure)

I came home to the infamous anonymous comments on The Journey.  I never handle public confrontation well............ thought I had taken care of it when poof the comments were still coming.... the headache got worse....... I tried a number of things to limit the comments on here... couldn't find what I wanted......... the headache was pounding... so I shut the damn blog down.  Seemed the easiest way to handle it.  and went to bed feeling very alone...

Now at 3:00 in the morning - the headache is gone....... and I am a little calmer... I looked again.  I can NOT find a setting that will stop anonymous comments. So to save you folks from having to read them....... I have put up comment moderation.  I know I know what a pain !!!  IF you comment now - you will have to wait to see it appear.. I do apologize ..........but I think this is better than the alternative - shutting off ALL comments (which I did find) and making you email me comments.

Anyway - that was how my LOL day ended - not at all the way I had intended.  The whole day was not the day I had planned. BUT I did learn some interesting things about people in my life........... lessons I probably needed to learn 

Here's to no more public nasties....... and on with The Journey ........... over that speed bump .. around a sharp corner - and veer to the left ....... straight on until morning ..........

Peek a Boo

I see you.......

Every day over 100  people slip in to "The Journey" - sit and read for a while and then leave.  That's ok.  It makes me think a little bit like going to a library.  You slip in quietly - read quietly - and leave. 

This is the 3rd year that I have been participating in LOL day - something Bonnie over on My Bottom Smarts started 6 years ago !!! LOL stands for Love Our Lurkers.  Not my favourite choice of words for you silent readers - but there ya have it

The whole point to this day is to try and lure you out of your lurkers mode and get you to leave a comment.  


But I was thinking about that... IF this is a day to celebrate our lurkers - why make you DO something?? AND if you comment - then you are no longer a lurker right??? so then you can't be celebrated right???

So I am gonna break with convention (what else is new??!!) I am gonna thank all you lurkers for lurking.  Every morning when I come to the computer and click on my numbers and see that I am still - after all these years - bringing in 100+ readers it encourages me to write more.. 

As much as we bloggers say we write for ourselves - I wonder how many of us would continue to write if no one came........

So I want to say a heartfelt THANK YOU to all the lurkers here on The Journey.... may you continue to come quietly - sit and read quietly - and leave.  I hope my words will continue to bring you back time and time again over this coming year........ 

 My wish for you all is: 

May you find something to warm your heart in my words....
May you find something to challenge your thinking in my words... 
May you find a smile or a tear in my words......

Happy Love Our Lurkers Day !!!!

A moment in time........

I had a draining day yesterday... nothing very serious or out of the ordinary ( as the saying goes "same shit different day") Nevertheless,  I was glad to leave the noise and confusion and climb into my lil car and head home.

I didn't even put the radio on.. just drove through the darkness ... letting the day's stresses and problems leave my mind.  I was sorta / kinda driving by rote.. not paying much attention ... when I landed up behind a city bus stopped at a red light.

I don't know how long I sat there not really "seeing" anything except the darkness..... when something drew my attention to the back window of the bus.  There was a woman's profile framed in the window... and she was talking earnestly to someone out of view.  I was wondering what she was discussing so seriously and with whom.. and found myself being drawn into the one sided drama going on in front of me.

When suddenly another face popped into the window frame.. a young child laughing .. and he (or she) leaned into the woman who was talking and kissed her ...... they both laughed .... 

The light turned green the bus turned the corner and my attention was drawn back to the driving and away from the bus window.......... but somehow that interlude .. that cameo of human interaction... lifted my spirits ... left me smiling and feeling that everything was all right with the world............

Tick Tock Tick Tock

I hate change - I've said it here more than once - W is ALWAYS reminding me how much I HATE change............... 

But ya'd think - by now - I would at least be able to adapt to the time change in the Spring and the Fall.............. If you think that - then you'd be wrong !!!

Usually I set all the clocks before I go to bed - but for some reason this weekend I forgot...... so imagine my surprise on Sunday when I bounced out of bed - thinking I had slept in - cause wow !! the clock said 6:00 AM (that is sleeping in for me).. turned on the old pc and saw that it was actually 5:00 AM!!!  I am surprised you didn't all hear me growl 

Well it is now Tuesday - day 2 of the new time - and my body is still living in the past.  I drove home from work in the pitch black - which made it feel so damn late. Miss Ashes was pacing by the door - yelling at me that I was late !!! It was wayyyyyyyyy past dinner time.. and just where the hell had I been.  (Ok ok - I know - I give my cat way too much credit for communication skills!!)  By 8:00 PM I could barely keep my eyes open...... by 9:00 PM when I finally allowed myself to go to bed I dragged myself upstairs - literally dragged myself - feeling totally exhausted.  I was asleep by 9:01

My eyes popped open at 4:00 f**cking AM.  I tried - I really did try - to roll over and at the very least nap a bit - till the alarm at 5:15 - but no such luck.  So here I am at 4:30 on the pc.

And pray tell - why is it no one.... NO ONE.... has written anything new on FL or Facebook - or on their blogs - didn't you all know I was gonna be up wandering around the house before the crack of dawn with nothing to do??? You all could have - at the very least - left something for me to read.......... sighhhhhhhhhhh.. and you call yourselves "friends" sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 



I did however - find the semi - amusing cartoon at the top .... about turning clocks back.... with my favourite cartoon character Maxine .......... I think I will turn my clock back to 20 something....... and have a "do over"........ First thing I would "do over" is learning to sleep in........ (nodding head) yup..... learn to sleep in !!!