Ouch, a Sore on My Nose and Bigger Things

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I have an irritating sore on the center between my nostrils. The day before yesterday I realized I was getting it and now it is a little more irritating. When I blow my nose it bugs me. I don't know if it is an ingrown hair or a pimple or what.

It's one of those things that looks gross but is really isn't a big deal. It makes me think about how little the problem really is and how people in other parts of the world really have problems.

People have real things to deal with and what I have to deal with, most of what I have to deal with, is nothing when there are really big things in life. I have a hope and I share it with people and that is really important. So my point is that I should not complain and this just helps me to realize that little things in life can help me appreciate bigger things.

Mixed Jobs Making for More Work

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The painters are here today and I am just tipping back a few beers. I am enjoying the nice weather. I work at home and I do web development. I am a webmistress. That just sounds so posh, doesn't it? I like the sound of it so I like to use the term. But I am a relatively complicated person and I like to think that I do a good job at what I do.

Lately I have also been helping out with the family DSL business. Our brother-in-law has a company that leases phone lines and provides high speed internet to customers. I have been volunteering my time completely for free. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law are in Ireland right now so I am helping out with their biz. They asked after I helped with the two week volunteering job a week ago. They acquired 200 new customers in about 72 hours and it was sheer madness (didn't see my kids for days at a time and averaged 4 hours of sleep per night).

So I am appropriately listening to "Mixed Up", the album by The Cure. It is an excellent album and it just happens to fix my situation as well. It is a mixed up thing I am in right now, with two jobs and the home painting thing going on, plus kids and the summer approaching. It's fine though and I am taking it in stride. I feel like we are just scums living in this place and it is all swallowing us up. So I sip my beer and ponder it all, watching the birds eat the seed I have placed for them outside.

I recently read that as more text is placed on a page, people do not want to read it. So, with that said, I will close this blog posting out. Just catching up on stuff as of late.

S.L.M.

Be Yourself and Maybe Meet Someone Cool

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I just met someone cool and I am glad I have been myself. It worked out that I met her because she is taking on a position from out of state for the same company I am the web developer for. She is a smart person that I now feel like I have known forever. Have you ever met someone like that before?

It is cool when you are somewhere and you get a chance to really be yourself. There are times when you are somewhere and you feel yourself breaking down your defenses slowly. Some people are probably less inhibited in their mind than others and can just be themselves more easily and in a less inhibited manner. But with me, I am a lot more guarded. I cannot just cut loose and truly be myself that easily. I can and I am myself, but I am guarded and I do not allow myself to make friends easily. That makes me lose out on a lot. I think you should let yourself be you so that you can enjoy yourself!

People deserve to be who they are so that they can make the best of who they are as a person. We do not give ourselves credit for who we are as people in daily life. We get so busy falling into certain categories or just busy living life.

Then when it is all said and done, we come home to who we are, but are we really happy with that person? I think I should be happy with who I really am when it is all said and done. I know that I have the right to these things - everyone does.

The benefit for me is that I happened to meet someone a few days ago that is cool and she reminded me of some things about myself and she said the same about me. She helped me to appreciate things that are silly or unique or just cool. We have things in common and things that are deep and she helped me learn a lot and made me think. It is just deep when you get back to who you are as a person and let yourself really be you.

Who are you as a person? Have you asked yourself lately? You might be surprised if you do.

Ask yourself and you might also make a new friend out there somewhere; I am glad I did.