Code Name: Succulent – Ending the Drought

I titled this post last week while
creating the blog schedule, optimistically thinking that perhaps
things would start getting back to normal after all the chaos and
hubbub. Turns out, the power of positive thinking won, and I'm
happy to say that towards the end of the week, we caught a nice
break. Things aren't completely back to normal yet, but normal
enough that I could sigh with relief and start refilling the well
again.

Naturally, when I've been drawing on
my reserves for so long, I tend to binge when I get to expand again.
It's not always for the better – I tend to gorge myself on all
good things until they simply become "excess" rather than "good".
I did that a couple days this week, but it was necessary to my mental
health, so I'm going with it. And I'm positively giddy that it
looks like there's a week-long vacation from the day job in my very
near future. Talk about a giant reset button...

Of course, there's always something
that gets shoved aside when I go on any kind of binge, and then I
remember why I still need to be careful with my time. Which is why
I'm writing this post at 1:30am. Paying for my binge-y indiscretions on Saturday night. 

It's all good though. I've been
here before, and it's not a bad place to be simply because I know
that in a few days, I'll have binged all I need to, and I'll
settle into a comfortable routine again for a few days. I like
routines. I live for routines. But if you've been reading this blog
long, you already knew that.

Ironically, now that the day job stress
is easing up, the personal projects are kicking into high gear. New siding on our house, new shed, new fence, new carpet. And the normal Halloween party prep, plus keeping up with my writing/publishing schedule. Last year the writing took a bit of a hit in the fall - my goal this year is to keep up the pace throughout. We'll see. 

Needless to say, fall is always a time
when I'm living more on reserves than the rest of the year, and
this one will be no different, except I feel like I have more of a
plan for how to deal with it. Plans are good. And as much as I hate
change, sometimes it's a very good thing.

For all that, there's still time for fun, somehow. Friday night we went to an Alice Cooper concert that was amazing, and Saturday night we had "oriental" night - Thai food, and we tried Sake for the first time (a chilled variety that I enjoyed very much). There's a Belly Dance review we might go to later this month - I've never been, but it sure sounds like an exotic night out! 

Living a succulent life = enjoying what you have, taking note of what's around us, and trying new things. I think I'm doing pretty well with that, all things considered.

I'm finishing this post Sunday afternoon around 2:00pm...and now I'd better get outside and help hubby finish our clean-up project. At least we're enjoying the sunny weather while it's here - it's good to get out in the fresh air for awhile.


What juicy things have you done this weekend? Um, family-friendly things, I mean.
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