What do you see?

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.”

-Harry Truman

What do you see?

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Back from vacation

I had a glorious time in Wisconsin.  I was able to visit with my family and also catch up with five of my friends.   I went to a small music festival with my brother and his friends on Friday night and I went again with my sister on Saturday.  We also were able to see a band that I thot was very entertaining.  A rock band no less, not my usual cup-o-tea, but they were very good.

The mosquitoes were out in full force in Wisconsin.  Here in Virginia, we have been lucky with very few mosquitoes due to dry weather this summer.  I also ate too much on vacation…but I guess that is to be expected.

I miss living in Wisconsin.  A week just isn’t enough time, but I will take what I can get.

Upon my return home I found out I have jury duty in October.  I am not sure how I feel about it.  I have had jury duty twice before and only sat on one jury.  For only one day.

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sleeping on the couch

Our dog, Bramwell has a unique ability to sit on the couch facing the back of the couch and stare out our bay window to watch the world go by.  He does this a good portion of any given day.  Just now, I am sitting on said couch, he is sitting with me looking out the window and all of a sudden I hear snoring.  Yes dear reader, Bramwell is sleeping sitting up, and snoring.  I wish I could get a picture, but as soon as I move to get the camera he will wake up.

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I love this postcard.


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Surviving Grief

I have just started reading the Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson.  In doing so, I have started surfing the internet to find info on him.  His partner of 32 years Eva Gabrielsson is writing a book about Stieg Larsson.  The second part of the book describes her grief over Larsson’s death and how she dealt with it.  Below is an excerpt from an interview she did with Rachel Cooke of  The Observer.

“It’s about what it’s like to lose someone like that, someone you’ve loved for so long. Everyone will encounter this [the shock of losing someone] sooner or later. I want to show what a hell it is. But also I want to say: don’t be afraid. Embrace it, and you’ll get through it. You become somebody else. You can’t sleep, you can’t eat, you are in total distrust of the world. But this is the way it is supposed to be. There is something in our genetic code, something primitive, that takes us over because our rational self cannot deal with the reality. You’re an animal now. But the more of an animal you are, the safer you are: it protects you. It’s there to help you survive.”

This seems a bit dramatic, but it describes exactly how I felt when I was dealing with the death of my father and our beloved dogs, Bronte and Charlotte.  Especially this part…our rational self cannot deal with the reality.

-thotlady

Bronte

Charlotte