habitat!
i found a habitat for humanity affiliate in my area! yay! so exciting. i wonder how often i can help out? maybe every other week? it’s been over a year since i last worked on a habitat site, i really miss it. the closest one, atlantic county h4h, seems to be working on two houses right now, one in galloway and one in ac. looking forward to it. hoping this one is easier to work with than philadelphia habitat.
which reminds me, i still need to fill out my paperwork for big brothers big sisters. wow that was ages ago….must get on the ball with that one….
of triumphant ending
i am reading My Antonia for the first time, and it is making me want to visit nebraska. a first.
“All those fall afternoons were the same, but i never got used to them. As far as we could see, the miles of copper-red grass were drenched in sunlight that was stronger and fiercer than at any other time of the day. The blond cornfields were red and gold, the haystacks turned rosy and threw long shadows. The whole prairie was like the bush that burned with fire but was not consumed. That hour always had the exultation of victory, of triumphant ending, like a hero’s death–heroes who died young and gloriously. It was a sudden transfiguration, a lifting-up of day.
We stood there in friendly silence, while the feeble minstrel sheltered in Antonia’s hair went on with its scratchy chirp. The old man’s smile, as he listened, was so full of sadness, of pity for things, that I never afterward forgot it. As the sun sank there came a sudden coolnessand the strong smell of earth and drying grass. Antonia and her father went off hand in hand, and I buttoned up my jacket and raced my shadow home.”
~Willa Cather, My Antonia
i’m only in the fourth chapter and i’m already feeling nostalgic. :)
letdown number one
my first post. how ironic that it happens to be a letdown day. missed two meetings for work. not meetings i was in charge of, fortunately, but big meetings nonetheless. need to get more focused, and organized. how is the big question. the neverending question. that i haven’t been able to answer, in more than 10 years of so-called adulthood.
thinking of getting an old computer to use at home, and leaving the work comp at work. would be difficult to manage a lot of personal stuff (yeah, like meetup!), but if i want to keep my job……*sigh*. also its time to look into a retreat.
on the plus side, i got furniture today. not a new dresser, not even a really nice one, but one that can be redone. i think? like i have time! apartment was painted this weekend, needs to be touched up and i need to put stuff back in its place. blah. kitchen still needs some work. guess i better get back to flylady for some help!
