Funky Work Week

I'm closing pretty much most of this week, so it allowed me to attend one of my favorite meetings on Monday morning.  I also got a chance to attend a Saturday meeting with my sponsor, as well as my normal Sunday meeting.  I will try and recap as best as possible.


Monday's meeting at St. David's tends to be somewhat more religious than normal meetings, and I'm now totally used to that fact.  There was a time when that would've bothered me, but as I work the steps and as I see internally as well as externally, my higher power working with me... I'm cool with it all.


Monday's topic dealt with not being able to learn from my drinking experiences.  I get that now.  I'm so grateful to NOT be that person anymore.  I also totally get the bit about working all the steps daily.  Step Four took a MASSIVE toll on my psyche.  It's not easy setting out all your faults for you yourself to see.  And the weird thing is that the list apparently keeps on growing.  ANYHOOTS... I have indeed gained some personal insight into myself from my previous experiences.  I do my morning and nightly meditations and I'm surprised at how much nicer my life is now.  I'm "tentatively" working on making Step Five happen on my one weekday off on Thursday.  My sponsor Lyn and I spoke on Saturday and we believe we can make it happen.


Sunday's open meeting featured a very lovely person who's been at numerous meetings.  She's part of my Saturday home meetings and I'd never heard her story.  She's quite a bit younger than most of us in the Saturday/Sunday meetings, and her drinking career was far more finite than most of us.  I can only wish I had the brain power to realize merely four years into drinking what after-effects it would have on my life.  Amanda did.  Bless her heart.  But it's nice to know that there are younger people out there to carry on the mantle of AA. 


Saturday's home meeting was an odd one.  Not many people can pull off the low cut farmer's overalls look... but Lee can.  LOL.  He was host.  No one came up with a topic so his comment was "What part of yourself that you dislike do you miss?"  (Paraphrasing there.)  It was sort of steps four and six smooshed into one.  I only just completed step four and now you want me to embrace one of my character flaws?!  No thanks.  I'm working so very hard to leave those in the past. 


I don't miss any of those character flaws.  I kinda like where I'm at right now.  I "believe" I'm no longer as judgmental as I used to be.  I'm pretty sure I've put a large portion of my ego behind me.  So... why in the world would I miss any of that?  I've been slowly gearing myself up for steps eight and nine... those are warming up on the on-deck circle (as they say in baseball)...


Once I get step five out of the way (so to speak)...


I know I have to continuously work them ALL every day.  But I also know that I can only my best... one day at a time.

Happy Inauguration Day

This Is Currently My Favorite Song

This is my favorite song playing on WXRT at the moment.  I love when band members trade off vocals.  The video's a little "head-achy"... but they give you the lyrics.  :-)

Can You Believe It's Already One Year?

Hot Tramp.... I miss you so!

So Many Days to Cover

I've not been feeling 100% , so that explains part of my blog absence.  If I were to say that I'm even feeling 77% at the moment would be a stretch.  I had a doctor's visit today as well as a plethora of meetings I've attended in the past couple of days.  So much to share and so little time to do it in... I just hope my ribs and chest calm down so that I can accurately share.


Oh wow... I started off the New Year's week with a meeting, and as we're in the first month, we dealt with Step One.  I like Step One as it points out the bloody obvious.  I got paid to attend a meeting stating that we can only carry the prior 24 hours.  It also went into not weighing yourself down with past regrets.  I've tried that aspect of recovery.  It does indeed help in the long run


In other news, I have a very dear friend at work who lost his mother, so they (OBVIOUSLY!) allowed my/our pal Nestor to go home to the Philippines for the funeral.  That was sad in and of itself, but it suddenly opened up some time off for me.  Good thing.  Schedules got adjusted. 


I finally got to attend my Saturday home meeting.  I'd spoken with my sponsor throughout my time away, but I always got the feeling he was mad I wasn't at the home meeting.  Regardless, although it was a colossal drag as one of our members informed us that it would be his last meeting ever with AA.  (His doctor informed Bob he had less than a month to live.)  We all spent a moment with him.  I'm glossing over this portion, and I don't mean to, it's just that I didn't know him as well as the rest of the crew.


Sunday presented me with a gentleman who was about my age and someone who went through "SOME" of the things I went through... but not all.  I don't want to be in his shoes.  I'm not going to get into all of what was said, but he made some extremely pertinent references to an age I lived in.  There were far too many football and musical references for me to shed.


BUT ANYHOOTS...


Today was another meeting at my favorite area spot.  Prior to a medical appointment, I got to share with some lovely people that, no matter what my troubles, all I have to do is be patient.  I liked that aspect today.  I do that every day and I'm doing well.
My medical appointment was marginally painless.  I have some very minor cold-related things to take care of, as well as a tiny bit of earwax (also a cold related thingie)...  Somewhere since my last visit I've lost 11 pounds.  While my doctor said that was great... he did have a slight issue with that being despite my current intake of fast-food.  (I traded off the world's worst thing for me for the second worst thing for me...  meaning nasty drinks to nasty food.)  Weird.  And here I think as I look into a morning mirror that I'm putting on weight.  I'm somehow not.  But still, all is well.  I just need to shake this cough/cold.        


My four days off are now long gone/  I have a lot to do.  (As Tom Baker said in the 50th Doctor Who episode said... and you have to read the following in his own unique whispered voice...)  "Oh, you have a lot to do."


I have to juggle some personal stuff and make sure my two ladies are taken care of.  It's my absolute pleasure of a job to do... and as long as they are happy... I'm content.  :)


There's some doctor stuff... but nothing major.  I'm doing well.


One Day at a Time!
Hugs from Jim  (Master of the parenthetical commentary)... oh!  And by the way... dreamt about someone last night.  Thanks for the visit!!!


Miss you Sugar Booger!

Starting off 2017 with a Giggle

BWA-HAHAHAHA


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