So, I’m happily seated at the ‘Bou down in Buckhead. I ended up having a split day today, with about 2-3 hours between my last morning client and my only afternoon client. I really like this kind of pace, at it allows me to actually be out and enjoy the day. It also means I’m not overly pissed at myself for putting in an 8 day work week, because the only days that are/have been slammed were Wednesday, Friday and tomorrow. Otherwise, this next week is fairly open and laid back. Even resulting in me having all Monday afternoon off, and pretty much all of Tuesday and Wednesday (one client on T & W, each). That should give me enough time to stop by the Terra Cotta soldier exhibit, get the oil changed in my car, as well as the tire fixed and transmission fluid changed.

I’m still dealing with a bit of jet-lag, eyes still get crunchy and I’m ready to crash by around 6ish now. Mornings are still a bitch, which means I might just have to redo my schedule and just move my mornings more towards the late morning/early afternoon.

All that said, I’m really hoping the new set-up will encourage me to get back to my writing and some of the other things I enjoy. But I do admit, I am finding I much prefer the working a couple of hours a day, every day, with a couple of days being really busy – over the 5-6 slammed days. The business itself is coming along, next month I’ll be able to start opening up to take more clients and do all the marketing stuffs as I’m mostly organized and into a slight routine on that end.

I’ve come to my conclusion on the gym drama and have put together my contingency plan, so no stress over that, anymore.

Ok, more things to do….

Create a real schedule, that sets aside time to update office stuff so I’m not behind and instead ahead.

Create a personal schedule, so that I can work on my French and actually be somewhat productive.

In other realms, gym drama has reared its ugly-assed head. Fucking pisses me off, so goddamned tired of this crap.

Positive note: two days worth of my cardio homework. Weight is slowly starting to go down.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

The three tasks I think you should work on in the coming week are among the hardest any human being can attempt. Luckily, you now have an unusually strong aptitude for them, and are likely to receive unexpected assistance if you’re brave enough to plunge ahead. Here they are. 1. Interrupt and overthrow negative trains of thought right in the middle of their flow through your brain. 2. Negotiate partial solutions to complex problems. In other words, do the half-right thing when it’s impossible to do the totally right thing. 3. Understand that in order to graduate from a certain batch of weird karma that has persisted, you must completely accept the situation as it is, acknowledge your role in precipitating and prolonging it, and feel gratitude for all that it has taught you.

FreeWill Astrology

That first one is really important, lately. I HAVE to reduce the stress in my life, there is no questioning this, it has to be done. The second is something that can be done, as long as I’m moving in the direction that I need to go, as I’m perfectly content with getting a half step done, in the event that a full step is not feasible at a given point. The third, already working on, spent part of yesterday in meditation. It was enjoyable.

Now, to get my schedule going.

Things I have learned in the last week:
Stress has been causing the last 6 months of illness.
I have never had jetlag this bad (need to nap every 4 hours or so, not doing so killed me).
I need to buckle down to a schedule.
I need to add something to manage the stress every day.
I need to slow down. I think I have time for the few things I have put on my schedule and apparently I do not.

Tours, France

Thursday, March 19th
I figured the day would be pretty low key, with a few errands, training and the hope of getting adjusted. So much for that idea. Training happened, and resulted in a nice gash on my septum (really, that is an injury that only I can manage) from my training partner’s gi. No adjustment, but I did snag my “Speakeasy” shoes, stopped by the bank, and got a call from the ex-boss. It was hard to avoid texting back with, “I’ll answer your question when you return the stuff you stole and pay me $1500.”

The rest

Apparently, Facebook is verboten at CDG airport. If not, I’m not being told why I can’t access it. Grrrrrrrr.

That said, trip was awesome, made new friends and I look forward to visiting Julien’s parents again – preferably with a better grasp of French, as my French is better than their English (which is not saying much). Blog will be up at some point, since I was able to keep up with it daily. Right now I just need to finish up yesterday and start/finish today (not like there’s much to update there). Although, I’d like to point out that the concept of security at Hartsfield Airport, is non-existent and I’m hoping that everyone who travels through there truly grasps the fact that it is a joke. Every time I leave the country, something on the way back gets caught – this time, it was my toothpaste, I was 1oz over for a single tube (which isn’t true, but they go by the volume of the container, not the volume actually available). It wasn’t even caught on the way here, and I separated it out.

And FYI, no, I’m not blaming this on the current administration, as nothing has been changed as far as airport enforcement goes, this blame lies solidly on the staff of TSA and their inability to do their jobs – or take the job seriously, as the case may be. YMMV

I am in France. I will be posting stuff later.

At this moment, all I can say is MARTA sucks ass. That whole “reloadable ticket” crap? It’s crap, had to shell out extra for two tickets because the transfer didn’t work, and neither is reloadable.

So as not to spoil all the cynical and nihilistic goodiness that is The Watchmen….

I would like to agree with moonbird – this will definitely be a soundtrack I get….and will blast the protest rock repeatedly just to annoy a certain love of mine. *eg*