I've been creating a website on Geocities for fun and ended up spending more time on it than I expected. A great thing that accompanied this was a whole day went by and I didn't have a single flashback or negative thought because I was concentrating on the site stuff and stayed busy finding out info about blood groups. Very happy about that. My energy level has been higher too. I couldn't believe that I didn't feel tired yesterday. That never happens! Whee!!

Lyle has the unfortunate task of getting me to sleep. He's been very encouraging and supportive of my slow efforts to learn more about HTML, Photoshop, and other web-related topics. We've gone out to walk the last two nights too. I think putting down a specific time to walk and having it listed in our schedule planners just might get us to walk everyday like we want to (but have trouble adhering to simply because we forget).

I sketched a bunch of abstract designs for 3 hours while watching the birds outside. I hope I keep drawing!!

Today, I went to Ranch99 to get a box of mangoes for Lyle and a box of strawberries for me. The weather is nice. That meant I HAD TO listen to U2's song,"It's a Beautiful Day," on the way and back over and over. Yup, "it's a beautiful day... don't let it get away..." I kept the windows and sunroof(?)moonroof(what's the difference??) open during the trip. The sun felt good on my skin. I really do need to make more of an effort to spend time outside.

"People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea , at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering."
--Saint Augustine (354-430)

I think we spend too much time wondering about ourselves. Plus we can wonder about ourselves where we are, without traveling, though traveling can open the mind. We are so small compared to the mountains and waves of the sea and rivers and ocean and stars... really, humans are just blips in the grand scheme of things, and I am but a small blip in that blip. That sounds like cursing ;) It's neat to think that I am part of the whole thing somehow.