I've always been an over-achiever and an over-pleaser. But this really seems to be the first time in my life that I'm kind of just letting go a bit and really enjoying just being. It's the first time I'm not working full time, but also the first time I'm not worried about making ends meet. I work for good people and they take care of me, leaving me some time to just breathe and enjoy. I'm healthier and more stable than I've ever been ... I'm digging this Me.
The love of my life, my Big Black Dog (BBD), has developed a new habit during our daily walks (and we walk A LOT). He's an older dog with a bad hip so we usually take quite a few shorter walks during the day. For a while, he would flop over, belly up, in some random yard ... wallowing around and being silly. I call it "noodling." After a while though, the noodling got a tad embarrassing for his Human so I started toting treats to coerce him back up to his feet.
But his newest habit is just crazy wonderful. We'll be strolling along and all of a sudden, I'll feel the leash get tight. I turn around to find him just sitting there, taking in the world around him. And what I've noticed is that many times, he just sits his cute little fuzzy butt down in the same spots ... and a number of those places sport really great views of Our Fair Town. And he sits there — tongue out — until I sit down beside him, taking his "enjoy this moment" cue, and we just are ... together ... in the moment. I like that.
Stuff I didn't know:
A fellow named Ammon Shea decided to take a year off and read the entire (21,000+) page Oxford English Dictionary. A few of his favorite words (that are in fact pretty great) and that I didn't know are:
• Petrichor – the (loamy) scent that arises from pavement after rain has begun to fall
• Paracme – the point at which one is past one's prime
• Debag – to strip the pants from a person (ooo la-la!)
• Bedinner – to treat one to dinner
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