It’s Week 2 of the latest Bronchitis Bout. Like bipolar disorder, there’s really nothing new about getting month-long lung crud. It happens.
Sorta amazing, really, this blasé acceptance of whatever the day brings. I’m not always this cool, but it’s such a gift when I can be. Seems to me I was raging right up to the point of chills and fever.
A physical shock often resets my bipolar rheostats. Two weeks ago, I was text-wailing at my friend Lily, taking offense wherever I could find it, and wrestling paranoid thoughts to the mat. Today, I did laundry and cleaned up cat barf with nary an emotion in sight.
Except a little glee. I started a goofy spread in my art journal based on something I cut out of an old magazine years ago: “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” I worked on this one little piece while my laundry tumbled, and it just made me happy.
Sorta amazing, really.
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Mar 16, 2017 @ 04:54:32
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Love that. Hope the reset places you in good health.
Mar 16, 2017 @ 07:46:50
Many thanks, oh Pro.
Mar 16, 2017 @ 08:21:35
Lovely.
Mar 16, 2017 @ 09:07:00
I’m with DK; that line is priceless!
Mar 16, 2017 @ 12:10:31
I must have thought so, too, decades ago.
Mar 16, 2017 @ 20:46:16
You are amazing.. wouldn’t have considered the possibility of adding Mucus to my soup… (: brilliant! …and hilarious. (: me
Mar 17, 2017 @ 08:03:58
This card was one of those amazing synchronisity events. I spotted the picture at an antique shop, passed on it, then went home and found the caption in a magazine. I had to go back to the shop the next day for the picture, because I knew they would be hilarious together. I make these cards for me–to entertain myself and make me laugh. It’s always a pleasant shock when someone else laughs, too.
Mar 17, 2017 @ 08:59:08
I remember you saying you found some wonderful artwork material in antique stores, that day we spent together. I love the “synchronisity” of mind and the things we collect. Your artwork (cards) are outstanding to me! I do that in a similar way with decor in the house and what I find “out there” in nature.
Mar 18, 2017 @ 09:16:42
*Sigh* Someday I hope to SEE that.
Mar 17, 2017 @ 09:35:26
Love that piece – your weird is epic.
Mar 18, 2017 @ 09:16:07
That’s one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me (sniff).
Mar 18, 2017 @ 16:00:10
Bummer. Hope you are feeling better today Sandy!
Love the post 💛
Mar 19, 2017 @ 14:47:19
Thanks, Val, not yet. It usually takes a month to reach the other side.
Mar 19, 2017 @ 15:44:55
Hang in there! ((hugs))