Like a yeast infection.
Meaning, I recognized things were different; was way less irritated in general; and felt like I had my life back.
:)
Okay, maybe I am being a bit melodramatic but you get my point.
A few observations:
1. I definitely found myself in better spirits. Not being exposed to sporadic stupidity/annoying ads/harassment that crowded my wall was a plus. I only had to deal with a little at work and experienced a few moments where I had to turn the news off just because I find the bickering and sniping as intolerable on the news as I did on my wall.
2. I found my friends texted me like crazy and I loved it. Love love loved it. Instead of feeling like I had intentionally marooned myself on an island, I found that I stayed in better and quality contact with my friends. Thomas, Captain Awesome, T-Man, Martian Manhunter, NM, Alpha, Gay Boyfriend, Spencer, Mystery Man, and others I haven't yet assigned nicknames to all kept in touch with me and I with them. I actually felt MORE social this last week then I have felt in years on Facebook.
3. I confess I was honestly worried I would be bored. I was worried I would sit there and stare at the wall and ache to post or reach out and instead I found myself even more insanely busy than I was before. For some reason, I have suddenly gotten into this reorganization kick and that, along with work and home and family and working out has kept me busy. Imagine what I posted about doing before than times that by ten!
4. I still am struggling with the same things as before. In some areas I have improved and healed greatly and in others I see I still have some work to do. That's okay though. I'm a work in progress. And the progress is still occurring without Facebook.
I got to do some cooking as well. I made this absolutely delicious cake for my brother Leo's birthday:
It is the following recipe from Hershey's: Hershey's Deep Dark Chocolate Cake
The only changes I made were that I baked two 9" cakes but then cut them each in half so I would have a total of four thinner cakes. Then, I doubled their frosting recipe since I would have more surface area to cover with four cakes versus two. The result was deep dark moist rich decadent cake. This is an absolute keeper of a recipe and will go into my "go to" file for when I have to make a cake for a serious chocolate lover.
I made another cake tonight for P's birthday tomorrow. It's a Lemon Velvet Cake. I don't have a recipe to share because I sort of made one up using a combination of a few different recipes I had on hand. So it's more uniquely my own and will appear in the next issue of the cookbook. I have not tasted it yet as it's in the fridge for tomorrow but I will say it was from scratch (both cake and icing) and the cake is a very light fluffy buttermilk cake with lemon that reminds me very much of a French Yogurt Lemon Cake I have made. The frosting is a nice not too sweet cream cheese whipped cream lemon zest affair. I managed to make two tiers (one 9" and one 8") because she wanted it to look like a wedding cake. I piped roses onto the top and surrounded the base layer with pearls (her birthstone). I didn't take a picture because the kitchen was hot and the whipped cream icing was not handling the temperature well so I was racing to get it done and in the fridge before it started to melt. I shall take a nice pic of it tomorrow though. As tomorrow is also Merlin and Endora's anniversary (married 46 years) we will be eating cake and popping open the bubbly tomorrow night. (Yes, I did plan my C-Section to be on their anniversary with the thought that each year I could point to P as their gift ;)
On that note, this has been a good week. While I have been cognizant that I no longer have or need to post to Facebook, I have found that having my journal blog here has served enough purpose. I still have an outlet to turn to and based on the stats, a few of y'all are actually checking it out as well :)
Now, as soon as P is sound asleep I have two packages of balloons to blow up and pile onto her bed in the morning before I wake her and a few packages of streamers to hang before I go to sleep. We are getting up early tomorrow morning because she wants to open her presents before she has to go to her horseback riding camp (that was her big gift for her birthday and she goes all week this week). I have cinnamon rolls in the fridge to pop in the oven for her breakfast and the sprinkles to put on them for her birthday after the icing is on. And Merlin has said we should put a candle in them :)
Life is good.
Sweet dreams, my loves.
Good night.
J
23 JUNE 2013
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