Life in Love

The biggest news is that Julia and I are officially an item. We went on a trip to Jeckyl Island, and it was, bar nothing, the most romantic weekend of my life, and...honestly, I'm pretty damn sure the best all around weekend. There are individual days that are pretty amazing (the first Freedom Day comes to mind) but as a Weekend, nothing immediately comes to mind that could top this.

There was lots of sand, jellyfish, kissing and walking on the beach. No one was stung.

Wrote a poem about it [Link pending] on my poetry blog which I think sums it up better than a straight chronology would.

Slowly picking up the pieces of things that got dropped due to health. Insurance is for crap and isn't paying for much of anything beyond a tiny portion. I'm appealing. I'm not optimistic, but I'm holding off on naming names until they officially prove themselves the people I suspect them of being. Needless to say it will be expensive. Ridiculously expensive.

This last weekend Julia and I went to see the Hunger Games. It was very good.

I am way behind on my goals. So much so that I felt a 'progress report' was in order, but only abstractly focusing on the critical and core goals, ignoring bonus for now.

Physical

A- Weight and tone improving, but health is lessened due to illness and I need to work harder to recover.

Mental
B+ Behind on the reading but not impossibly behind. The dancing thing strides so many categories I think it moves to #3 goal at the moment after the novel and optimism.

Emotional: A+ Love will do that for you. But also other areas are doing spectacularly well.

Spiritual: B. Thought has been given. Nowhere near reading a major spiritual text. Generally on track but no actual progress except contemplation (which is important.)

Social: A- This will be the most changed category in the July realignment. Bitter Apple is no longer applicable. FL events on track. Situational progress, even if radically different merits this an automatic A-. (IE Love changes things....a lot.)

First Life (Retired) A-. Mainly for effort. Nailing people to a game date is like hammering jelly, but I'm trying enough that I give myself a good grade on this. Still need to do Yoga. After dancing. Bonus goals help make this fantastic.


Second Life: A. Would be A+ if I'd done more short stories. Would be A- except that "Forever West" is going FANTASTICALLY even if slower than desired.

Third Life: C+ This one is kind of dead, in part through no fault of my own (script readers who have lives), lost contacts, lack of contacts etc but a recent conversation with Ace Talkingwolf who did the robot for Unfood went VERY well and sounds promising.

Fourth Life: B. Behind schedule but still making a serious effort. Critical goal VERY on track. I'm not going back to TW work unless I'm starving. Given my current living arrangements, that isn't happening.

Fifth Life: A.

Sixth Life: B.

Summary: B+. An A- on some scales. I am behind. But in many areas I'm working hard, and reviewing my goals I've realized many things I'm fretting over are 'bonus' goals. I can still make the important ones and I've had some legitimate circumstances which are mitigating circumstances.

Summary of Summary: Life is good. It can be better. I will make it better.