Monday, April 12, 2010

The return

toasted walnuts with honey.

I'm starting a Dragon's Way class tonight.

I have been craving meat lately and quelling the need by eating it, and feeling happy.  Over the weekend I had a steak, which doesn't happen very often.  It was utterly satisfying.

Yesterday, as I was moving along on my 'getting-things-done', it occurred to me that maybe I should ease up on my desire to 'do the food' while doing Dragon's Way.  I felt like it would be stressful to cut out animal protein when my body is wanting it so much lately.  I allowed myself the flexibility to see what happens.

This morning, interestingly enough, I didn't want my usual two eggs on toast.  I kind of felt like Panda Puffs with a banana and rice milk.  And then, somehow, my mind went to: just have the walnuts (that were ready to go in the fridge because I had planned on eating Dragon's Way and stocked up on ingredients over the weekend).

So, I toasted some walnuts on the stove, drizzled them with honey, and munched.

I have a list of items for today.  I've done one already which was to bake bread (technically, it will be done, the bread is in the machine as I type).

My working on taxes will have to shift a bit because I did not get the response I needed from my bank about a figure I need from them.  Hopefully, Cap will have that number for me by day's end.  I can get started on the state form and Danielle gave me a heads up about a new schedule M that is causing confusion.

I feel restless.  I can feel a heat rising inside.  Is it a resistance to going back to the list?  Or is it a desire to get back to the list?  

A playdate at a nearby playground has materialized overnight.  I want to add it to my list, but does that mean I should subtract something, taking a cue from one of the books?  I should try that rather than continue feeling a bit queasy and indecisive about whether to go or not.

2 comments:

Julie_c said...

Good luck with your taxes. We used an accountant this year. It feels so good to have someone tell me what to do. I am absolutely LOST in the world of taxes.

shirley said...

Thanks, Julie. Our taxes are pretty straightforward. I've been doing them now for 3 or 4 years and I learn more and each year. They are quite persnickety which requires flexibility and patience to deal with... The IRS is all confused because we file jointly and last year I must have reversed the order of our names which caused a major glitch in their system.