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I’ve been having one of those periods where, around a hundred times a day, I think “I need to blog about that,” and then, when there’s time (and I don’t usually count 11 p.m., like now, as actually being a time when there’s time), I forget all about whatever I wanted to say. Harrumph.

So I’ll do my best with what I can scrounge up in the recesses of my mind. One thing I’ve been thinking about lately is the concept of presence. I read that bestselling book, Eat, Pray, Love (and promptly sold it used today on Amazon - yippee!), and really got caught up in the Praying part. The spirituality she described was very palatable to me, and jibed with my own thoughts and feelings on religion. But, despite her lack of adherence to any one particular religion, she found a path to being more connected with God, or whatever life force dwells within us all. And much of it — as in the “Power of Now” book — is about just being there… being present in the moment.

You may remember, way back when, that I tried to do some “mindful” eating based upon this principle. I tried to concentrate on what I was actually doing, as I put each bite into my mouth, asking myself along the way whether I was still hungry. That actually worked amazingly well, except for the part about my being way more hooked on eating mindlessly than I realized. These days, I’m eating in the car on the way to work, eating in front of the computer for lunch, and reading or watching TV at dinnertime. It’s a bit insane, really, but it’s true. The good (?) thing that’s been happening to me lately is that I’m getting a bit of acid reflux when I eat too much (which is nearly always), so that is what’s keeping me from diving into the ice cream that’s currently in my refrigerator. (Note to online grocery delivery company: Since when did it make sense to substitute the full-fat-and-sugar version of ice cream when the requested low-fat version is out of stock?)

So, things are bad, but they are also good. I’m going camping this weekend (dragging along the kid) with some co-workers. Just planning for that has been very cool. I’m starting a new web project (shhh!) that I think will be very cool when I make some progress. And the hubby and I are talking a lot more down-and-dirty about where we want to live and when we want to move. I’ve even been giving away clothes to charity and selling books online, in preparation for a move, sort of. The most exciting thing? Two people actually commented on this blog. You ARE out there! You ARE reading! You are AWESOME!

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