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Jan. 9th, 2026 12:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
riverlightIt's such a nice feeling to feel optimistic about the future. I'm in the middle of hitting "submit" on a job application that I am super qualified for and that would be a really great next step in my career (with a great salary). And I have one audition for a paid church singing gig scheduled, with another in the works.
Granted, I have felt super optimistic about positions that I've then not gotten… but, gosh, if this were to work out, my life would be a lot better!
Granted, I have felt super optimistic about positions that I've then not gotten… but, gosh, if this were to work out, my life would be a lot better!
Returning to childhood! Alas.
Jan. 5th, 2026 05:20 pmriverlightI'm at my best friends' house for the week, staying with them and being Auntie Riverlight for the next few days. And, man, this reminds me of childhood! Winters in Connecticut then were like what winters in Maine are now—bitter cold. And my dad kept the house cold (55°) as my friends do (60°). And there's the constant battle with the woodstove.
…And, alas, there's the tip-toeing around a man's volatile temper. ( Cut for details of poor parenting/men behaving badly )
I survived my childhood, and even thrived, and I love the person I am today. But that doesn't change the fact that I shouldn't have had to experience what I did, and neither should any other kiddo.
…And, alas, there's the tip-toeing around a man's volatile temper. ( Cut for details of poor parenting/men behaving badly )
I survived my childhood, and even thrived, and I love the person I am today. But that doesn't change the fact that I shouldn't have had to experience what I did, and neither should any other kiddo.
Happy 2026!
Jan. 4th, 2026 05:47 pmriverlightI swear, 2026 is a nonsense future year. Surely 2026 is a year when we'll have future marvels like super-tall skyscrapers and moon shuttles and flying cars—not a year I live in! And yet. Here we are.
It turns out I haven't posted here in, ugh, over a year. Historically, not posting meant I was too depressed to do more than the bare minimum of sustaining life—thank god that's no longer the case, and in this case I was just too busy and out of the habit of doing it, I guess.
But this year I've decided that one of my Year Goals is to post here at least 3 times a week, in service of staying in better touch with all y'all! I don't make resolutions, per se—I'm not really into the whole "optimize yourself" thing that seems to go along with the idea of resolutions, because they feel so open-ended: like, "get in shape!" is a resolution, and you just have to, what, do it every day for the rest of your life. No thanks! But the idea of making a goal for myself of the things I want to accomplish by the end of the year—that makes sense. So my Year Goals are: finish a draft of my novel, post here three times a week, and stay committed to my spiritual life/meditation practice. Not a bad list, I don't think!
Since it has been so long, here's the ( state of me in 2026 ).
So, that's that. And now I have to go play Scrabble with my nieces, who are demanding Auntie time posthaste.
It turns out I haven't posted here in, ugh, over a year. Historically, not posting meant I was too depressed to do more than the bare minimum of sustaining life—thank god that's no longer the case, and in this case I was just too busy and out of the habit of doing it, I guess.
But this year I've decided that one of my Year Goals is to post here at least 3 times a week, in service of staying in better touch with all y'all! I don't make resolutions, per se—I'm not really into the whole "optimize yourself" thing that seems to go along with the idea of resolutions, because they feel so open-ended: like, "get in shape!" is a resolution, and you just have to, what, do it every day for the rest of your life. No thanks! But the idea of making a goal for myself of the things I want to accomplish by the end of the year—that makes sense. So my Year Goals are: finish a draft of my novel, post here three times a week, and stay committed to my spiritual life/meditation practice. Not a bad list, I don't think!
Since it has been so long, here's the ( state of me in 2026 ).
So, that's that. And now I have to go play Scrabble with my nieces, who are demanding Auntie time posthaste.