Cosmic Sunflower

I love madalas. Every since I found the Bee for Bliss mandala, I’ve looked at many many different ones. This is the latest addition to my collection and it is called the Cosmic Sunflower.

 

Just to catch you up on what madalas are, here is a Wiki link to read up. MANDALAS

This week has been pretty busy. As I stated briefly in a mobile blog post, I’m about to embark on business trip across country. I’m going to Seattle, WA and Los Angeles, CA to visit my top two customers. I’ll be gone five days and four nights, flying on five different airplanes (I hop to Atlanta, then Seattle, stay for a day, hop to LA, stay for a day, hop back to Atlanta, then finally home). I leave September 4th.

My father-in-law has been in the hospital, but he is out now. They still don’t know what is wrong. He is having some kind of scope procedure done on Monday. The bleeding has gotten better, the hope is that he was attempting to pass a stone…rather than prostate problems or even cancer.

Hubby’s back procedure went well. I fussed at him for doing too much so soon after it (he was mowing the yard the very next morning – crazy man). But he seems to be doing fine. Those steriod injections can be sneaky. Make you feel like you can do anything and then before you know it, you’ve done more damage to your back.

The kids have been sick with some kind of stomach bug. Eddie has toughed it out and stayed in school. Ellie missed a day and has a ton of catch up work to do. I’m feeling really oogy myself this morning, but I’m hanging in there. I cancelled movie night with my gal pal Tara. I didn’t want to risk passing this mess along, even if I did feel better by that time.

So that is the summary of the week.

Cascada – Evertime We Touch

There are always songs that speak personally to us. This is just one of many that I’ll be adding to my music section. Let me know what you think!

Updating My MP3 Player

I’ve been working on updating my MP3 player this morning. I need to freshen up my music and change things around. One of my favorite groups is Evanescence. I don’t know what about this I like. Just kind of dark and brooding and sometimes it really fits my mood. Maybe because I’m bipolar and I can relate to so many of the songs they have. Especially “Lithium”.

Lithium, don’t want to lock me up inside.
Lithium, don’t want to forget how it feels without…
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.
Oh, but God, I want to let it go.

Come to bed, don’t make me sleep alone.
Couldn’t hide the emptiness, you let it show.
Never wanted it to be so cold.
Just didn’t drink enough to say you love me.

I can’t hold on to me,
Wonder what’s wrong with me.

Lithium, don’t want to lock me up inside.
Lithium, don’t want to forget how it feels without…
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow.

Don’t want to let it lay me down this time.
Drown my will to fly.
Here in the darkness I know myself.
Can’t break free until I let it go.
Let me go.

Darling, I forgive you after all.
Anything is better than to be alone.
And in the end I guess I had to fall.
Always find my place among the ashes.

I can’t hold on to me,
Wonder what’s wrong with me.

Lithium, don’t want to lock me up inside.
Lithium, don’t want to forget how it feels without…
Lithium, …I want to stay in love with my sorrow
I’m gonna let it go.