There Is Fun To Be Had

An old friend texted me recently that he was bored, he said he had been sitting around playing to much solitaire and watching to much porn.  I somehow missed the opportunity to say, "aren't those two the same?" I suggested he take a drive, and a couple of days later he sent me a picture of Lake Superior, about an hour from his home. 

I have been cooking a lot recently.  I love to cook, I have more time to do so.  

I have changed a lifelong bad habit of eating lunch at my desk and working through lunch, I have started taking a break and leaving my desk.  We have time to change old habits, establish new ones.  

I have taken the cars out for a drive.  You kinda need to do this, the battery in my grocery getter, died, from neglect.  The car had only been driven 98 miles since it was serviced and inspected in early January. If you are allowed to drive, get out and keep your battery charged, it will recharge your emotional battery as well. 

I have discovered the joys of delivery services.  I needed shower gel, with the new shower I am spending more time staying clean.  I went online, placed an order and right on "Target," it arrived at my door a few days later.  No standing in line, less collateral damage of things that just seem to jump into the cart when I am in the store.  The other afternoon I placed an order on Amazon Fresh, the next morning it arrived at my door before noon, and I didn't have to deal with the tight-dark parking garage at Whole Foods.  

I have been walking more, I am seeing things in the neighborhood, that I had not seen in a decade of living here.  I have started riding my bike again.  I really hadn't ridden in almost 6 years.  I do enjoy it, I need to be careful, but it feels wonderful to be riding again.  I just need the weather to be a little more consistent.  

I am reaching out to old friends.  I saw on Facebook that an old friend had been approved for tenure at the University of Kentucky and emailed her.  Gloria has had a long and tortuous history of good jobs gone bad, it was good to see that she finally got what she so deserves.  We joked back and forth by email, she is going to teach two more years then retire.  

Yes there is a lot of crap going on in the world right now.  But there are blogs to be read, and fun to be had.  Happiness is an inside job, not something that comes from outside.  Find your fun, and enjoy life, while we are here we might as well dance.  

What are you doing for fun?