Little Bits of This and That

I am just beginning to come out of my latest health problem which has been a bout of bursitis in the right hip. I am still having some pain walking but am very much improved from what I have been enduring the last two weeks. I am grateful because Lis arrived yesterday for her week long stay with me. I was actually able to be on my feet enough to cook dinner for us - nothing fancy but good taste and nutritious and we sat at the table and had cloth napkins.

We had a grand time last night watching the Suns beat the Spurs in game one of the second round of the playoffs.

We had a quiet morning - I did not see her until noon. Then we had a two hour conversation about Adya's teachings which was very stimulating. She is presently out shopping with Marth who came by after school. They are shopping for Amy's birthday.

Ame will have a pajama party here on her birthday - Friday. I had taken from her that she did not want a lot of fuss so thought we would probably have take out and a birthday cake and presents. But Lis likes to do things up in a big way and has offered to cook and decorate. This is all fine with me as long as I don't have to do more than appreciate it. Just don't have the physical energy for it.

I realized in pondering my preparations for her stay that my fatigue from the pain had eroded some of my planning energy. I did not ask her what types of food or drink she would like me to have in the house (I always do that for guests). It did not even cross my mind. She is an avid coffee drinker and I don't even have a coffee maker!

But I did change all the bed and bath linen and put out fresh kleenix and soap. And put a mint on the pillow. I realized that I had shifted from the over the top person that I used to be. I myself have given lots of fancy parties requiring lots of time and effort. That is just not where I am anymore. So I will benefit as will everyone else from her energy. She is a great party giver and a great cook and tremendously creative.

Saturday night we will go out to dinner with Jordan and a new friend of his from the Mankind group. This guy is a very talented poet and a singer who does professional gigs around the Valley. Taking account of how bright and interesting Lis is the dinner table conversation should be quite stimulating.

Thursday afternoon I am hosting Lis, Danny, Christy and Jen for tea. Lis might want to jazz that up a bit too. Tea for me is just tea and conversation. Then the five of us will go over to Julio's and join a large portion of the family for dinner. This is Jen's party and a way to see a lot of family without making individual plans. There are just too many of us for that. It gets very tiring.

There is great golf on this weekend starting on Thursday. I see no time for golf on Thursday but Friday Lis will go shopping again with Sara and maybe I can catch up and watch some of Friday as well. Saturday I should fit a bit in and maybe Sunday night.

As Sunday is Mother's Day Lis wants to make a nice breakfast and have Marth join us. Because my mother has died and Marth is the only daughter not a mother she and I have traditionally spent some time together on Mother's Day. Also Mike and family have come out to visit the past couple of years. About the only time I see them except for the major holidays. I always enjoy them and suggest we get together more often but it just does not happen.

We also have more basketball to fit in as the Suns play again on Wednesday night and then sometime on the weekend.

I will post some of Raymondo's poetry some time - the fellow we will have dinner with on Saturday. I think he has a lot of talent.

I am not presently doing any writing except for journaling and I don't even do that on a daily basis which used to be my habit.

Lis was questioning in our talk why some people are so stuck in their conditioning and others are able to get free and blossom. As I have pondered her question what comes up for me is simply that that is what is happening. We don't question why is the color blue, blue. It just is.

LIFE manifests in an infinite variety of ways. When we are limited to the egoic view of things they are right and wrong, good and bad, satisfying or unsatisfying etc. Getting outside of the egoic view things just are. Moment by moment - this, and this, and this.

We have been going down birthday alley for some time. We had Sara on Valentine's day followed by Jane, Marth, Lis, Flynn, Sharon, Connor, Max, Danny and we have coming up on the 7th Amy's 5oth. After Jordan on the 19th we have no one until late July.