Reunion Sale!

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First - is it really Friday?

I texted a friend of mine this morning wishing him a happy Friday and he texted me back saying - uhh yeaaaaaa, happy friday 2morrow.

hmmm.

That made me stop. Well, not really, red light turned green, I was now moving along in my car, so no stopping, no replying..........but I did think - really think.

What day IS it?

I thought I woke up the other day??? Remember? So I can't still be asleep.

Can I?

no. no. no. I'm positive its Friday.

As positive as I was that my high school reunion was tonight.

Ummmm, no. I apparently got that in my head back when I WAS still asleep.

In the land of the awake, the cognizant....the ORGANIZED - the reunion is TOMORROW night.

Great.

But not really.

My daughter's birthday dinner is tomorrow night.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I may not be able to attend the 25th re...uh, did I just really put that out there?

ok, yes, its been 25 years since I graduated high school. and I haven't been to a single reunion thus far and was REALLY looking forward to this one.

I might still be able to make it, but I'm wondering....

its 25 years later.

Just how late do we party these days?

I don't know what time daughter's dinner will be over, gifts unwrapped, cake eaten; but I'm a little concerned it may be later than 'we' still party.

Or maybe I'm the only old fogey in the bunch who can't burn the candle at both ends anymore.

I'm not sure I even have a candle to burn and if I do, I'll probably put it on the cake.

I can't seem to keep track of anything anymore.

so, I may see some old (and new) friends tomorrow night - but its looking a little unlikely at this point.






However, in honor of the 25th.....I'm giving a discount on all items in my Etsy shop to all of my old friends - if you know the mascot of the high school that I attended, just enter it in the notes to seller section and receive 15% off your total order.

Starting today and running through the end of August.

And if you didn't go to high school with me or grow up with me......but you know me from the net -- well, maybe you can figure it out. If you're resourceful. :)

I just put some 'nib' earrings in the shop - in 'leaf' and 'freeform' styles.

I also just put up a cool pair of earrings featuring dalmation stone which is a cool spotted form of jasper.

and finally, new in the shop today - a brooch that my daughter Jessica helped me design!

Check them out as well as the other work in my shop - I've been slowly adding items. Also, I'm extending the sale to any custom work ordered between now and the end of August. :)

Happy Friday!
~Janice

Looking through photos

This is a random photo I took at the beginning of summer

This is several months prior

I needed that.

you awake?

Well, are you?

How do you know?

That seems like a no-brainer, right?

Of course you're not sleeping!

You're sitting somewhere.

A plane, a train, a car. Or maybe in your kitchen, cubicle @ work, or a coffee shop.

You have a computer.

You're READING.

You're THINKING (thinking what the heck is this girl talking about..) and so OBVIOUSLY you are awake.

But are you really?

I mean, not, are you really AWAKE, but

are you

REALLY awake?

Or are you going through life asleep?

Sort of going through the motions each day, one day turning into the next - many much the same as the one before.

I don't know but I think I've been sleepwalking (again). I'm pretty sure I've done it before although no one has ever said anything about it.

See, My son and I watched Percy Jackson, The Olympians the other night.

Fun movie for a 9 year old boy.

At one point on his quest, Percy and his friends enter a casino in Vegas and are eating lotus blossom treats. Little do they know that they treats are lulling them into a sort of semi-conscious state of sleep.

They are awake, but not really aware. They are enjoying life (like REALLY enjoying life) but they are blissfully (?) unaware of the world around them and how time is passing. In a sense, they are sleepwalking. They spent 5 days in the casino and thought is was hours.

And it hits me.

I sleepwalk too.

There have been times in my life where I 'wake up' and am surprised by where I am or what I'm doing, but more than that, I'm surprised at what I HAVEN'T done.

And I think - WHOA, how'd it get to be August? Or the end of summer? Or when did my boy turn into a young man?

Or dang, what DID I have to eat for lunch today?

Silly, it was a fruit salad.

Orrrrrrrrrr, was that yesterday? (ok, so I'm raw and in all likelihood, its every day. but you get the idea)

of course, it could just be that I'm getting old.

But time flies by at an alarming rate, and sometimes, quite frankly, I think I'm missing it.

In the movie, Percy hears his father's voice coming to him and it gently nudges him awake.

So he can get back to the task at hand, so he can APPLY himself towards his goal.

I need to get back onto the task at hand, move consciously towards my goals.

How about you?

helloooooo, You awake?