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The Universe has a way of forcing me to do what I should. I work a full time job 3rd shift and am in the process of starting up my own massage practice on the side. I also have 3 children to raise. Fortunately, they are all school age now. I keep crazy hours, normally not sleeping more than 3-4hrs a day.



At last, the holidays have arrived. I have a week off from my full time job and what happens? I get sick! I never get sick. Rarely do I get sick. *rant*



I had grand plans of cleaning and organizing my house this week. What have I accomplished? Laying on the sofa. However, it did force me to slow down, get some much needed sleep, and spend quality time playing board games with my kids.



As I sit here still blowing my nose, I'm trying to look at this as a blessing and not as a curse. With me, colds start in my stomach and work their way up. I'm gradually getting my voice back and still....blowing......my.....frackin'......nose. It should be just about over.



Have a safe and happy new year to all who read this! Blessed Be!

I've posted in the forum about a situation I am finding myself in. A good friend of mine we'll call ML, who I worked with at the phone company for 6yrs before she retired, owns a Celtic/metaphysical type store. She's been in business for about 11yrs. I've helped her out by working in the store (not for pay), dropping off her deposits regularly, running errands, I even created and printed brochures for her store.



A woman who we'll call D, who once was a friend of hers but no longer, opened up her own place 1/2 block down. Her's is more of a healing center with a healing room, classroom, and some retail. They do overlap in selling a few of the same items, but hers is more of a 'Woman Spirited' place.



A bit of back story....when I started massage school, ML said she'd clean out a room for me to work out of when I graduated. I graduated in March, the room is still a mess.



D offered to let me rent the room and pay by the hour that I use it. It's really an ideal situation for me just starting out. Plus, her marketing has been getting me clients.



Now to the dilemma....another mutual friend who was supposed to be part of D's store ended up backing out and apparently it wasn't pretty. The two haven't spoke since. One other woman pulled out before the store opened, and claimed that she saw D standing in the window of her store pointing a voodoo doll type thing at ML's store. Also, apparently D has been saying nasty things about ML and has claimed she will put ML out of business.



I've not heard or seen anything that D has supposedly been saying or doing firsthand. She's not said anything negative about ML to me. Two of my friends, including the one that backed out of D's place, have claimed to be visited by a 'demon' which, according to a healer person they know, was sent by D. According the healer I've been seeing regularly for years, I've not been marked, but there is something bad going on with my friends.



My friends think I should leave D's place. They are putting me on the spot, making me feel that I'm being disloyal to ML. I don't do anything except rent a room at D's place. I'm not involved with any other part of that place, nor do I talk about my friends at ML when I'm there.



How far would you go to remain loyal to a friend? Would you give up your part time job that you love and the $$ associated with it to be 'loyal'? Where is the line drawn?

I work 3rd shift and have a lot of time to ponder things. Today's pondering, "Choosing between what is easy and what is right."



Yes, I know it's a theme from "Harry Potter". Yes, I know I should be ducking from the rotten tomatoes. But where else can I be myself but here? Isn't everyone on here as an outlet for them to just be themselves? Oh yeah, and for the love of vampires.



Anyway, back to the pondering. I was just realizing how this comes up so much in my daily life in small, or epic proportions.



For example: I was at the grocery store and I picked up packets of Koolaid. To keep them from falling through the cart I placed them under my purse, not realizing I had done that until I was loading my groceries into my car. What would've been easy? Of course just throwing them in the bag and going on my merry way. What was right? Going back into the store and paying for them. Understanding the law of Karma, I went back in and paid for them.



Now for epic proportions. I was in a marriage for 11yrs. 8yrs into the marriage, my husband decided to quit his very well-paying job. 3yrs later, still unemployed and not really looking for a job. I can support the family, but am growing unhappier in an already rocky marriage by the minute. What would've been easy? Staying married and continuing to support my family, dieing inside little-by-little. What was right? Claiming my life back, getting a divorce, and doing what I was meant to do. Yes it was a little rough on the kids at first, but I think it's much healthier for them to have divorced, happy parents than to have married parents that are miserable and fight all the time.



Ok, enough rambling for today. If you stuck with it, I thank you for listening. Blessed Be!