Oh, say can you see?

This weekend is the annual fourth of July bash at my friend's house - SO am looking forward to this... great friends, swimming, good food - and fantastic fireworks.  I have to say they rival the local displays and definitely kick most off the map.


The whole point of this...


to enjoy your time.
well, MY time.
I haven't been looking after myself as well as I should, mentally, anyway - working too much, stressing over things I can't change, Missing an ex who I shouldn't ever want to see again, driving myself into a flurry of stress related activities is NOT the best plan.  I need this time to relax, and I am taking it. 
I can't do much about him, nor can I stop the working.  (bills, ya know - they get testy when they don't get paid) but I can learn, on this my 40th year of existence, to chill out and take it as it comes.


I did decide to take my artistic endeavors back, entering photo's into competitions, even if I place, it is a giant step for me.  It's something that I love to do, and I like what I see in the camera.    So, in the spirit of Independence Day...

Celebrate your life and all who are in it... whether they are a past, a future or a now... you only keep the people in your life with whom you actually want to interact, even if it's only casually.  Enjoy them, they bring much love and pleasure to you.