My darling Posse! I know I’ve been punkish about replying to your comments – and I apologize. I’m fighting the re-onset of the symptoms that caused that surgery (hyst) and even though I knew this was going to be a SLOG! I really expected for everything to be sunshine and unicorns by now. Well… the unicorns are here – and they are poking that damaged nerve. Surgeon told me it would be likely – I mean, 40 years of being hurt doesn’t get fixed in a day – but it’s juuust enough discomfort to make me feel off-kilter. Mostly just cranky… but also out of sorts, with me having to make a real effort to manage daily things because … eh. Yoga and a whole lotta leg press is helping and this is NOT some Real Pain Drama – just irritating. So. I’m sorry. I’m just a puny, whiny pee-pants right now. I’ll get past this. Hopefully this very afternoon!
In the meantime, I haz musings. And I haz questions. Hopefully you’ll have answers!
Why don’t I have those eyebrows?
- When you are feeling puny, what do you wear? I try to break out of the No5 armor but… yeah, mostly No5. I thought it would be Mitsouko… but looking back, it’s always been No5. So be it. When you are feeling fragile (which is how I feel – I’m not in actual PAIN) do you reach for one of your standards? And I…think… I might’ve already asked you this but c’mon – tell all, again 😉
- When is ‘a lot’ too much? A few days ago I wore Amouage Dia. Body creme and edp. An elderly neighbor who was at Physical Therapy said (to a friend) ‘wow. She always smells so good – but today? She is wearing A Lot of Perfume! ‘ And I realized: I WAS! Amouage body creme is luxe! and very, very saturated with perfume. Alone, it’s just fine – fabulous, even. Top it with the edp? Boom! I thought I smelled Just Fine – but it was A Lot! At what point do you think ‘ooop! Maybe too much (?)’. Layering? 7 spritzes of perfume? (and no, I didn’t wear SEVEN spritzes of Dia – just 2 – but it’s Amouage. They don’t play. So maybe… yeah. A Lot.
- What I’m reading: I just picked up ‘A Whiff of Murder’ by Angela Sanders. Most of you will know her from NST – she’s a marvelous writer. I’m on page 5! and already I’m hooked.
- What I wish I hadn’t tried to read: Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett. It’s not poorly-written… it’s just… well, it’s like when my librarian friend read ‘Gone Girl’ and her response was ” omgosh! I wanted them ALL gone! I can’t believe that I hated Every Single Character in that book!”. I didn’t ‘hate’ anybody in the Cat Shelter book – I just… well… I kept trying but… I really couldn’t have cared less. So… I DNF’ed it! I find myself DNFing a whole lot of books these days, which is surprising. In the Jurassic Era that didn’t really seem to happen. But now? Eh. And I’m surprised that I am FINE with it! Life is unpredictable – and I don’t want to waste known time on a book I don’t care about. March and I discussed the differences therein – me? Couldn’t care less. But I have a friend (not her) who will doggedly slog through some tiresome tome… what say you? Are you a Finisher or are you a Nahmgood? What is the criteria for finishing/not finishing?
- Are you sick of my whining, prying ways? Probably ( Floyd knows I am! This discomfort is finally abating and Squeee! It comes and goes but as I said it’s not Pain – just me whining about a discomfort that I want Gone! So I’ll get over myself.
Hope the annoying not pain/pain goes soon Musette. It’s hard to be happy when your body is attacking, even in mild doses.
Surely there’s room for a Mitsouko change up sometimes?
DIA! It can be a monster. I bought the extrait and it could blow down your house. One of the few perfumes I wish was in a dab bottle.
Reading. I’ve long been a finisher but over the years there have been a couple that I DNF. I enjoy the matyrdom of trudging through something that does not engage me. It’s like penance for all the wonderful in my life.
NOT sick of anything you write. I look forward to it. A snapshot of your life.
HUG
Portia xx