Out of the blue

[vaneramos]

Paula just called to ask whether I am available to work for her for a few days. She is a good friend of good friends, a pleasant denizen of my wider circle with whom I share mutual admiration, but we are both strong introverts so affection has never drawn us closer. Actually she is one of my favourite people. Paula is the archetypical "soft butch", as I remember quirkstreet calling it. She carries an aura of patience and calm assurance. People who know her well respect her.

She is a landscape architect who grew tired of working in a firm and left her job to start her own business doing the kind of landscaping that feels worthwhile. When she mentioned it six months ago, I remember saying that if she ever needed help, I would love to work for her.

So I suppose this is one of her first jobs, and she needs help loading dirt and gravel. I seem to have earned a reputation for willingness to do heavy stuff. That's fine with me (maybe I am the other side of soft butch). It will take three or four days. Tomorrow I need to buy a pair of decent work boots.

There is so much good stuff coming out of the blue this week, I think I'll go cry now.

Comments

[inishglora.livejournal.com]

Things sometimes come in threes. Who knows what good stuff number three will be? :o)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I asked myself, "What else could it be?" But neither of these things could I have foreseen.

[inishglora.livejournal.com]

Don't ask, is my advice. Just let it come when it wills. :o)

[hickbear.livejournal.com]

Good on you. You so, so, sooooooooo deserve all of this, sweetie!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks Mike. What you deserve is a wonderful holiday. Say hello to the Atlantic for me.

[hickbear.livejournal.com]

Gladly! In fact, I'll try to do that tomorrow afternoon. ;-}}}}

[bixie.livejournal.com]

this is wonderful! I'm so happy for you about the apartment as well.

I hope I don't jinx things by observing that your knitting project seems to have landed you in the flow of your life quite nicely.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting observation, one I was wondering about myself. It is certainly channeling my creative energy and forcing me out of my comfort zones a litt.e

[susandennis]

I love that your 'ship is coming in'. I hope you can take time to wallow in the nice of it all.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's one of my biggest challenges: to concentrate on what's on my plate today and let tomorrow worry about itself!