Yes - beer was involved....

This past weekend was a weekend to reflect. Recently life has kicked me square in the lunch box and just wanted to be at my happy place (cabin on the river). While there - beer was consumed. Good beer. Not a "light" to be found in the mix. Lots of beer (throw a couple of water glasses of vodka in to boot).

Then came the victim of the pent up anger.

Need to see pix of Vodka in Boot...

Drank it.

I allowed myself to laugh for the first time in awhile. Its good medicine.

No cabin in the woods, but we DO have an A-Frame on a lake, & while I would love to sit back with a beer once in awhile, I've got 16 years, 4 months & 25 days Clean & Sober, so I'll pass. Where's my coffee cup?

Jags, damn life continues to throw the curve balls......hope things can be patched up to whatever degree. It's all a matter of making it through another day - and beer has helped many billions with that!

But the old happy place - especially if it involves a lot of being outside - is even better. I thought about this today when taking the doggie out - it was a lesson I learned when I was about 17, but have not taken enough to heart. That is, I really only feel totally whole (or mostly) when I am in nature. Everything else is a compromise.

Oh, as if all that was not depressing enough - for you unbelievers, we are headed quickly toward the winter solstice - the lower energy time of year. It's quite natural to enter the reflective/depressive mode and it's also a time of year when things (health, etc.) tend to head downhill.

Sorry things haven't been going great Jags. Last year at this time I was getting a boatload of bad news. It seems to come at this time of year. Hope things brighten up for you. In the meantime a good brew or two will help.

Me, too. My height is too short for my weight

I got a cool scale that tells you your muscle weight and water percentage too - at least it puts things in perspective.