Yesterday, Mari and I went shopping. I just read in her blog about how she feels that we accumulate too much stuff. I agree with her, but at the same time, I'm just beginning to enjoy this new found ability to put on a new personae now that I'm able to fit into more and different kinds of clothes. I can re-invent myself every day. I still don't always know who that person is when I try on a new personae, but I'm trying to get used to the idea that it's ok to do this. That it's not a betrayal of who I am, and have been. I know. Maybe I'm making too much of nothing, but all of this does seem real to me.
I've got the dogs tied up outside right now. I'll be glad when I can get a dog fence to keep them in and I don't have to keep them tied down. It'll be good for them, and it'll be good for me.
Yesterday, in addition to going shopping, Ken helped me collect gopher dirt for my raised garden bed. So far I've got one bed filled 3/4 full. It was a lot of work and it'll take even more work, but I just can't bring myself to pay money for dirt. It just feels wrong. I'm also getting a good work out collecting all this dirt. I know Ken is frustrated that he can't lift, but we don't want to have to take him back for more surgeries this spring. One hernia a year is plenty. I hope he realizes that I appreciate his company and the use of his truck and other equipment. By the way, gopher dirt is great. It's very clean and fine. I should be thanking the gophers as well.
Obviously I didn't pay enough attention to last night's blog since I bought another purse today....you know, the Robin's egg blue one that I told you about yesterday. Kenzie's using my orange one so I don't have to find a place to store it!! I really like your idea of trying on new personae just as you would try on different clothes. I think it's wonderful to constantly reinvent ourselves.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but I don't see it necessarily as a simile or even a metaphor. I think with different clothes, I am to an certain extent trying on that new persona. When I'm wearing a soft and frilly frock, I am more of a girly girl. When I'm wearing jeans and a t-shirt, I'm more of a tomboy. You could probably gauge my mood pretty accurately by what I'm wearing...and maybe that's where that sense of being a poser comes in. When I'm not wearing the clothes that suites my mood. But then again, I just might be full of shit.
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