YahYah’s Neighborhood

(Bekins, a moving company)

Season's changing. Doh. Autumn's soon here.

What I mean is the weather's shifting and my body barometer's registering it.

Every change of season, from warm to cold and cold to warm and in shifts that are subtle, even imperceptible, my body registers and gets sick. This morning I woke up under the weather, no pun intended. A barometer that sensitive's an asset even though it's a pain sometimes too and this is sorta one of those.

This week I've got two moving gigs. Other people's. Not mine, god no! I need a break! To stay put for 20 minutes for a change.

These are two women who responded to my ad on craiglist offering cheap moving help. I placed it to generate some cash and action but mostly because I'm a freak who genuinely likes helping people move.

When someone says, "I'm moving," I say "do you need help?" Typically I do so for free -- though a beer's always appreciated -- but now I need the cash so am attaching a fee far less than movers charge. I've moved so many times (approx. 35-40 last count) and know the work and chore it is.

The lady tomorrow morning is an hour's drive south in Olympia (so gas and drive time will be factored in). She's relocating a one-bedroom apartment from there to here and up two flights.

Her load includes a sofa bed. I was honest, said that's outside my capability -- if you've ever carried a sofa bed, it's dead weight x 100 -- but near anything else I can handle, I've moved a lot and am strong for my size and not afraid of hard work.

Lady No. 2, on Thursday, works for a staging company and needs furniture hauled into an apartment that'll serve as a model-showroom.

It's on the 6th floor and the elevator's supposed to be working by then. I wouldn't relish being on the other end of a couch going up six flights and for that kind of work I might want more pay but wouldn't go changing the rate on her and I'd do it if it needed doing and I could handle the weight.

Then she needs some help moving the pieces around for the display. I excitedly said that I've got a flair for that and would happily offer suggestions and input and my opinions and those would be free.

Just sucks having my body under the weather when I need it to be all healthy and muscley and energetic. So today I'm laying low; I see bed rest in front of the TV and attempts to stay warm and a bowl of chicken rice soup in the near future.

Season's changing. Doh. Autumn's soon here.

What I mean is the weather's shifting and my body barometer's registering it.

Every change of season, from warm to cold and cold to warm and subtle shifts, my body perceives and gets sick. This morning I woke up under the weather, no pun intended. A barometer that sensitive is an asset but the timing sucks.

This week I've got two moving gigs. Other people's. Not mine, god no! I need a break! To stay put for 20 minutes for a changes.

These are two women who responded to my ad on craiglist offering cheap moving help. I placed it to generate some cash and action but mostly because I'm a freak who genuinely likes helping people move.

When someone says, "I'm moving," I say "do you need help?" (Typically I do it for free -- though a beer's always appreciated -- but I need the cash so am charging a fee far less than movers charge.) Have moved so many times (about 35 at last count) so I know the work and chore that it is. Helping people move is like my perpetual good deed to people and the universe.

The lady tomorrow morning is an hour's drive south in Olympia, so in this case gas and drive time will be added in. She's relocating a one-bedroom apartment from there to here and up two flights.

Her load includes a sofa bed. I was honest, said that's outside my capacity. If you've ever moved one, you know how damn heavy it is! Like dead weight x 100. Outside that, I can handle most anything else, I told her. I've moved a lot and am strong for my size and not afraid of hard work.

Lady No. 2, on Thursday, works for a staging company and needs furniture hauled into an apartment that's serving as a model-showroom.

One on the 6th floor and the elevator's supposed to be working by then. I can say I wouldn't relish being on the other end of a couch up six flights but of course I'd do it if it needed doing and I could carry the weight.

Once that's done, she'll need a hand arranging the pieces for display. I excitedly offered that I've a flair for that and would happily give her input and my opinions and those would be free.

Sucks having my body under the weather when I need it to be all muscley and ox-like and energetic. So laying low today; I see bed rest and a bowl of chicken rice soup in my future.

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• 20:27 help red squirrels news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7652154.stm #
• 20:50 home, about to unpack - the colours in Cumbria were wonderful today in the sunshine after yesterday's torrential non-stop downpour #
• 10:37 updating, emailing, facebooking and blogging the meetings for the week #
• 11:02 7 Palin aides to testify in abuse-of-power probe tinyurl.com/3lvk95 #
• 11:32 china milk arrests tinyurl.com/3wn5j7 #
• 12:45 Three Europeans win 2008 Nobel for medicine tinyurl.com/3mrasv #
• 14:05 mmmmmm - Cranks recipe savoury carrot slice and braised brocolli #

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Cultivating the mind is very much like cultivating a crop. A farmer must know the proper way to prepare the soil, sow the seed, tend to the growth of the crop, and finally harvest it. If all these tasks are done properly, the farmer will reap the best harvest that nature allows. If they're done improperly, an inferior harvest will be produced, regardless of the farmer's hopes and anxieties. Similarly, in terms of meditation it is crucial to be thoroughly versed in the proper method of our chosen technique. While engaged in the practice, we must frequently check up to see whether we are implementing the instructions we have heard and conceptually understood. Like a good crop, good meditation cannot be forced, and requires cultivation over time.

~ B. Alan Wallace, Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up