I started a post earlier today and went to post it and the wifi went goofy, so I lost the post... anyway, going to try again.

Some things I do to cope:

I love walking on the beach. I live about a 10 minute to the beach and I walk and walk. Sometimes for miles. I take lots of photos of waves, sun reflecting on the water. Which I post very often to my Facebook. I just recently bought a new camera. Just a cheap digital because I have bad habits of leaving them on beach towells and a wave gets them. I can't even begin to tell you how many cameras I have lost. And this one took me 6 months of scaping together a few dollars here and there to get.

I love my gemstones. I have about 1000 kts in many different types of stones ranging from topaz, diopside, tansanite, amathyst, rubies, champagne diamonds. I took them all out of the gem trays and put them on a saucer. (to sort again) and I just love hearing them clank together and I take them out in the sun and just watch them sparkle and shimmer. Beautiful!

I also collect rocks and crystals. I am very energy sensitive and love the way they feel. I have huge quartz pieces all over - amathyst, citrine. Almost everywhere. Love them.

I enjoy going to park right near me and swinging on the swings. I do that often. And climbing monkey bars. lol. I am 47 years old and sit on top of monkey bars, hang upside down (like that too). I climb trees. Used to rock climb quite a bit before I started having kids.

And I listen to lots of music. All kinds but I do not like opera. Can't handle it. Today has been a Van Morrison day. Other days I get iinto jazz or classical, hip hop, country. It all depends. I don't watch tv unless it is a movie I have. The kids have gotten used to life without cable.

I read. A lot. I have favorites which I read over and over.

I also learn things. One of the most recent is the periodic chart. Taught myself how to read it and draw diagrams of mollecular structures. I have also taught myself to sew by hand. I would used news paper and make patterns then sew things. I have made several tops, pants and a few dresses. I collect fabrics too. If I like te print. I have maded myself a book of just fabric textures of fabrics I like. Can't deal with some fabrics. I also embroider a good bit and have a large collection of embroidery floss which I like to sort. (lol)

I have learned how to play board games because my kids enjoy them. I don't but since they do. The only game I could ever play well as a kid was chess. I got pretty good.

And I do belly dancing. The movements of the dances are usually slow enough that I can almost keep up with the vidoes. I am not good, but do enjoy it.

Basically, I just keep myself either mentally or physcially very busy.