Day Two Hundred and Fifty-Four - Sunny Days

I have been working three days per week since April. I have tried to not let this stress me out too much as I have enough money to pay the bills and enough time to do volunteer work and also do some writing. And yet, the stress - she is inevitable. Joseph has been trying to encourage me to relax more and just enjoy my time off. I do try to do this [I swear] and I feel like if I do start having a good time I will likely be employed full-time in no time. Because life's like that. However, obviously there is a budget to my good timery. Today was a beautiful day and not the usual smog soup o' Toronto summer plus my hair takes a good three hours to dry inside so instead I relaxed in our backyard. See - I know it doesn't sound like much, but this is something I don't ever do. Also, I keep saying how I don't have outdoor space and I really don't. Kinda. I mean, there is outdoor space surrounding my door and here's the proof [this is taken from my back step].



And yet, I consistently do not go out there. We share the space with the other people that live in the house and I suppose I'm not very good @ sharing [okay, I know I'm not very good @ sharing - give me a break, I'm an only child]. If I can't have something to myself I find that I'm not very intersted. However I will admit that it was nice to just sit out there with a cool drink in the shade and it's something I'm more likely to do now that I've done it once. And yet, I totally scurried back inside when I heard approaching footsteps. A bit of sunshine apparently doesn't do much to warm up my social skills.