Nothing to See Here

Hey, gang! Welcome to my life – where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems. I’m Freedom and I’ll be your host, coming at you from within the depths of Geistopia. 

DOC: Velcum To My Life ees a prochect, un experiment in Life unt ART. A living storyboard, if you will. Its premise ees zat life ees experiential, unt zat you can, unt do, experience ze life you choose. It ees based on Ze Veel of Life unt Ze ARTs for Ze New Millennium as life building tools. Ja, it’s true! 

WALT: Welcome to my Life is a Geist…House Players Production, in association with the Center for Creative Inspirationalism. JustUs Productions, the parent company, would like to give a ‘Shout-Out’ to the following for their ongoing, and oft-times unknowing, inspiration and support:

Princess Cuddlebug

Princess Sunshine

Company

The Shaman

The Pillar

F’n Bob

The Entire Putt-Putt-Putter Clan

The Warden

FaeriePrincess

Professor Siggy Chong

Sparky Wentz-eclaus

The VanMan and General Ralph Glossop, and Craze (may they R.I.P.)

The Messengers of The Galactic Federation

 Looch

BJ & The Bull

Ace

Bert-On

The Baker of the Cornbread

Andy Pandy

The Mudder

Wilson

Zason

St. Diane & You (5)

Brother John & Sister Jen

The Bee Man

Spooky Queen

Boom-Boom Snuffbox

The Nameless One

Tim-Bo

The Mayor & The Turkey Man

The Rox

PDT

Sir Richard Slouch

The Wix-ians

The Socialite

The Village of Idiots

Piz-Niffer

Dancing Queen

Downtown Encyclopedia Brown

Chicken Witch

Dick Pointer

Soup, the Son

The Legendary Pink Elephants

Baby-Mama Rabbit

Wisconsin Belle

The Babes

Aaaand, of course, a very generous sponsor who (not-so-much) wishes to remain anonymous.

It is…Sunday, November 3, Two-Thousand and Twenty-More. Time...Defining

The Post

 Another week come and gone. They go by so fast anymore. My mind can't keep up with them. The thing is - so much seems to happen in them. But, when I get to the end of the week I can't seem to recall anything.

I know it was a good week. They're all good weeks. I hesitate to say it because I don't want to jinx it. But they have been good. I mean, overall, the year has been good. There have been slumps, but nothing like I went through last year. Plus, I see hope for the future. I just have to get through these next 9 weeks. (That's an interesting number, isn't it?)

Financially, the week wasn't as strong as I was hoping, but it is all still workable. I just didn't account for things - such as Samhain and the New Moon. They were right back to back and both took a lot out of me. I'm not complaining. It was all very necessary. On Samhain, I was able to soak. And the next day on the New Moon, I was able to sneak in a tea ritual. I needed both. I also realized that I need to start making more time for such things.

All things considered, even my shortages weren't terrible this week. I came up about $50 short which is what I had started to anticipate. I was also short my child support. I was actually short it last week and was trying to make it up this week. I knew even if I made it this week it would still be late. I didn't make it and that's ok. I have a chance to make up some, if not all, of it this coming week. One of two things is going to happen. Either he is going to call me in for a meeting - which I hope to have some money for - or he is not. In which case, I plan on paying double this month. But, I plan to make it up one way or the other.

That is one glimmer of hope. In all the years I have been paying support, anytime I missed it I couldn't make it up. It just had to get added to the arrears. [Arrears is the only saving grace for my conscience.]

Several weeks ago, I started pulling monies aside. It's not much. $96 a week. [Which is almost 10%.] I have managed to do so every week since I have started. The notion came because Sunshine has some extra-curriculars with the school. I only found out about the one because I received an email. The music department is going to NYC for a day. I want to help Mama with this but I can't pull the monies all at once. So, I decided to pull equal amunts each week.

As I thought on it and planned to put the plan in motion, I realized there were other things I could add to it. We're going to need heating oil through the winter. I needed to get Sunshine something for her birthday. [After I found out what she wanted.] I figured if I'mpulling extra monies aside maybe I should do it for herbals.

And, I lied to you, fellow Travelers, it was not Sunshine that kicked off The Savings. It was my impending deal with the IRS.

So that is the list.

As I said, I have pulled that money every week since I started. This is an accomplishment. In all of my life, I have never been able to consistently pull money aside. Once Upon Ago, I didn't care about such things. And, when I did, I was making enough money on a regular basis to maintain it. I would pull money aside and then use it.

Don't get me wrong. I've used this as I've gone along too. I needed herbals a few weeks back. And then it was time to get the first round of oil. I did get Sunshine's gift as well, but that needs to be redone. [Don't ask.] With all of that, I still have about $64 pulled aside.

I have plenty of use for the money moving forward. By Thanksgiving I will give Mama the first 3rd of all of those monies [which covers my half of the NYC trip.] Big 'D' helped us out with the first round of heating oil because our original plan has been delayed indefinitely. So, in the next few weeks, I will have that repaid. I'm going to use some of the pull aside money for Christmas.

In January, I gain an extra $50 per week. I've been earning it since July to add to the rent. That deb will be caught up on January 5. After that, I just need to keep making it. That will be an extra $200 per month to work with. On top of that, Cuddlebug and I have had an arrangement with the car insurance. I have been paying $40 a month towards her portion of the insurance. This was so I could pay her back for things she has helped with or bought. In January, that will come to an end. The insurance as a whole is going to be cheaper each month. So, I told her that I would pay half of the total premium. This still saves me $20 per month.

If I can use that money, plus The Savings - as well as any other creative methods with which I imagine - I may even be able to get The Mechanic bill reconciled in the first few months of next year. Of course, this is dependent on whether or not I need any other major work before then.

If I can accomplish that and keep managing the funds the way I have been, then by April I should be seeing an $420 a month plus the $96 per week I am putting aside. There is a lot I can and need to do with that kind of money. It won't suddenly be luxeries for me. [Maybe by the end of Twenty Twenty-Jive.]

Some time ago, I mentioned that I wanted to see more balance with my income making and my home life. I havebeen seeing that happen. Slowly. But it is happening. I am home more these days. I am getting little things done here and there. I am adding things like ritual and meditation back into my routine.

Little by little it is coming together and suddenly I find that I may understand the '3Year' plan a little better. I can see it in the numbers. I can see it in the bits of advancement. 2022 was The Void. 2023 was '1' - the year of the self as I got myself situated and settled. This year was all about partnership - with Cuddlebug as well as Spirit.

Twenty Twenty-Jive should be all about creative energies.

I don't know if I mentioned that I did a reading last week. I enjoyed that. It was nice to set up and use the Spirit Room that way.

Friday, I had a little adventure. The Mechanic had a customer that needed a part urgently. I got paid $160 to run to Newark, NJ and back. That made my day on Friday and I was able to spend the evening at home. Sunshine had come up and I made dinner and then she did homework and I worked at things like laundry.

She came up so that we could continue our yearly tradition of watching Nightmare Before Christmas. We always watch it on or about Halloween. Then that is considered my first Christmas movie of the season and I can begin that journey. I have watched my second - The Love Boat: Christmas Cruise.

I have to be careful. it's too soon to watch anything too magickal. There are actually plenty of choices. However, many of them require renting and I am not currently at that point. Plus, I must consider certain order to things. For instance, there is a trio of movies that I watch on Thanksgiving Day as I decorate the tree.

I spend Thanksgiving alone. The girls leave for dinner with their mother's family around noon. We do breakfast together. Once they leave, I set to decorating the main Christmas tree. This was always Craze's job at the holidays. So, I watch some of his favorite movies - The Man in the Santa Claus Suit, Home ALone, and It's a Wonderful Life. It's like my little tribute to him.

I think that is all the thoughts for now. I have been in a haze these past several days and I imagine that as we inch closer and closer to the holidays that will only get worse. But, for the better, of course.

I do not know what the story is. I do not know which parts to capture at the moment. I am going to continue on as I have been doing for so long now. And we will see what develops along the way.

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Wherever you are and whenever you are – Like, Comment, and Share – we’re on a Journey and it takes you to get there.

So, without hesitation, for now and for always, from here in Geistopia, this is your beloved Rev…

WALT: And Walt…

DOC:  Unt Doc…

JOHNNY: Aaaaand Johnny…

And those guys, saying, “Stay Tuned-In, Fellow Travelers,” and wishing you Peace, Love, Light…

WALT: And Freakishness, Baby.

The Totems & Archetypes

from Ted Andrews’ Animal Speak