Friday blues. The nice shades. Not the gonna bring you down blue but a bunch of light up your sky blue. It’s the final day of photo color week, and I must say it ended on a high note.

We got out of work early, so I took a walk over to check out a secondhand furniture store I’d read about. They had some cool stuff, but sadly nothing that I could categorize as a need. No worries, though, because it has been an absolutely beautiful day and I got all kinds of pretty blue photos.

When I got off the bus I took an opposite turn from usual, pointing me towards the water instead of home. I’d always been curious to see how it connects around. It was the perfect day to give it a go, without a tummy growling for dinner or a cold fog lingering about. Within steps, I was at water’s edge. A dense fog was already settling in, blocking out Alcatraz completely and nearly doing the same to Golden Gate.

It was still so damn amazing, though. I walked along the edge and up a steep hill in to Fort Mason, where they’re setting up for the Slow Food festival this weekend. I’m pretty sure I just heard a sound check, so it seems I’ll be enjoying the music from here. I ventured in to Fort Mason a bit yesterday for Green Thursday, but not far. Today, I cut right through the heart of it, discovering huge sloping hills of grass under large palms with an amazing view of the water and marina area. Ah yes, it’s a beautiful place for a stroll.

My lungs definitely appreciated the clean sea breeze and fresh air. I could breathe so clearly without any urge to cough, a foreign feeling at this point. Even with taking some sleeping pills, I’ve barely slept the last 2 nights. I think I’m on the final stretch, though. At least, I hope so.

Work has been great all week. I’ve been very vocal about how much I’m enjoying what I’m doing. The team is really cool as well. The lead developer gave me some nice props today, which is always appreciated.

All my efforts to maintain a positive outlook and literally not sweat the small things are really starting to pay off. It takes unveiling your inner humility to a great degree, which is not always an easy task. But even just walking around taking photos today, I didn’t have anxiety. It’s so great to start to feel comfortable. This morning I read about the Dali Lama’s view on loneliness, a feeling he claims to never experience. It was insightful. I have to say I think I’m doing pretty well at not feeling that way, but even he said, it’s necessary for humans to make bonds with others for inner happiness. I suppose I need to work on that, but like him, I seem to ease my lonely feelings by noting commonalities with strangers. It’s not a real bond but it does count as something, he agrees.

Ah, but I’m going to try to rest up and get over this illness. I’d like to enjoy parts of the long weekend, hopefully with a drive somewhere up the coast. But it may just have to be a walk down the street unless my energy level increases :) Anyway, have a lovely holiday weekend, my faithful, somewhat imaginary readers.

Check out all my color week photos here