Im not Keen, but certainly interested

(Blue) Nervous system
(Green) Digestive & excretory system
(Red) Circulatory system
(orange) Respiratory system
(Yellow) Reproductive system

1 Fang (chelicera)
2 Venom gland
3 Brain
4 Pumping stomach
5 Forward aorta branch
6 Digestive cecum
7 Heart
8 Midgut
9 Malphigian tubules
10 Cloacal chamber
11 Rear aorta
12 Spinneret
13 Silk gland
14 Trachea
15 Ovary (female)
16 Book lung
17 Nerve cord
18 Legs
19 Pedipalp

Today seemed to be a day where I just kept bumping into Spiders. I admit;it certainly isn't a favourite past time of mine but I couldn't help thinking there was some meaning behind it all.

Let me just clarify here. I woke up . There was a spider on my ceiling. Not too big.Easily manageable. I got to work and went to make a cuppa. Spider on the tap. Small. Kind of cute and certainly manageable. Okay , so a switch goes off in my head. Hmmm 2nd spider of the day. Interesting, but forgettable.

I drive to other office at work and pull over randomly behind a parked car to take off my thongs (shoes for those of you who are not living in Australia) which are slipping on the clutch while I drive. There dangling like a huge moster/ beauty/fine specimen of its type......whatever you would like to think of these 8 legged creatures ; is the biggest huntsman I have ever seen. Just hanging out, dangling from the tow port on the back of the car that I just happen to randomly pull in behind.NOT FORGETTABLE.

Brain is definitely now aware that spiders are the theme of the day.I make a perfunctionary vague gaze around my own car (insides of car , as there is no escaping if one decides to land on my lap or lollop onto my head while a swinging from its silky rope from my rear view mirror while I am in the act of driving at 100kms an hour, but also vague because one is not really wanting to look too hard just in case the very thought of thinking it will make it suddenly appear in front of me)

Anyway 3 sightings in a short space of time. Gets me thinking. Whats the symbolism. I get home and take a look and I find this lovely picture. Well, that one up there.
fascinating truly fascinating. Now I truly understand why I am wary of these creatures.Wouldn't you be if you realised its Trachea was in its arse????

And Malphigian tubules.............well to quote Wikipedia

Most spiders convert nitrogenous waste products into uric acid, which can be excreted as a dry material. Malphigian tubules ("little tubes") extract these wastes from the blood in the hemocoel and dump them into the cloacal chamber, from which they are expelled through the anus.[6] Production of uric acid and its removal via Malphigian tubules are a water-conserving feature that has evolved independently in several arthropod lineages that can live far away from water

And then theres the Pedipalps..................well I never................
those pincery thingy-me-bobs have a proper name...........Fascinating truly fascinating.

So I feel good. I got to know something that I disliked a little better today.

I got to know something that scares me, and maybe wont scare me so much the next time......... if I can rationalise that its an 8 legged creature with Pedipalps, ovaries and Malphigian Tubules............I won't hold my breathe but it was still fascinating!

The year

Its not a resolution.
I dont do resolutions!
I have decided to rename them VISIONS.
My visions for the upcoming year

1. Good Health.I envisage resolving the headache I have had for the last 5 months.

2. Lots of Bodywork-I am severly lacking in good therapeutic touch.

3. Non escalation-I dont want to dramatise issues.I dont want to get caught up in the rising tensions of issues.I plan to observe them and not attach myself to drama.If someone wants me to attach myself to thier drama it just aint gonna happen.I am working on supporting and letting go. Myself and others.

4. Nurturing self. Quiet time. Time doing nothing. This nothing time often becomes reflection and inspiration time.

5. A healthy relationship with myself,family and friends and hey possibly even a man.The man part had been put on the back burner for sometime due to Uni and ill health,but it would be very nice to develop a relationship with a man who respects my boundaries, is independent, caring and talented in dealing with me!

6. I will qualify this year as a Dr of Acupuncture.This is very exciting but there is alot to organise in the way of registrations and new homes and I am hoping some good time to take a break and see some long awaiting friends from afar.

7. Creating positive inner chatter.

8.I have a new job!!! I am now a P.A to a succesful Hypnotherapist and business owner of "Simply Natural Therapies".This is a wonderful opportunity for me to further my experience in the field of Alternative therapies.It also means I dont work in hospitality anymore! Yehaw.....something I have been working towards for a while now! Thank you Thank you Thank you!

9. Affluence/Abundance on all levels.

10.Positive mental attitude about me and life.Sadly life this year has battered me around a little and its eroded away my vitality on a physical and mental level.This needs restoring.

Okay thats enough to be going on with. I have fixed these things in my mind and have put them out there. This is going to be a big year for me. Lots of endings and some bloody big beginnings!
Happy Happy New Year!