Zeus' Palatial Blog

As Hera (my wife) is packing for her week away training for her new Ministry position I’m making sure I have my ducks in a row as far as my upcoming week is concerned. Usually I would be in charge of parenting only 3/4 of the time during any given week, but because of Hera being away I’ve had to make some slight changes in my schedules. I am looking forward to Hera’s new position which is much closer to home and will more evenly distribute parenting time, which will translate into less “uber” scheduling for me. Though I tend to have the boys more in any given week than Hera does we always ensure that she can take them to “special” things that I specifically avoid just so the boys and her have their own fun stuff to do together. To give you an idea I don’t take the boys out to eat. Hera on the other hand will get them fast food once a week for lunch as a treat. Finding the balance in family isn’t easy, but then again it isn’t easy with energy either. And as I’ve quoted before, “Nothing worth doing right is ever easy.”

The more I use this blog and reveal more about myself the more questions I’ve had flood into my e-mail. A recurring questions seems to wonder how I have time to accomplish my “psi appointments” if I’m always attempting to be available for family. The answer is quite simply usually. Since there is a group that looks after all of our “psi appointments” there are many that do not have children, or that are single. We schedule as best we can to make sure the non-children people are available for the hours when people like me would normally be having family time. The majority of my open schedule is during school hours, or after the boys are in bed. I can have someone stay at the house without issue once the boys are sleeping. Everyone remains happy since most single people would rather not be tied up for their nights and most family people would rather be available for their families during the day. Oh, that looks like balance too doesn’t it.

There must be some underlying message in today’s post regarding balance in life. I wonder if it’s important?

I’m just a little behind in my work these days. I have some major programs that are supposed to break out of their shell mid-Spring, so I’ve been hammering at them in an attempt to make them bullet-proof. I’ve found a new way to stay motivated enough to stay in my chair these days is a new workout routine (and psi appointments) in the morning so that I can work non-stop through the afternoon to dinner time. It doesn’t work every day because of scheduling, but more often than not it does. Knowing where I’m going and exactly how to get there helps thanks to my more recent dreams (read the Dream Course in the Circle).

I haven’t been focusing on psi these days as I’ve been playing around with dream time because of the Dream Course. It’s been a lot of fun especially since I’ve been sleeping a lot more than I usually do in order to get enough fuel to drive the course to the finish line.

In the real world it is tax time again and I’ll be inundated with taxes for the next week, or so. I have a pretty good handle on the issues and good reporting. Just the time needed to put the tax sheets together and pay what I owe is what I don’t have. Guess I’ll just use some psi to make time. (use #482)

We’ve wrapped up the second weekend of the two weekend Maple Syrup Festival and that means I’ve finished my 24 hours of talking. Record numbers came out this year for the horse tours (which I lead and give), so I actually ended up running a couple hours longer each day than usual. It’s a good thing someone had the foresight to completely clear those days. That marks the 16th year I’ve done the tours for the family and I’ve already been requested again for next year - talk about booking ahead.

Though I’ve been doing psi all week in between everything else that was on for March Break I’ve really been relegated to the more mundane things that I use psi for in everyday life like keeping tabs on people and figuring out what my sons are up to. I did get a chance to visit with some other Pure Energists since I’ve been out in the woods so much this week. We had a short gathering to discuss new projects et al and it was nice to see everyone again (I don’t always have the opportunity to visit as much as I’d like to).

I thought I’d gotten through my last appointment unscathed but as I’m sitting here typing for the first time in a couple of days I realize now that I’ve broken the baby finger on my left hand. You just never realize how much you use that finger until you need the “a” and shift keys. I suppose the little finger on my right hand may have been worse since that’s my “enter” finger. Oh well, just means I need to schedule in a healing cycle tonight before I get too engrossed in anything else.

This week coming looks to be pretty routine and then my wife heads off for training for a couple weeks leaving the boys and I to fend for ourselves. We’ve done it plenty times before, so it won’t be an issue it just means that I have to make my work schedule that much more flexible. Nothing worth doing is ever really easy … at least that’s what I’m told

Well, it’s been March Break this week and I’ve really attempted to dump as many things, or at least put them off while the boys are home from school. Unfortunately the yard is still slightly swampy to be of much use other than mucking around in the mud - of course that can be fun too. We’ve built and re-built many different things this week and I’ve finally got a handle on this whole Wii phenomenon even if Apollo (the younger one) still regularly beats me at his favourite game. I still think it’s suspect that whenever I’m about to win he tackles me. Somewhere along the line we picked up one of those evil incarnate Wii Fit board things - Hera’s lucky I haven’t thrown that mouthy little thing in the backyard to play in the mud. I won’t even repeat to you how old I was the first time I tried it out, but it was triple digits.

Even with putting off things this week I’ve still been working (the whole money to live aspect) and though I’m behind the ball as far as my desired timeline for project completion I’m still confident that things will turn out for the best. I’ve expanded the scope of what I’m doing for my clients so hopefully they’ll trust in me enough to keep the faith.

This weekend coming sees me out at the farm doing more horse tours at the sugar bush. Record numbers last week tested my vocal chords, but it isn’t supposed to be quite as warm this weekend which will keep the numbers down a little. Though my cousins express disbelief that I actually enjoy doing the tours for that many people they miss the absolute opportunity to see so much energy in one place and the opportunity to network with people that have obvious psi inclinations. Most of my cousins aren’t into psi, though they don’t disbelieve at all, so they just let me do whatever it is that I do. I always say that you should never waste an opportunity to network since you just never know when you might meet a necessary guidepost sitting upon a horse.

I did put off the Dream Class this week. It was as much for me as for the participants since I haven’t seen good postings coming out of the course quite yet. Waiting the week before getting into interpretations just lets everyone take some more time to lucid out their dreamscapes.

Hera’s last shift at her current job comes up next week and then she’s reporting to her new position. She’ll actually be gone for 10 days while she retrains so the boys and I will be on our own. Sacrifices on all sides I suppose, but it makes the future that much brighter and that’s the bottom line.

Reality is what you make it ….

Sorry for the length of time between updates, but I filled my spare time with doing tours at the farm instead of working and playing on computers for the past few days. We had a record number of people show for the Maple Syrup Festival up due to the beautiful weather and thanks to the great commitment by the family we pulled through it with spectacular effectiveness. After talking non-stop for six hours on Saturday and almost eight hours on Sunday you’d think that my voice would be gone, but thanks to the wonders of psi that just doesn’t happen to be the case. There’s another useful feature of psi in everyday life.

The first interpretation classes for the Dream Course are coming this Wednesday and I’m looking forward to seeing people open up about their dreams and the interpretation of the same.

Other than lots of fresh air nothing overly new to report. I’ve been taking the time out at the farm to Dr. Doolittle with the animals since that isn’t a skill I can work on all the time.

I do have some fun things in the wings and will report on those as they come to fruition this week and next.

First things first I suppose. It’s a Wednesday and that means I just updated the Psi Palatium Circle with this weeks Dream Course. This week includes 2500 words regarding lucid dreams for everyone to enjoy, another little quiz, and hopefully an awesome reason to get some more action on the course forums.

It’s been raining on and off for the past couple of days and though it’s supposed to be nice for this weekends Maple Syrup Festival it’s going to be a muddy one. I guess that just means I’ll get to have the joy of seeing how many women show up in high heels again this year. Not once have I been disappointed in not seeing some fashion diva show up at the festival and be completely out of her element. It’s a farm people there’s going to be mud. Canada is not such a heavily populated place that you haven’t seen farmland … and if you haven’t … get out of Toronto more!

Next week is March Break and the boys are out of school for the week, oh but the big news is that Hera (my wife) had her request for transfer go through and she has been ordered to report to her new workplace at the beginning of April. This will cut two hours a day from her commute and hopefully she’ll spend the extra time sleeping so she can catch up and be all happy and smiling. She’s had to change Ministries and shift positions entirely, but overall I know it’s a great change for her and will be much better into the future.

As for me .. I’ve been busy with psi. Knowing that I have some gatherings coming up in May I figured I should brush up on the techniques that I don’t use as part of my everyday life. I don’t want to appear too rusty in front of all my peers! I’ll keep you posted on how that’s going for me as right now during one of my sessions I’ve managed to “accidentally” set a cardboard box on fire. Thank goodness I was in the garage at the time or Hera would have been less than impressed. That’s lesson #1 for those newly married people - don’t upset the missus even when you have psi on your side!

A night of driving rain and flooded roads couldn’t keep Hercules and I away from the Monster Jam. Though I cheated a little to keep the car from stalling in several feet of deep flowing water as many other abandoned cars and trucks had we made it to the arena somewhat dry. From there we experienced the wonder of being pelted with dirt thrown up by the big wheels of the trucks and the loud revving of engines. Overall it was a great night and we had tonnes of fun. Herc made lots of new friends with the kids around us and I ended up meeting some new psi contacts, which was a nice bonus. You just never know where people are going to pop into your life! In hindsight because of all the rain I should probably have taken one of the other vehicles that has more ground clearance, but the Matrix did just fine boating us to and fro.

Oh I know some people reading this will be horrified that I as a North American own a Toyota. There are a lot of bumper stickers floating around right now that say “Out of a Job Yet? Keep buying foreign!” But I have to say that my Toyota has given me little issue in the time that I’ve owned it and I expect a lot from my vehicles. Plus the fact that it was made two hours from my house (yes, the Matrix is Canadian built) let’s me get away with it. Not to mention the fact that the “North American” vehicle that I own actually has more foreign parts in it then my Toyota does. Where does this leave the argument? It means that people need to understand what Globalization really means and why they are losing their job because of something that happened elsewhere. The economy is suffering from the Butterfly Effect! If only more people understood psi and the need for responsibility of action things like the current economic crisis could be avoided. Of course if more people knew what being responsible was I’d have a lot more free time too.

The time change has thrown me off somewhat today. As we spring forward an hour it leaves me scrambling to make sure I’m in the corrected timeline (oops). I’m sure to get it by the end of the day so not to worry.

So back in February Hera purchased tickets for Hercules (my oldest son) and I to go to the Monster Jam and watch the monster trucks — interestingly enough she bought the tickets just after that rash of deaths and increasing my life insurance (I’m sure it’s just a coincidence). At any rate tomorrow night Herc and I will be off to the arena. To say that my son is thrilled is something of an understatement since I’m quite sure his enthusiasm could easily make those with a weak bladder wet themselves from second-hand excitement. I should probably make sure to have a nap so I can keep up with him …

The maple sap is running and they’re boiling syrup again. For the 175th year the family is making syrup. I’ve been brushing up on my tour talent as I always enjoy talking to people that can’t escape me, since they’re stuck on the hay wagon, for 20 minutes at a time. I will probably have to pop out to the sugar bush just to talk to the animals and make sure they know what’s going on. No need to have deer jump out and frighten the horses .. not to mention coyotes, or wolves and what have you. Sounds a little like Dr. Doolittle I know, but someone must have realized that humans aren’t the only ones that can be understood using psi.

Being 16 degrees (Celsius for those nice people south of the border) out today it was beautiful and most of the snow has melted. We only have small mounds in the shaded areas now. The boys and I had a chance to get outdoors and dug out the tractors, bikes, motorcycles and extra cool fun stuff that we could ride around on the driveway and lawns. We got a good solid couple hours of play time in before dinner though both boys were just a little down that I refused to put everything back together in the backyard until at least after I return in May. I’m sure they can survive without mazes, trampolines, fortresses, etc for another couple of months.

And as I think about how to finish up this post the alarm begins to sound so now I’m off …

So far so good with getting things accomplished for the week.

I’ve been a busy man with work. After realizing that I somehow managed to overbook myself and promise impossible deadlines to more than one client I’ve been quite happy with both my progress and determination. While I generally don’t like to work (who does) I also dislike not being able to deliver something that I’ve promised. Speaking of that I really need to finish the “Letter to Parents” that I promised metalforever I’d write for PsionicsOnline.

Today I finally got the server back in line and posted the first section of my Dream Course for the Psi Palatium Circle. I still find it difficult to believe that the time for it got here so quickly. I purposely set it originally so far away so that I would have time to complete everything else on my plate and create a new series for the Palatium. I am really looking forward to the interaction the moogle Circle format will allow everyone in sharing experiences, dreams, and suggestions. After seeing how this newly crafted five week course goes I’ll see about timelines for a new course in psychic readings.

Having had my oldest son under the weather for a few hours before both he and my wife decided that he needed to be better quickly brings about useful reason #498 for psi. Does anyone remember Urtho’s endless random uses for psi that he used to sporadically throw out into the channel?

It turns out that for my 16th time doing tours at the farm this year we’re returning to a two week format, which will see me talking constantly for 24 hours (no joke) when everything is finally wrapped up. Anyone that knows me realizes that this isn’t really an issue for my voice, nor me as speaking whether in public, or private gatherings is what I’m good at. Still it’s quite the tiring time to be wrangling the horses and talking at the same time. For the first time ever we had the horses spook last year and ended up on a wild galloping ride for a few minutes until Graham and I were able to get the horses responding again (useful reason #499 for psi). No one was hurt and thankfully all but three people on the hay wagon were from the “big city” and didn’t realize that getting covered in mud as we careened through the fields wasn’t part of the intended ride (yay for continuing to talk through the whole ordeal - at least multitasking has taught me something useful). This year we’re moving to the bigger wagon so those big ol’ horses don’t have as much of a chance at running for the hills (and I don’t have to use some mysterious skill to continue standing without holding on on a wildly jumping wagon).

It’s been a busy couple of weeks since I last posted — or days — it depends who’s timeline you’re following. I have been attempting to keep things going in this blog, but sometimes I just don’t feel like typing out what’s going on. To be brutally honest I forgo typing for sleep.

But I’m back and this past weekend saw Apollo’s birthday come and go. My youngest son received all sorts of things from the huge throng of people that seemed to flock to the house for cake and ice cream drizzled with maple syrup. Sometimes it’s difficult to think of the boys growing up so fast, but they have to at some point or I’ve really screwed up an intent somewhere!

This week sees me once again placed “on call” so I will be relatively non-existent in the community. I’m actually not overly looking forward to being outside as it is -25C at the moment and the wind is throwing it into the -30s. Of course we all do what we must and I’m sure I’ll only complain more about it the older that I get (isn’t that an old person’s right?).

Work continues to throw new curves at me and that always keeps things interesting …. which brings up a great point that I get asked a lot. If I can do psychic readings of people’s futures, and read guide posts, etc why is it that I can be surprised by things in my own life? It’s a fair question and actually has a two part answer. The first thing is that I am psychic and NOT all-knowing. There are a lot of things that I do not see, or hear about - I just happen to have a really great safety net of people to fill in the blanks for me. The second part of the answer is that knowing your own future is absolutely no fun what-so-ever, so I rarely look into my life (beyond the necessary evils of keeping myself alive). With the thousands upon thousands of psychic readings I’ve done through the community I can count on my hands the number of times that I myself have received a reading about my life (and then usually only as a means of letting a new reader practice).

I’m looking forward to getting the Dream Course underway in the Circle and should have things back in working order for Wednesday. It’ll cut a couple days out of people’s practice time, but since it’s the first round I don’t think it should matter much.

That’s all for now - stay strong!