On Friday we are off to Israel, which will be our first to the Middle East ( Read more... )

The big reason I got my new camera now, is that raayat and I have decided that our next big trip is going to be to visit electrichobbit in Israel in Feb! Super exciting! Plane tickets are bought, plan is pretty much set (including a little wiggle room for some impromptu exploration), hotels are being scoped out and all I have to do is press reserve on the rental car.

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So I logged into the University system today to check on my grades to finish these blasted training contract applications, and the following pops up on the front page:


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One of the things _ishtahar_ has been doing over on her public blog that really struck me is her posts on monthly intentions and reflections. I've usually failed miserably on New Years Resolutions** and yet there is something very compelling about putting goals out in the public eye. Perhaps a greater sense of accountability? Anyway I'd like to experiment ( Read more... )

First of all, thanks to everyone for the well wishes on my kidneys. I'm feeling significantly better (thank you antibiotics!!), doubly so now that I'm off work for 11 on the trot! Still, standing or walking for too long starts some of the pain back up, but that's a thousand times better than what it was.

I do miss caffienated beverages though.

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 So I'm two weeks into the new/old job and I'm already starting to become rather grumpy. I'm only doing about 20% of what I had signed up to do, the other 80% of my time is taken up with either fire fighting (which isn't anyone's fault) or covering an asset class (which they had previously promised I wouldn't be doing). The latter is only until ( Read more... )

One of the things that I'm really enjoying about yoga is how much it tells me about my body. Part of me wonders if I had started a serious yoga practice in my early teens, if it would have been able to extend my dancing career since I (possibly) would have been much more aware of what was going on with my body. Pilates started a similar process, ( Read more... )

The disappointment of Wednesday has faded somewhat and I used my "day off" today to run a gazillion errands that have been hanging about my to do list. Felt good to get those marked off at last ( Read more... )