It’s just dawned on me that my iPhone app has eaten 2 posts over the past week, so you guys are going to get a bit of a smorgasbord of what’s going on . . .

One was a post of gratefulness for a job that I don’t absolutely abhor - it is such a relief to have the kind of work where no one yells at you, the stress is limited in time and space and the ( Read more... )

So on Saturday, my grandfather died. It was also my aunt's birthday ( Read more... )

Tonight I had my last yoga class with the teacher I've been studying with for the last six (? seven?) years. She's giving up all her evening classes to spend more time with her family - baby boy of 16 mos and hubby. I managed not to cry as I handed her a card and got my last hug, but really I'm totally gutted.

When I threw a little hissy fit on ( Read more... )

We have been having a fantastic time in Israel & Jordan so far, and I can't really believe it's our last day already! The plan so far is to try and see as much of the Bahai Gardens as are open (stupid storms), then head south to either a winery or another cute little ancient town and then hit Tel Aviv. Our flight tomorrow is super early (we have to ( Read more... )

And it's finally done! we've successfully migrated our travel log (www.dragondream.org) over to blogger *and* managed to keep our domain - no faffing about with new urls or being grumpy that some random korean kids have our name ( Read more... )

So these apparently are "tactical pants" not nearly as exciting as the possibilities inherent in that phrase, no?

In a TOTALLY UNRELATED note - LJ has apparently eaten the post where I gave you guys a detailed break down of my current job and the options for advancement (previous notes on the job are here). I don't have the energy at the moment to ( Read more... )

In celebration of *finally* getting my NYC pictures posted I thought I would seize on that trend and finally finish the narrative update too (I know, I know, look at me on a roll). The downside is that I've probably forgotten a lot, so electrichobbit and aristos1 should feel free to add in any bits I've forgotten.

Part I - Crossing the Atlantic, Part II - The Family, ( Read more... )

Well here we find ourselves at the end of another month. . .again. Holy cow where does the time go? I am pleased to report that for once July was a much better month than June and heaps better than the same period last yearThe downside is that I'm still not quite getting the hang of these bigger intentions, though again this month was better than ( Read more... )

So it's July, and I'm not entirely sure what happened to June, but I have a sneaking suspicion that work ate it. Ate it all up. I am definitely not good at this whole work/life balance thing, as evidenced by my nearly complete failure at my June intentions. Fortunately, July is looking up!

The disaster that was June:

• Apply for 5 training contracts ( Read more... )

One of the things that has been hardest about the past school year was that all of my law classes clashed terribly with my yoga classes. I thought briefly about trying to find other yoga teachers with more compatible classes, but finding another yoga instructor takes time and effort and energy, frankly, that I needed to be available for other ( Read more... )