The rain came down this morning ( Read more... )

My friend tiger girl told me,  "If crossing my path doesn't make your life better, then it's time I step out of the way."   Well put, Gabrielle...I applied the philosophy yesterday with somebody else, and it worked to perfection.  Thank you Olivia's mother.

wow....for the first time in forever, the pessimist in me triumphed over the optimist....not good

Yesterday was my birthday...one I didn't really want to celebrate and one that I didn't mention to many people...It was a good day...went to work and met the new seventh graders, had a ripping guitar workout with Chris G., and ate some delicious vegan curry that I made.  I'm back on the bike--commuting to work, and I took one of my sponsees and his ( Read more... )

 I don't officially return to work until next Monday, but I've already been in twice for meetings and to help with registration--and I'm kind of excited like I am every year when the kids come back.  I'm going to be a lot busier in my personal life this year, because I've committed to taking a class on Monday evenings, guitar lessons continue on ( Read more... )

 I'm going back into work today for the first time since June 12th...been a great Summer of nothingness...actually, I've been quite busy with one or two meetings a day, a class and guitar lessons, and meditation practice....started painting my bathroom the other day, so my house is torn apart....I feel like I'm ready to start in again...I've ( Read more... )

In summers past, I've been driven to do as much as possible in my ten weeks--the logic behind this was that the weather was good for outdoor stuff and when I'm teaching there isn't much extra time to travel and there isn't much extra energy to do much of anything....this summer, I've  done very little....gone to a daily meeting...a weekly pottery ( Read more... )

I've always had a high solitude requirement...need plenty of time to myself to read, relax, and shut the world out...but lately I've noticed I'm wanting to connect with people more...don't get me wrong...I'm not turning into a gregarious human or anything....just think that sometimes it would be nice to spend more time laughing in the company of my ( Read more... )

 Happy Birthday to K
Happy Birthday to K
Happy Birthday...eat some tofu
Happy Birthday to K.

 Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of my father's death...I hadn't been giving it much thought, then yesterday I had kind of an upwelling of emotion--missing him, thinking about how fleeting life is...this (life's unpredictable nature--sudden death, etc.) has been a recurring theme for me for about four years...ever since I started losing my ( Read more... )