It's about time

It's about time...

...that papers cease for a week or two, i catch up with sleep, the house gets cleaned and i ride. for my birthday this year I took my birthday money and bought myself a bike trainer...for those of you who are wondering, it's so i can ride my regular bike inside.

tonight i did it, i said the heck with being tired and stressed and feeling like pooh...grab a load of dirty laundry and get on that bike...so i did. laundry basket in hand, laptop strapped to my back, i ventured down to the basement and set up shop. with a load of laundry washing and drying, i cycled my way through a visual race...about an hour of varying intensities and it felt good. i feel alive again. the motion light went off a time or two, but i survived and the laundry is done too. oddly enough, there is a wall mirror downstairs and i felt it was encouraging, especially motivating since i want to loose a few pounds and hopefully not find them again.

that's all for now. the goal is to keep this up, even just an hour a day...4/5 days a week.

week 2

Week 2.

Week 2 is weird, given the holiday and the recent high school reunion. it was anxiety provoking, yet enjoyable and i actually rekindled some relationships. a wonderful farmer's market, wine tasting, the Bagelry (need i saw more), 2 amazing homemade breakfasts with my family, Cantina, margaritas, yummy salsa, Jreks subs!, Kelly and the drums, the angry mob aka band, bagels with Dre, Christine and Kelly at midnight, and hanging with old friends. the next one won't be so scary 'cause we decided on a 15yr reunion. everyone who worked on it did an amazing job! i think Dre enjoyed himself too. definitely some cool conversations and even bonded with some people i never even spoke to in high school, thanks to my baby who loves the art of conversation.

grad assistantship = fun, boss is SO nice and compliments my work, flexible and awesome! Making some friends, which is cool. I think my second semester we will all be pretty tight, due to the nature of the work and the small group of us.

making choices. not always easy. growing though through choices and choices not chosen. looking forward to the readings and slightly avoiding the written work due Monday, at least until tomorrow.

got a phone call today from my doctor regarding injections and a B12 deficiency. shots start tomorrow. not sure what to think yet, but at leas there is some sort of jumping off point. a nice girl in my class is experiencing many of the same health issues I am and it's comforting and so random that we paired up together on day 1.

looking forward to making brownies this weekend to bring to Dre's cousin's for dinner. mmm...brownies.