a saturday cop-out
By heather | November 22, 2008
Your quote for the day:
“The people that know probably aren’t talking and the people that are talking probably don’t know.”
(Not my brain power, BTW, I read it somewhere and it just stuck.)
(Shut up…This is my Nablopomo freebie day.)
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goodbye to you
By heather | November 21, 2008
The soundtrack: Goodbye to You
It was less than two years since we ended things the first time
Day and night pulling and tugging
I was so glad the day you went away
And then too soon you were back
I couldn’t go anywhere without you
I needed you but oh, how I hated you
Pain and relief all at once
Breaking up is hard: except when its not
This is it.
The end.
I do appreciate you.
But I won’t miss you.
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PS: what did you think i was talking about?
PPS: any ideas for what to do with a newly retired milking machine?
Topics: baby stuff, parenting | 2 Comments »
tradeoff
By heather | November 20, 2008
Last week, I taught an awesome yoga class. I say this because when a class just works - sequencing, music, students - it’s almost as if the molecules in the air re-arrange themselves and you can feel the positive energy in the air. Everyone leaves feeling good.
I’ve always taught my classes - whether step or yoga or cycle - by making it up as I go along, which means some are great and some really suck. Really really suck. The really great sequences are likely never to be seen again, which is unfortunate but at least it never feels stale.
When I teach a really great class, it makes me want to teach more. But lately, buoyed by my newly discovered personal practice and the feeling of not enough time EVER, I’m considering going on teaching hiatus.
Really awesome classes are getting farther apart. I enjoy it while I’m there and doing it, but there is no joy in the anticipation. Part of the reason (a lot of the time the only reason) that I keep teaching is because it gets me to the gym and I know from experience that I’m not the best at working out of my own volition. If I’m obligated, I’m there…if not, well…
Then again, I’ve been teaching some type of weekly fitness classes since I was 19. How can I give it up? It will be like giving up the last piece of my college-age self - the one who actually owned (and wore) a unitard, yo.
Topics: self improvement, yoga | 2 Comments »
mooboos
By heather | November 19, 2008
I think I’ve been watching too much of the Imagination Movers.
I say this because at work today, I couldn’t figure out how to get logged into one of our networks. Another tech guy came over to help me and we fixed it, then immediately put on our blue jumpsuits and jumped around singing:
We had a problem but we figured it out
That’s what the Movers are all about
We’re havin fun let’s jump and shout-
COME ON!
At least in my head I did that. Over and over again throughout the rest of the day.
When we get home in the evenings, the first thing Alex does is shout, “Mooboo!” which is short for “Mommy I would like to watch Imagination Movers please!” and then he hands me the remote and sits still as a statue for most of the episode. At least until the end when he gets up and dances to this:
Catchy little tune those Movers have…now you can sing it too. Over and over, until your only problem is how to get it out of your head.
Topics: frivolity, toddler stuff | 2 Comments »