Today I joined an all-women's gym with my mother for the second time in my life.

I also took a cycling class in a blacklight-lit room, ate delicious Mexican food, and was given the gift of blank slate weekend.

Kickboxing at 8:30 might happen tomorrow.

I have been ALMOST defeated by this stupid  hacking cough.  It's probably the first time in my memory that a physical ailment has NOT been accompanied by low spirits or mental depression.  My spirits have been soaring all week, but this bronchial shit is exhausting.  Poor Ben has been faithfully giving me alka seltzer and rubbing my sore back ( Read more... )

I was laying the tub today, soaking in the bubbles, eating various chocolates from a large red heart, and I started laughing at Ashlie.  Ashlie was my name in college, when I used to do pilates on a purple mat that I kept neatly rolled in my little bedroom in our third floor walk up.  Ashlie bought organic milk and drove an hour on Sundays to buy ( Read more... )

I'm about to stun you all with my incredible rollercoaster of emotions.  A mere week after my last desperate post, everything has changed.  Not forever, not in a tangible way, but things feel different.  That storm or rut or whatever- it broke.  A lot of it was going to Georgia to see Sarah.  It was so wonderful to see her and to spend time with a ( Read more... )

Oh my gosh life is so much different than I thought it would be.  I'm realizing that I forgot to visualize life after September 07, and that is why it has taken me so long to realize I'm off track.

The last few weeks have been tough.  A lot of teachers that I work and collaborate with have been out because of stressful illness and family emergencies ( Read more... )

Ben and I got to use our Christmas present of Celtics tickets today!  It was completely awesome- the drive to Orlando, the Amway Arena, the game so tense and close that it was even okay when we lost.  Like everything nice here, it just made me even more homesick for Boston.  That's just a part of life now ( Read more... )

January:

Ben and I rang in the new year in Florida with my family, assorted friends of Em and Ju, Rory, Kenny, Marc, and Scott. Add in Grandpa Kauffman, pots and pans, and some illegal fireworks (from other people) and it was a memorable way to begin the year that would change our lives forever.

I visited my childhood home and stayed with Grandpa K ( Read more... )

I wish I wrote more. I know how valuable these entries will be to me when I'm struggling with juggling family life, or when I'm celebrating 10 years of being a teacher. I need to be recording how hard it is to stay cheery after 2:30 in the afternoon, how much better my day is if I get to the classroom by 7:30, or how a day of the worst behavior I ( Read more... )

I want to post more substantially about the pleasures and struggles in my life that revolve around the holiday season, and tell you about the family exploits, and my cute cat and handsome husband, but I only have a moment (I'm supposed to be in the shower already ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone who responded to my plea for advice. The performance ideas are really good, and it's something I've really been considering. I also went to Michael's and bought some supplies for the collages that I used to make. I think a combination of some better health (weird stuff is going on with my body) and creative projects well ( Read more... )