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Ass Kicking Planning Meeting
Ok -- yesterday I met with my personal trainer -- Jackie. She had me fill out a contact and health form. We talked about my seizure a little bit -- I believe I calmed her down by telling her all the positive health steps I've taken since the episode that occurred almost 6 months ago ( Read more... ) -
Planning the Ass Kicking - part 1
Last week, my girlfriend gave me 6 sessions with a personal trainer at the YWCA. Now of course one could infer that she wants a much hotter girlfriend than she has… but in fact, she knows it would be something that I’d really like. You see, I’m a person who likes to gather experiences rather than items. Items take up space and then you have ( Read more... ) -
9 years out
I've been spiritually drifting of late -- oh maybe the past 2 years or so. And as I'm one to be seriously introspective it bothers me that I can't figure myself out. What is bothering me? What keeps me from just trusting -- myself, the love in my life, my decisions. My lack of decisions actually -- drifting towards 40 has greatly bothered me. ( Read more... ) -
Part 2 - Oh the Drama!
February 22 - the MRI. Up until this point, I had received a strange message from my team of doctors to not drive my car. For the most part, I didn’t but mostly because I just don’t need to living in the city. But nobody had officially put the hammer down on my driving privileges ( Read more... ) -
Part 1 -- Oh the Trauma!
This past 4 months seem like a year, in so much that a lot has happened. I probably should have been journaling about it as it went on, but I got distracted. Now I feel like I can write about it, and if some other soul out there has the same problem maybe it will help them ( Read more... ) -
C*SH on Nova
Last night, got home from teaching ESL and immediately was glued to the Nova program on my TV. It was about a C*SH (Combat Surgical Hospital???) unit stationed in Iraq -- oh about 2 years old now. Now of course it should go without saying that I'm against our country invading Iraq and have been on the side of leaving. But when I saw what our ( Read more... ) -
ESL
Last night at the Northside Learning Center, I worked with three latina women. After evaluation, these women were determined to have zero english skills. They were singled out and put in my court. As an ESL teacher, one of the hardest parts is making a lesson plan that can spark something new in students. How to make that part of their brain, ( Read more... ) -
Billie Jean
I finally have something worth writing about. Last night I attended a lecture given by Billie Jean King at Orchestral Hall in Minneapolis. Her lecture is one of five give over five months of women coming in to talk about their lives. Last month was Brooke Shields who was also very inspiring, but in a different way than moved me last night ( Read more... ) -
Severely Slacking
Wow. What can I say -- I last updated this a LONG time ago. And those Live Journal folks didn't even take it personally and boot my entries. I had been updating another journal for awhile... but I haven't updated that in awhile. It is almost like I'm a quitter. -
I need the "Hang In There" kitten
Oooh, I know that my journal entries have sadly stayed in my head. But I feel like I need to write this out. My mom and step-dad will be traveling to my location and beyond in one week - and it just pushed an issue to the forefront. In my family, the step-dad gets to push everyone’s boundary’s and generally not respect anybody. But usually, ( Read more... )