i’m grateful that/for:
1) mamma mia–so much greek glistening water abba meryl fun!
2) feeling a sminch more on top of things
3) that i seem to have opened up a cool inner conduit
4) that i’m going to j.’s dancey birthday party tomorrow night. and little a’s 1-year birthday cruise on sunday
5) that the teacher was all handsy with me in yoga this morning. i think spending half the class thinking “adjust me, adjust me, adjust me” might be a small sign i need to be touched more.
6) meeting bob thurman and karen armstrong last night. she was being swept off to be filmed but he had a sec and was so very present. and then i got to see them talk for an hour about the monastic life and the common thread of compassion that runs through all religions. really interesting and inspiring and reminded me that i could, in fact be a monk of some kind. just dedicate my life to god. except the whole no-touching part, that would be hard.
7) having a new blog to play on
8) public transportation
9) bags. they really free up hands.
10) that my emu-based lip balm is coming in the mail. (if you are chapped it will heal you. amazing.)
11) feeling like a little bit of a hot mama. even tho i’m turning ooold in like 6 weeks.
12) having a bit of a crush and not knowing what/if
13) daisies in february
14) having a job
15) that someone created music
16) my rice cooker–rice, salmon, swiss chard–one pot to clean!
17) having facebook to monitor the moods of my colleagues
18) the notion that thurman and armstrong were talking about last night–about sweeping away your ego to serve the other. and wondering how the hell you do that.
19) big bird
20) belly dancers
