chilled summer white
cookies and cream (homemade)
restlessness
exhaustion
high blood pressure
sunbathing
sixth gear
7.20.2009
7.18.2009
universal remote
well it's morning and i made it to the weekend. wanted to quickly jot down the latest happenings as a way of keeping up with the new blog adventure.
yesterday. trapezeied. trapezed. trapezied. i think you get it. in any event went for a flight on a high-up trapeze yesterday. almost 30 feet up. the experience was definitely adventurous. the instruction was lax. i want to go again, just someplace else.
came home wiped out from the day, having yoga'd and trapeze'd and traffic sat'd. and the funk reared its ugly head. i think i was fooling myself to think in one of the last few posts that it was gone. i just pushed it down deep so as not to deal. don't get me wrong, i am usually genuinely happy even as emotions fester beneath. but then the bottled up grit and grime pushes back until i boil over. hence the funk, with the tears and frustration.
in the funk of the day and into the evening, when i lost count of how many $4 mai tai's i'd consumed in an effort to snap out of my funk and be social, the better half was using the words he knows how to use for comfort and support. but then stubborn ol' me couldn't get past the funk. it's a hard thing for me to do. it's not out of spite. i just have a hard time changing channels. i'm like the old remoteless teevee whose watcher needs to break gravity if he/she wants to watch something else. as that old teevee, i wait and wait until something happens to switch over. i wish i was a newer model perhaps with a universal remote that could do more. and herein lies the funk.
but wait. thankfully i have great friends in my life. who offer words of encouragement (including the better half). and make me feel less of a failure. and propel me to be the universal remote.
yesterday. trapezeied. trapezed. trapezied. i think you get it. in any event went for a flight on a high-up trapeze yesterday. almost 30 feet up. the experience was definitely adventurous. the instruction was lax. i want to go again, just someplace else.
came home wiped out from the day, having yoga'd and trapeze'd and traffic sat'd. and the funk reared its ugly head. i think i was fooling myself to think in one of the last few posts that it was gone. i just pushed it down deep so as not to deal. don't get me wrong, i am usually genuinely happy even as emotions fester beneath. but then the bottled up grit and grime pushes back until i boil over. hence the funk, with the tears and frustration.
in the funk of the day and into the evening, when i lost count of how many $4 mai tai's i'd consumed in an effort to snap out of my funk and be social, the better half was using the words he knows how to use for comfort and support. but then stubborn ol' me couldn't get past the funk. it's a hard thing for me to do. it's not out of spite. i just have a hard time changing channels. i'm like the old remoteless teevee whose watcher needs to break gravity if he/she wants to watch something else. as that old teevee, i wait and wait until something happens to switch over. i wish i was a newer model perhaps with a universal remote that could do more. and herein lies the funk.
but wait. thankfully i have great friends in my life. who offer words of encouragement (including the better half). and make me feel less of a failure. and propel me to be the universal remote.
7.16.2009
thursday wind-down
busy day=tired me.
art lessons.
hair cut/color (2 hours) and got stuck in the parking garage. TWICE. no fault of my own...locked stairwell and slow exit attendant.
lunch.
traffic on the drive home.
heat.
headache.
nagging for adventure. i despise being a nag. humph.
art lessons.
hair cut/color (2 hours) and got stuck in the parking garage. TWICE. no fault of my own...locked stairwell and slow exit attendant.
lunch.
traffic on the drive home.
heat.
headache.
nagging for adventure. i despise being a nag. humph.
7.15.2009
mid week adventures
thank goodness i started a daily (so far) blog because it is helping me to remember what day of the week it is. to recap today...
...it all started nice and sunny. one more round of pearl jam ticket purchasing and i was off...
...to a free puppet show AND bonus free art project for kids with a friend and her kids. the art project was fun (and amusing), and i adore those kids. it was gloriously hot. and soon became too hot and we departed for cool temps...
...hit the mall-kid-play-area-thing. i can see why parents like it. however, i'm not convinced i will be a parent who allows my kid to partake (for health and physical safety reasons). and after about an hour of that, departed for kid-free adventuring...
...bought an ice cream maker at bedbathandbeyondblahblahblah that attaches to my kitchenaid stand mixer. love that bb&b for their superfluously flowing coupons (no love for the environmental impact). because of coupons, totally scored the ice cream maker. and the bonus is that the attachment is a bowl that keeps nicely in the freezer and doesn't take up additional counter space. so looking forward to the first batch. downside: have to wait 15 hours before the attachment bowl is ready. looks like we'll be having ice cream at 7 tomorrow morning. upside: i can dig ice cream for breakfast...
...i'll let you readers know how it goes...but that probably won't be until TGIFriday...
...it all started nice and sunny. one more round of pearl jam ticket purchasing and i was off...
...to a free puppet show AND bonus free art project for kids with a friend and her kids. the art project was fun (and amusing), and i adore those kids. it was gloriously hot. and soon became too hot and we departed for cool temps...
...hit the mall-kid-play-area-thing. i can see why parents like it. however, i'm not convinced i will be a parent who allows my kid to partake (for health and physical safety reasons). and after about an hour of that, departed for kid-free adventuring...
...bought an ice cream maker at bedbathandbeyondblahblahblah that attaches to my kitchenaid stand mixer. love that bb&b for their superfluously flowing coupons (no love for the environmental impact). because of coupons, totally scored the ice cream maker. and the bonus is that the attachment is a bowl that keeps nicely in the freezer and doesn't take up additional counter space. so looking forward to the first batch. downside: have to wait 15 hours before the attachment bowl is ready. looks like we'll be having ice cream at 7 tomorrow morning. upside: i can dig ice cream for breakfast...
...i'll let you readers know how it goes...but that probably won't be until TGIFriday...
7.14.2009
toosday
today's adventures (in the hot hot heat)
got up a bit too early for my liking (strange because i am a self-proclaimed morning person. just not this morning).
made some tea. how unusual. (sarcasm)
departed for teaching some art...winding through the canyon...heat not so hot yet.
made some art. drawing. painting. sculpting. and was treated to some deliciously strong italian coffee. yum yum.
departed for home with big hopes of going to yoga and food shopping...winding back through the canyon...heat blazing. needed to stop home first to purchase pearl jam tickets.
no food shopping. no yoga. too hot. kept it cool by lounging in the cool darkness of the living room. no teevee but plenty of technology. and so began the first adventure of navigating through pearl jam's website to purchase said tickets. argh. big argh. thankfully successful albeit very stressful.
no food shop. no yoga. chatted with recently emigrated los angeleno friend for about an hour...could've gone on forever. great conversation. funny. stimulating. wish she were here.
booked hotel room block for the better half's 40 (in february)...needs planning. can't wait.
and am left to feel the anticipation of friday's big adventure...stay tuned...
got up a bit too early for my liking (strange because i am a self-proclaimed morning person. just not this morning).
made some tea. how unusual. (sarcasm)
departed for teaching some art...winding through the canyon...heat not so hot yet.
made some art. drawing. painting. sculpting. and was treated to some deliciously strong italian coffee. yum yum.
departed for home with big hopes of going to yoga and food shopping...winding back through the canyon...heat blazing. needed to stop home first to purchase pearl jam tickets.
no food shopping. no yoga. too hot. kept it cool by lounging in the cool darkness of the living room. no teevee but plenty of technology. and so began the first adventure of navigating through pearl jam's website to purchase said tickets. argh. big argh. thankfully successful albeit very stressful.
no food shop. no yoga. chatted with recently emigrated los angeleno friend for about an hour...could've gone on forever. great conversation. funny. stimulating. wish she were here.
booked hotel room block for the better half's 40 (in february)...needs planning. can't wait.
and am left to feel the anticipation of friday's big adventure...stay tuned...
7.13.2009
bonus day
today seems to have fully freed yesterday's funk.
the better half took a vacation day. FINALLY!
but that doesn't mean we are laying around with nothin' doin'. rather it has been quite busy and it's only 1pm PDT. to recap the morning events...
awoke and had tea made for me. (that never happens on a monday; already today was off to a great start).
followed the better half to drop his car bright and early at the mechanic. an honest and fair-priced guy who specializes in only the better half's make=money saved.
departed in one car and stopped for some more 'free' coffee (courtesy of the lovely starbucks gift cards floating in my wallet).
arrived home to meet the now beloved fence contractor. privacy in the near future/victory all around.
cleaned the house (swept; laundered; brushed pip outside=quite funny to observe her inside tendencies/bitching to get back inside)=productivitiy all around and free (having yet to hire a housekeeper). yeah yeah, time is money but for now i'm okay with investing my time to clean because i seem to have a lot of time on my hands lately.
gave myself a glorious facial without having to leave the house nor shell out cash.
observed the better half in his glory accomplishing his hit list for the day.
began planning an inexpensive road trip for the end of summer as well as the better half's upcoming (well, in seven months. what? it needs planning) 40th birthday bash. and an early start to this planning will hopefully prevent a last minute quest for cash.
next up:
yoga
laundry
swim
start my next read "fingersmith" by sarah waters
all in all i think the funk has bid adieu.
the better half took a vacation day. FINALLY!
but that doesn't mean we are laying around with nothin' doin'. rather it has been quite busy and it's only 1pm PDT. to recap the morning events...
awoke and had tea made for me. (that never happens on a monday; already today was off to a great start).
followed the better half to drop his car bright and early at the mechanic. an honest and fair-priced guy who specializes in only the better half's make=money saved.
departed in one car and stopped for some more 'free' coffee (courtesy of the lovely starbucks gift cards floating in my wallet).
arrived home to meet the now beloved fence contractor. privacy in the near future/victory all around.
cleaned the house (swept; laundered; brushed pip outside=quite funny to observe her inside tendencies/bitching to get back inside)=productivitiy all around and free (having yet to hire a housekeeper). yeah yeah, time is money but for now i'm okay with investing my time to clean because i seem to have a lot of time on my hands lately.
gave myself a glorious facial without having to leave the house nor shell out cash.
observed the better half in his glory accomplishing his hit list for the day.
began planning an inexpensive road trip for the end of summer as well as the better half's upcoming (well, in seven months. what? it needs planning) 40th birthday bash. and an early start to this planning will hopefully prevent a last minute quest for cash.
next up:
yoga
laundry
swim
start my next read "fingersmith" by sarah waters
all in all i think the funk has bid adieu.
7.12.2009
sunday funkday
in a funk.
summer boredom.
gone are the upbeat posts beginning just a few days back.
i am the type of person who, when in a funk has a hard time turning it around. so in my attempt to maintain an adventurous blog, i will gloriously attempt to remove the 'k' from 'funk'...hence becoming sunday funday.
woke up late today. felt good to sleep in. looking to plan a getaway (more on that soon).
made delicious organic roast beef sandwiches with organic cranberry relish, spicy mustard, and organic watercress on pretty yummy grainy bread from the last trip to the farmer's market. recipe courtesy bon appetit.
the rest of today's adventures are to be determined but will most likely include but are not limited to:
a summer cocktail
swimming
yoga
summer boredom.
gone are the upbeat posts beginning just a few days back.
i am the type of person who, when in a funk has a hard time turning it around. so in my attempt to maintain an adventurous blog, i will gloriously attempt to remove the 'k' from 'funk'...hence becoming sunday funday.
woke up late today. felt good to sleep in. looking to plan a getaway (more on that soon).
made delicious organic roast beef sandwiches with organic cranberry relish, spicy mustard, and organic watercress on pretty yummy grainy bread from the last trip to the farmer's market. recipe courtesy bon appetit.
the rest of today's adventures are to be determined but will most likely include but are not limited to:
a summer cocktail
swimming
yoga
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