8.6.2011 - i blame you

i have pink eye. alex says it is illogical, and that viruses cannot lie dormant for years and thousands of miles, but i say he is limiting nature too much. i'm sure it is your same disease, come back to haunt me and force me to wear glasses to teach, reliving the torments of being the awkward middle school girl with thick lenses once again.

i am home sick today cuz it's kind of the cardinal rule of schools that you don't go around kids with pink eye. or lice.

sigh.

sometimes i do NOT appreciate life's little ironies.

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i do not want to put up a picture of my gross eye. i think i'll find something beautiful instead.

5.6.2011 - huggi forever

imagine if denali and finula had babies... this would be one of them, but i think the seeming sanity in the photo would be deceptive.

i don't know how you get this blog to space out your pictures. it bothers me that you can figure this out and i can't, not because i think you incapable, but because i know you are not any more tech-savvy than i am.

i am getting so excited to come home, and so very ready for the school year to be done. at the same time, i am already thinking about next year and my goals for it. i wonder if i ever will feel like my teaching matches up with my intentions; i find it interesting that as i get older i don't mind spending excessive amounts of time on lessons because i can't think of any better use for my time. i wonder if i really do want to spend the rest of my life in this field, and if not, at what point would i leave it.

i envy your fresh start and your enthusiasm. those are great days - soak them up!!! i think there are few things in life like the prospect of a great and difficult task that may at last enable you to make a mark on the world. hmmm, this will be a good conversation when i at last get back to you; i've thought long and often lately about whether i am doing enough with this one life i have. i wonder if everyone thinks about such things on mornings when one wakes up and thinks, 'wait? is this my life? how did i get here? and is it where i want to be?' most of the time i wake with that question and respond with happy disbelief - my life is so much more than i expected.
but on other mornings, the question is more daunting. my life is good, but is it all that it should be?

sometimes i wish desperately for the unhampered optimism of childhood. maybe that's why i like kids so much. and speaking of kids, isn't my newest nephew adorable?

Cheers To Life

So here I sit, amazed that it has been so long since I have done a post, what a horrible person I am. But also amazed that you will be out here so soon, we will be enjoying wine together, taking long walks, and talking about all the places- emotionally and physically- we have been since we saw each other in January. It does my soul good to think about seeing you.



I have so much going on inside of me that I cannot wait to share with you. Life has been whipping me in every direction over the past few weeks and my head feels a little dizzy, but my spirit feels intoxicated with adventure and inspiration. It is safe to say I have never been more excited about life then I am right now. Flowers are blooming, my heart is bursting with new life and excitement, and the best part is, is that it feels like it has only just begun.



Anyway, more on that when I see you next.... For now here are a few pictures from the last season. I realize how horrible I actually am at taking pictures when I am not doing it for this blog, ah well, now I will start taking more to share with you my friend.



I am happy to be back blogging and excited for more posts to come soon. Love you and thank you for your patience these last few months. You are a friend for the ages.

18.5.11 - creating questions

well, it has been over a month since i have gotten to read your words on this page.
i understand that life is busy, but kind of like the other blog alex and i started, i find it very hard to write without response.
should we take a break on the morning shares until your life settles down?
would you rather i keep writing even if you can't regularly? i don't mind, so long as you at least give me some indication that you are at least checking in...
miss you friend - when is a good time to call?

3.5.11 - questing for creativity

The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. - Sylvia Plath

i am trying to be creative, trying to believe that i have something worthwhile to add to the world. but it is oh so easy to think that i am vain/delusional/short-sighted to thnk so, and that it would be better just to be quiet. i think i finally understand what s. plath was saying.

today in writers' workshop we began to think on how to write suspense stories. if you haven't seen this animated short before, you should. it is Creepy good.

1.5.11 - anew

today's goals:
- blog
- make list of things to take to my new nephew in d.c
- make list of things to buy from target in d.c.
- sweep up the dust of mexico city that eternally coats my floors, turning xochi's white paws gray
- take a long walk through chapultepec park; buy a journal at the anthropology museum; find a good bench to sit on; write
- go to the market; buy salsa from the good salsa lady, veggies from the nice veggie man, chicken from any of the chicken guys, hope that the shoe guy is there to fix my shoe again
- make a big meal
- call 2 of the people i haven't talked to in ages; skype mark to see new house
- prepare for this week's classes

i <3 sundays

16.4.11 - semana santa

hey friend - just wanted to remind you that i will be out of blogging comission for the next week as am headed to los cabos to meet my parentals. i wanted to take a picture of my bags all packed and me waiting for the last 45 minutes before we have to go. i'm totally jazzed up, completely annoying, and i knew you'd understand the feeling. but my camera is already packed to, so this map of will have to suffice - we are staying at the very bottom, in san jose del cabo.

love you tons - i'll talk to you soon!

p.s. no news still on the job change. i hate waiting.