sick, again

it has been a while since I had the flu, but now I am faced with a cold, sore throat and fatigue. Gonna sleep it off today ... once I get off this stupid computer!

I did it! Got up and did 25 mins on the elliptical. Day 2, better than day one ... still not triathlon material, but in my condition... feelin' alright ...

Had my first session with my new elliptical trainer this morning and wow, I am out of practice. I guess you have to start somewhere and there has to be a day 1.

perfect songs pt 2

perfect circle - rem

needle and the damage done - neil young

as - stevie wonder

been listening to my ipod on the way to work, it's a shuffle, so I never know what is next and it is magic when the best stack up like planes on the runway. 

perfect songs

Tangled up in blue - dylan
Hallelujah - buckley doing cohen

changing tides

I used to be the girl who walked into the bar and the bartender would shout out, "your regular?" and a glass of blackbush on the rocks would be waiting for me. I drank hard, played hard and managed to get an ivy league degree.

Times have changed as evidenced by my experience this morning...

I walked into the GNC Smoothie bar and the "bartender" called out past the several women gathered waiting, "your regular?" and there appeared my peanut butter suprise, with chocolate soy milk and no smoothie powder (it adds a huge chunk of calories and you don't miss it.) It occurred to me that I am older, a mother of one with another on the way and it has been a long time since I drank Irish whiskey in a smoky bar, you can't even smoke in bars anymore. So what if my drink of choice has the word surprise in it. I am still recognizable by my beverage and somehow that makes me happy.

Balance is Out: Chapters are In.

...people live life more as a series of chapters. For example, he just had a slow period, where he spent more time with his family, and now the busy season is starting and that is going to be a different chapter. “Some people,” he said, “try for balance every day or every week, but I can't do that. That's not achievable for me. What is achievable is chapters.”

from a brilliant post on one of my fav blogs:

http://www.mommytrackd.com/Balance-Is-Out

I am so tired

The tired where you want to slam your head against a wall...
The tired where you are short with your two year old ...
The tired where you might just skip dinner and go to sleep ...

My acupuncturist says it takes a lot of energy to do what my body is doing...

... 6 more weeks of it.