Archive for May, 2004
May 31, 2004 at 11:18 pm · Filed under blather
Today the weather couldn’t decide what it was doing. Rain, sun, rain, sun, rain, sun. Pete and I both slept in until 9:30 (unheard of for him), lulled into laziness by the pitterpatter of raindrops. During one of the sunny periods, he headed out for his run – and I went to the gym. By the time we had both showered, a good part of our Monday holiday was already gone.
I wanted to see Shrek 2, so the kids and I piled into the car and made it in time for the 3:10 showing. Peter brought his friend along, and the two of them sat together and shared overpriced candy. Moon and I sat right behind them. We all laughed heartily during the movie, and agreed that Puss in Boots was our favorite character.
After we returned home, I concentrated on getting my nose stud back into its hole. I had taken it out yesterday at the in-laws’ to show to my friend, and I couldn’t get it back in. Kind of embarrassing. Weird, too, because I’ve had it in and out many times. The hole started bleeding from all my messing with it, which totally grossed out my husband. Not good.
I called Steve’s Tattoo, crossing my fingers that someone would be there. The nice young man on the phone told me to come on in and he’d fix the problem for me. Apparently this isn’t all that unusual. I’ve been guilty of absently twirling the nose stud (it’s a spiral wire), and the inside of the hole had swollen. The nice young man (who had a labret, septum ring, multiple tattoos and stretched earlobes) delicately inserted a thin metal bar into the hole and opened it back up. I need to leave it alone for two weeks, and then I’ll be able to remove the stud as needed.
I have promised my family that I will keep my hands off my nose. In other news, I saw a rainbow on the way home.
May 29, 2004 at 10:00 pm · Filed under blather
All the makeovers on TLC got to me, I guess. Happily, my stylist had an opening at 2:30 this afternoon, so I was able to do something about it. I didn’t want a huge change, but it was time to get my streak touched up, and my hair felt heavy.
After the foil came out and I toweled my hair off, I peeked in the mirror and was startled by the shock of platinum. My streak grew, and now my bangs are involved! Awesome. With an inch and a half off the bottom, and a bit of layering, I feel absolutely lightweight.
Well, at least my head does.
May 28, 2004 at 1:48 pm · Filed under fitness
It’s a beautiful day, and I really should borrow a mower (or machete) and cut the grass. My workout this morning was enhanced by being able to watch TLC on the teeny flatscreen TV attached to the elliptical trainer. I kept running for a few extra minutes so I could see what happened when the hot Brazilian guy finally came face-to-face with the cute LA chick he hadn’t seen for 2 1/2 years.
Yet another reason not to have cable. I’d never get anything done, because I’d be glued to TLC, watching makeovers and seeing long-lost lovers get back together.
May 28, 2004 at 10:54 am · Filed under blather
Kind of embarrassing that I slept through the morning aerobics classes at the gym, and I’ll have to go do my regular workout. And I won’t be showering before lunchtime. What a slob!
I had all kinds of bizarre dreams on the sofa this morning, but the most realistic one had to do with our dog, Foxxi. Apparently, we had her cloned, and both dogs were running loose in the Target parking lot. I had to catch them, and Foxxi growled at her clone as I carried the two of them to the car.
The clone was amazingly cute. What corgi pup isn’t, right? I didn’t have a name for her, so I called both dogs “Foxxi.” The clone peed underneath the kitchen table.
That is all. Time to pump iron.
May 27, 2004 at 11:29 pm · Filed under blather
Sometimes I think I’m a sick person because there’s nothing that delights me more than change. It’s amazing what a little jolt to the routine can do.
We had a meeting in Milwaukee today to discuss procedures, and the cool thing is that we found several fairly large holes in the system. We’ve fixed them, and I got to put the new procedures into practice immediately. I couldn’t believe how jazzed up I felt. It didn’t take much to energize me.
I just wish I was a bit more of a morning person. The drive into Milwaukee is always somewhat hazardous, because just keeping my eyes open takes a tremendous effort. I usually end up closing one eye for a few minutes, then the other. Yes, I alternate eyes. Is that dangerous?
May 24, 2004 at 9:58 pm · Filed under spiritual
Pete shared this with me, from The Hermetica:
Hermes Trismegistos, quoting the Divine Mind, tells us:
Make yourself grow to immeasurable immensity, outleap all body, outstrip all time, become eternity, and you will understand God. Having conceived that nothing is impossible to you, consider yourself immortal and able to understand everything, all art, all learning, the temper of every living thing. Go higher than every height and lower than every depth. Collect in yourself the sensations of all that has been made, of fire and water, dry and wet; be everything at once, on land, in the sea, in heaven; be not yet born, be in the womb, be young, old, dead, beyond death. And when you have understood all these things at once – times, places, things, qualities, quantities – then you can understand God.
Then this came in my e-mail from ConsciousOne.com:
We carry old wounds within us because we repressed the feelings associated with these wounds when we were children. If they are repressed, they will affect you in a negative and limiting way. And so you must reverse the process of repression by allowing the feelings and memories to surface. At the same time, you remain fully present, witnessing the feelings as they arise within you.
I am not suggesting that you indulge in these feelings. They are from the past. They are simply memories stuck within you. They have no meaning other than that they are stuck within you and need to be brought to consciousness and released through the power of love and acceptance. For one who is truly on a path of awakening, there is no interest in the past other than to bring it to consciousness in a way that heals and releases it. In truth there is no life outside of this moment.
Whoa. Cool.
May 23, 2004 at 11:24 pm · Filed under movies
The year is almost half over, and I finally saw a movie in the theater. I guess it takes a rainy weekend to get me to sit in the dark for two hours. The kids and I went to see Mean Girls yesterday, which was quite entertaining and paved the way for some excellent discussion about social structures. I also reserved tickets to see the new Harry Potter movie the first day it’s out, on the Ultra Screen, no less.
I have a feeling that some of our Friday-fundays this summer will be spent at the movies. Pete is going to see HP with us, but he passed on Mean Girls. Instead he had some quality time with his recording equipment.
Moon and I also rented a few flicks: Grease and Clueless. Peter taught me how to play the GameCube version of Return of the King, and we all played several rounds of the HP trivia board game.
Somehow my company was in great demand this weekend. I’m feeling pretty popular with my own kids right now.
May 20, 2004 at 8:50 pm · Filed under peter
peter is now looking quite handsome, newly shorn. he had only clipped off one piece in front, so it wasn’t nearly as bad as it had sounded. believe me, i’ve been tempted to whack off sections of my hair some days, too.
“no one noticed until the teacher said, ‘what did you just do to your hair?'” he told me.
three more weeks. he just has to get through three more weeks.
May 20, 2004 at 12:52 pm · Filed under peter
i fell asleep this morning after the kids left for school, and was awaked by the harsh ring of our telephone (and the equally harsh sound of foxxi barking madly). peter was on the line – i could tell he wasn’t happy.
apparently, his hair had been getting into his eyes, so he whipped out his scissors and hacked it off in front.
“are you upset? do you look look freaky?” i asked.
“no… and yes,” he answered.
“well, the classroom isn’t a salon. the teacher probably thought you were being disruptive.”
“i just wanted it out of the way.”
“but you’re not feeling bad or anything.”
“no.”
i have to admit i didn’t think it was a huge deal, since he was trying to solve a problem, not get attention. i told him that next time he’s feeling shaggy, he should let us know so we can take him to a professional.
good thing he called. as it was, i had about 25 minutes to shower, get dressed, make coffee and go to work. i could have easily slept another hour.
as soon as i had an opportunity, i called our stylist and prayed that he had an opening today. (he did. yay.) he seemed to find the dilemma amusing. we’re both pretty curious to see the damage.
