setting sights
Monday, December 7, 2009
striving. looking ahead, while working very, very hard to stay right here and now. last night i was all over monday… meaning, i would have been happy to see the universe jump off its tracks for one short twenty four hour period and move us all to tuesday… until today, that is. today, monday, where there was nothing miraculous. nothing earth shattering. it was just a day.
but after taking some stock of our circumstances, the verdict came in as pretty damn good considering, and things are moving in the right direction. on a day like today, a plain old, largely uneventful, monday, it’s something to be able to see the wonderful now. and even better to know- just effing know- that there’s more wonderful to come.
i suppose on a monday it certainly helps when you get to look forward to baby girl primped, blushed and tutu’d for her first ever dance recital… perfection in a sprig of pink tulle. edible perfection, i say.
up a half hour earlier than even my usual early. welcoming kittens.
-20. icy clear skies. a blue unlike any other. snowy peaks, honed chisels, reaching for the sky. cold, clear rocky mountain beauty.
a tiny space heater. target slippers. coffee(!) and a hunk of fibrous wonder strewn with an occasional chocolately surprise … thank you dr. weil.
yoga in peace and quiet… in a tidy, clean little room, warmed with a little gas fire. sun salutations. filling my lungs. emptying my head. sweating. moving. lengthening.
a good school morning. charlotte’s web. bone.
lentil soup. hand-knit scarves. striped gloves. a hard, brisk walk with my beast… a tennis ball as yet unchewed. connecting in a good, solid kick. the beast sliding on her arse in bliss and snow after said tennis ball!
a hot bubble bath. entertainment weekly.
little girls, pink and sweet in trails of candy floss, dancing… precariously balancing large plastic snowflakes upon tiny heads.
rotisserie chicken. fresh tortillas. jalapeno peppers. roma tomatoes. queso. the stuff of life…
setting goals. looking forward. feeling confident.
an early night.
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