My girls at large set a goal for me back in July – to have a man cook dinner for me by Nov 1st – at the time, this seemed like an impossible goal. I wrote them after Shanghai in September and said a man cooked a picnic dinner for me that was nothing short of extreme thoughtfulness – down to each little item in the sack (I’m talking about the dinner sack). Well I…
I was walking to the race in the cemetery on Sunday discussing relationships and paramours and it all made me get up this morning and decide to take action. I sent a guy I had gone out with a few times an email playfully criticizing his actions yet setting the stage for more direct communication should there be future interaction. I then wrote out a list of things to do and things to be when…
It’s not too far fetched that a dynamic woman such as myself – assertive in all things – would not state her needs in her love relations. I’m the daughter of an alcoholic and a rage-o-holic – what I learned best was to not need anything. And I learned how to cook, clean, not take up a lot of negative space in a room, and all those great things that kids learn in these kinds…
I was telling a friend that I was learning how to be guileful because being truthful wasn’t working for me – when suddenly I had an enormous epiphany – I haven’t been truthful at all lately. Another friend told me she is always worried that she might sound – god forbid – needy if she is truthful and/or even worse vulnerable. I told her I so agree – the thought of being perceived as needy…
Loca plays bad dog good dog pell-mell with me all the time. I had to cover up the holes she dug in the yard (AGAIN!) and then she can be so good when we are doing our lessons as evidenced below – her sit/stay is perfect.
November 5, 2007 In the name of love I willingly forgive and forget all harm done to me.
The US delayed setting back the clocks this year by one week and maybe that is why it has been the freakiest time change I’ve experienced. I can’t get right with the difference – last night at 6:30, it felt like 11:30. This morning seemed to have lasted forever as if I was moving in slow motion. It was great that it was light so early, but unsettling that it grew dark so quickly.
I went to Juan’s with neighbors to get a taco and decompress from the weekend. We talked about qualities in a person that we like. I recited my top two – someone who makes me laugh and who I can be proud of. We don’t know what it is that makes a person funny or makes us laugh – but we know that in this life – as sweet as it is – laughter is…
S and I had a pre-race breakfast here this morning before walking to the cemetery on Metairie Road for the 5K Run Through History sponsored by New Orleans Track Club. I woke up in that spriteful way – it was 5AM – but really it was 6AM – but no matter – I had plenty of time to get the dogs taken care of and walked before we headed out – I was excited to…
Last night I went to preview the new restaurant opening on the Carrollton and Canal corridor – so far we have a lot – Wit’s Inn came back after the storm, better than before. Then the noodle house Doson opened. Then Rooster’s made a try but then soon Metin had the restaurant and opened Hot Burger recently. And now Arabesque on the same block is opening to the public this Thursday. A lovely, intimate restaurant…