So I went for blood work and to see the dermatologist this morning and basically things are what they are – I’ll get the results of the lab later this week, but the dermatologist said that there is pretty much nothing she can do to get my hair growing. Once my thyroid is level, she could give me steroids and/or my endocrinologist could give me an intense hormone therapy treatment over a course of two…
I have yet to have a Monday that wasn’t fraught with an escalating to do list and a bad habit of sudden guilt over so much to do and so not wanting to do it. I broke the day up with a swim that was fabulous. While I was in the pool, a friend came by on her way to yoga – we haven’t seen each other in a bit, and she hasn’t seen me…
Last night, we watched Patrik, Age 1.5, a Swedish film about a gay couple who adopt what they think is a baby, but turns out to be a teenage boy. Touching. And then I picked up Whatever Passes for Love is Love by John Stoss and began again this book, which I had picked up a week ago and then a week got in the way. More on this later. Monday started at 4AM, with…
I made my way back to Mid City Zen for meditation for the first time since coming back home. About time, but oh how my body ached just trying to sit still and think of absolutely nothing for one hour. Daunting. Though it’s the meditation that guides me there, it’s the talk afterwards I enjoy equally. We are still reading and discussing Genjo Koan, which I had left off of when I left for the…
I rewatched one of my favorite movies last night – What Happened Was – a quirky, first date, psychological drama done by Tom Noonan in 1994. The movie moves like a play and it was actually adapted from Noonan’s play of the same name. The hair point turns of character revelations are so sharp that you (the audience) never have an opportunity to get comfortable with what you assume you know about either character. I…
We always circle up after Danielle’s Zumba class and anyone who is feeling particularly grateful speaks up. A woman who has obviously been suffering a lot because her husband ran off with another, spoke up this morning. She said she had started reading Sufi poetry and had read a particular passage that said, you can dance to God or be delivered in a stretcher. Fitting for Zumba. I read this today and was thinking it…
So my horoscope today: September 28, 2012 Taurus (4/20-5/20) Today you are finally coming to a deeper understanding of a task that has been particularly challenging to you. You’re getting a handle on things and feeling more and more empowered about what you need to do. This will be a wonderful day for you — your power is growing and it feels very good. You are starting to think that you could pretty much overcome…
We took the bike around the bayou and stopped to visit a friend/neighbor. While Tin was playing with the child, my friend handed me a card and said to pick one. The one I picked said on one side: “Success Is about the Joy I Feel.” On the other side it said this: When you are genuinely thrilled by someone else’s success, that means you are right on the track of your own. Success is…