Sorry, my dog ate my brain...

I have not been blogging as much as I would like lately. This is because my classes are far more demanding this semester than they were last semester. I've been logging the hours I put in (including class time) and it comes out to about 48 hours a week. Pretty intense. So while I'm slowing down on the entries, I'm not gone. Just more busy with things that aren't worth blogging about (like non-profit accounting homework). I think what's going to suffer the most is my other blog since I've definitely upped the amount of frozen food around here. :o/ You don't realize it when you're a kid, but this opening sequence is totally accurate.

Voodoo

I love it when Brad puts on D'Angelo after work/school. It's like a bit of Friday on Wednesday.

xoxo

We are not really making a plan for how to see New York, we're gonna just let it happen. I'm not sure how effective that will be, so just in case we have three activities planned:

1. New York Public Library

2. L.A. Burdick NYC- Just like our lovely Burdick but with a liquor license!

3. Mike's secret place for the best pizza in town!

While I am excited to see the city on my own terms (the last time I was there, I was 17), I'm more excited to be with Brad as he experiences the city for the first time. Even more than that, I'm VERY excited to see some friends from Brad's philosophy graduate days! Saturday can't come soon enough!

Have a Slice

In honor of our upcoming trip, here are a few of my favorite slices of Big Apple life:

• An Apple a Day
• From Me to You
• The Bitchy Waiter
• The Sartorialist

Empire State of Mind

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*Cell phone rings*
Drew: Hey, what's up
Me: Nothing. What's going on with you.
Drew: Not much, I'm in Miami.
Me: Cool.
Drew: Are you guys doing anything next weekend?
Me: We don't have plans.
Drew: Some of us are going to NYC, you should come.
*logistics*
Me: That sounds great! You should tell Brad...


That's exactly how long it took for next weekend to go from drab to fab!

Good Morning Sun

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I started doing yoga in 10th grade to cope with the stress of being in a very crowded and noisy high school. I used Yoga for Dummies, and it was my daily hour of quiet time. As I got better at it, I moved on to the "intermediate" routine which was the Sun Salutation. I fell out of the habit after going to college. By some happy accident, my lover and I have fallen into a routine of doing the Sun Salute together every morning this week, so I went out and bought him his own yoga mat. (It's black. Much more manly than my lavender one with which we've been taking turns.) I think we might get bored with just one routine so I did a search for some more routines, and I found this site with the most adorable little illustrations!

I didn't resolve to do this, but it would be a nice thing to keep up for the rest of the year!

January

I love the quiet of January after the hullabaloo of the holidays. Even the light is quiet. Not bright white, not gray, but a nice creamy color that doesn't strain the eyes. (I've heard it called "winter white" in the fashion world.)

January is....

A steady diet of citrus, minestrone and hot cocoa

Reading in a corner

A new start at the library

Long walks around icy ponds and rivers

New Year Musings

One of my friends always works on New Year's Day. He says it's a fresh start, so you should set the tone, and do on January 1st what you want to be doing all year long. I didn't exactly follow that advice, and yesterday I was a little sad. I thought I had missed the window for change, and had set a pretty lazy tone for the new year. Luckily, I was able to pull myself out of it, and did yoga with my lover, cleaned my kitchen and made some preparations for the upcoming Semester. Maybe I was a little late at setting the tone I wanted, but now it has been set, and I'm ready to bring it!