on my mind today

charging my camera and actually keeping it with me and actually taking pictures with it and actually getting them on to my laptop and actually getting them on my blog, fridays rock, eating eggs benedict and salad with my mom at the diner, i’m all like not blow drying my hair anymore, parents on a plane, taking my iron pills, brooklyn flea market, mama chuch for yum-yums, girlfriends, decoupage, magazines, scarves, salsa, hosting a crafty fun night soon, writing thank you cards to those I love that need to be thanked, writing a get well soon card to someone special, loving bigger, an article i just read called “countertransference and disaster psychiatry” whoa, needing to get my teeth (and mr. matt’s) signed up for dental insurance, mr. matt, getting to church, figuring out which church, figuring out what to wear to said church, the fact that a blog with no pictures is boring with a capital B

things i am trying to do

trying to do homework, trying to have faith, trying not to go crazy, trying to stay calm, trying to take life one day (sometimes one hour) at a time, trying to be hopeful, trying to eat healthy, trying to get things done, trying to write in APA style, trying to be good at work, trying to stay organized, trying to be nice, trying to remember things, trying to not hate driving, trying to dream, trying to find the meaning of it all, trying to paint, trying to breathe deeper, trying to have clearer skin, trying to read, trying to stop watching so much tv, trying to stop trying so hard

the word trying looks so super-wierd now.

things i’ve been up to in september

sweatercoat

settling back into my cubicle, using a planner, hiking hacklebarney state park, seeing food inc, finally becoming a serious vegetarian (or pescetarian – i still eat fish occasionally), meeting friends anywhere and everywhere – panera, pf changs, starbucks, baja fresh, chipotle, stein mart parking lot, blue moon yoga (love, love, love), testing for being a bone marrow donor, watching silly shows on bravo, shopping for camping supplies, buying a sweatercoat i saw in the anthropologie catalog (matt’s the ultimate best), making healthy lunches for matt, getting a facial, going to class, downloading stevie wonder songs for my ipod, being on call for jury duty, forgetting about jury duty, forgetting what day it is, lunching

what i am right now

daughter, government employee, friend, wife, girlfriend, graduate student, future counselor/psychotherapist, sister-in-law, private chef to my family and friends, musician, artist, daughter-in-law, fan, scarf-wearer, buyer, supporter of asbury window, constant dreamer, lover, bike rider, writer, constant furniture re-arranger, dog mommy, painter, nutrition fanatic, singer, letter writer, collager, expert salsa-maker, definitly not the level-headed one

places i can ride my bike

Open up a comment box and tell us where you would ride your bike, walk, run to…it helps to write it down so that you can refer to it when you think you have nowhere to go

The beach, allenhurst, wegman’s, scarpetta’s, to get my hair cut, the library, long branch, surf taco, asbury window, monmouth university, to see friends, the hungry hobo, barnes and noble west long branch, a picnic, red bank, dean’s natural market, dots, target, scoops, igloo, brennan’s deli, ocean grove, michael’s, starbucks, up and down ocean ave, pier village, work, massage, aldi’s, the mall