... and I'm still here.
I haven't died (thank goodness!)
I've just been super busy.
But I am here, and I have been plugging away. I went to the Dr. last week, and they weighed me. Ack! I go back in a few weeks for some blood tests (everything's okay, don't worry =D) and I'm planning to lose some weight in case they weigh me again! =D That's motivation for me!
I'm still struggling with getting exercise in. But I've been working on doing yoga most mornings and improving my flexibility, which has been beneficial. It doesn't take long, doesn't take any equipment, and I can do it anywhere in the house, so that's helped me do it. For some reason I'm really tight today, though, and I don't know what's up with that. But I'm doing better, and that's what counts! I can touch my toes again!! (And can I just say, and I'm sorry if you're one of these people, that people who are naturally flexible and think touching your toes is nothing impressive because they never stretch and can bend over and grab the bottoms of their feet are annoying??! Touching my toes is huge, people, even if I AM only 5 feet tall! It's something I have to work at! - rant over.)
I guess the big news right now is that I'm taking an "aerial dance" workshop on Saturday and might join in an aerial dance class depending on how the workshop goes! I think it sounds like the coolest thing, and it's a new studio one of my friends is opening up. And hey... if I can expand my horizons AND get in better shape doing it, why not, right? We'll see. I've always wanted to learn how to use a trapeze!
So... that's where things are. Busy. Not crazy, but busy enough that my poor little bloglife has been neglected. My weightloss plans have slowed, but are still there, being plugged away at, and my craft life is nonexistent. We haven't even been leaving the house much, which is weird. And yet I seem to be busy all day long (thanks in large part to a little girl with whom I'm trying to spend more time lately), but it's good. We're getting some good routines into place that I think will make life run a whole lot smoother once the rest of life falls into place. I'm taking babysteps to get there and it's slow moving, but hopefully will have lasting effects instead of the instant change that falls apart and is reclaimed by chaos in a short amount of time. I hope so, at least!
2 comments:
Hummmm. I have missed you. And your art. But I think it is great that you are putting the time with Ellie as a priority. Life is so complicated even when we want nothing more than simplicity.
What exactly is arial dancing? On a tight rope or from trapeeze? That's where my imagination goes with that term. Educate me! I need it.
I have missed creating, too, and hope to get back to that. For some reason it just hasn't been happening (I think because I'm having a hard time keeping with the house I'm not taking any time to create in my craft room, just to sort the stuff that gets moved down there from other parts of the house.) and the few times it has I haven't been blogging. I'm finding it VERY hard to keep up with blogs (which is REALLY weird for me, as you know!) but I'm making an effort. Most of my creative time has been in the kitchen with Eliana and, while I have taken pictures of our little projects, I haven't posted them on MIM. I need to get back in the habit of posting. I'm working on it!
Aerial dancing is... well, I'll know a little more after the workshop on Saturday! I'm not sure of all the details, but I know you can do it on trapeze (which is what we'll be using) and from long "ribbons" hanging from the ceiling. It'll be interesting and I can fill you in after the workshop! Unless, of course, you want to come WITH me to the workshop. =D It's free and it should be a fun workout (and completely suited to beginners, Cathy assured me!)
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