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September 7th, 2011
09:02 am
Things seem to be going okay at school. Bam seems to be positive towards his teacher, so far. The other kids appear friendly.
I asked him if he would be okay with taking the bus next year -- we won't be walking distance anymore, or even biking distance, and it would make life so much easier. He said he's fine with it. I'm utterly terrified of school buses myself, but I think things are very different now than when I was in school, so I think it's worth a try. Not sure if he would have to take the "short bus" or if it would be better or worse for him to do so.
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September 3rd, 2011
08:06 pm - Writer's Block: Paging Al Gore
Are you kidding? I would pay someone ELSE if they could get me to give up the Internet.
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June 24th, 2011
11:17 am
I rubbed my wet hair really vigorously this morning and it poofed out into this wild, big do... I went to show my guy an he said, 'that looks amazing on you.' I thought it was pretty funny, but actually it was kind of flattering, at that. Am sorry now I didn't take a picture; I have no idea how to get or maintain that kind of hairstyle, but it might have been cool to find out.
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May 17th, 2011
10:18 am
We went to observe one of the two fifth grade teachers today and OMG. I could feel the weight of the souls being crushed. John Holt spun in his grave.
The teacher was not terrible... he was polite to the kids and didn't seem overly intimidating or strict. But the teaching to the tests was very obvious, the activity was dull, there was no room for creativity or individual thought.
Of course, Bam really appreciates structure and has difficulty with certain kinds of tasks requiring a particular kind of imagination, so he might do well in that environment. And I think the stress of being in a small room with so many noisy, antsy kids definitely colored my view of the experience.
But ugh.
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May 8th, 2011
11:07 am
I got the best mother's day gift ever -- a dream in which through some kind of mystical experience, the whole family was with her before she died. Excellent closure. And my family waking me with breakfast in bed meant I got to remember it.
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May 7th, 2011
11:02 am
I've been thinking that my spins were improving and my teacher actually mentioned it the other night -- said they were "spiffy." :-) She's so much fun. I still need to put more oom-pa-pah into my sombrero turns, mind you.
I think the improvement might be because I changed my workout and am doing a class that concentrates on the abdominals. Wish I could do pilates, but that much work on my butt is too painful, even with lots of padding. Am thinking of adding yoga though, because I feel very stiff and inflexible.
It's really nice to see improvement because I was actually thinking recently that I had hit my upper limit of how well I could dance and was just never going to get any better. And somewhat the same with my workouts.
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April 1st, 2011
09:05 am
A good quote for today: "It's easy to say one doesn't believe in some white-haired dude that floods the Earth when he's pissed, but does it make any sense to say one doesn't believe in the unknowable? Personally, I use the word God to describe what fills in the spaces between things that can be known."
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March 24th, 2011
09:36 pm
I'm praying it's not a fluke but for two nights in a row I've gotten through dance classes without feeling like I'd been hit by a truck at the end. I've been having some better night for a month or two so there definitely seems to be an improving trend, knock wood. I've made so many changes in my lifestyle lately I don't have a clue which one might the one ... or maybe it's a synergistic thing... but I'm going to keep doing everything I've been doing, that's for sure!
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March 13th, 2011
07:37 pm
We took Bam out to an evening event last night, not wanting to leave him with a sitter from 5pm to 1 am, even if we could have found one. And it was fine! We *prepared* this time, which helped a lot -- brought a sleeping bag and pillows, and his favorite comfort read (currently Calvin and Hobbes). But I think it also shows how much he's matured, that he was able to be in a strange place for a long time and be mellow about it.
Wonder if he's getting to the place where concerts might be a possibility?
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January 23rd, 2011
05:08 pm
I'm cooking with veggies so much, I want to get a chopper - simple simple and easy to clean. Any recommendations to help me chop my way to a better life?
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