Thursday

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.  - Rumi








An update:

Violet: is great.  Today marks the first ever day of an almost perfect preschool drop-off.  She sat down on the circle rug and started building a block castle with her little friend, Nia.  She almost started to cry for me but stopped somehow.  No expectations for tomorrow or beyond but let me just say, one good day feels joyous. :)
Food: is soooo bad.  Just so so bad.  I am eating worse than I ever have I think.  Coffee and sugary treats all the time.  Fried, iced, unnatural as all get-out and sometimes just downright yucky.  What is my problem!?
Exercise: is almost nonexistent except for what movement I do at work.  Sometimes I am outside working hard so I count it as exercise.  Hey, better than nothing right now.
Apartment: is hot and smelly.  And small.  And cluttered with millions of stuffed animals.  But its mine and its Violet's.  And no one pays my rent/mortage but me. ;)
Work: my job is great.  I have my own office.  I make my own priority lists.  I supervise and plan and make important decisions.  Would I rather be home with Violet every single day instead though?  YUP.
Family: has made official camping plans for August.  My mom already paid for the site and it is happening!  I volunteered to bring food and booze too.  I am not a camper by any means, nope nope, no way.  But I do love me some Violet/sister/mom time.  And s'mores!
Recent Discovery: has to be how awesome it is to use the library.  I am a responsible library patron (zero fines people!!) and now that I no longer work at a library, I love using it as a community resource.  What a fantastic way to find children's books, videos, healthy-eating mags and music.  They have free story times and various summertime activities for families too.
Wish: that every day I were at the beach.  The older I get, the more I crave the ocean.  Plus little V-pod loves it too.
Summer Plans: are going swimmingly so far.  The best part of my days/weeks are these times I am doing something special with V.  I am always thinking and planning more things to do with my girl while the weather is warm.
Music:  lately is has been a mix of cd's and radio with as little radio as possible.  I spend so much time in the car commuting to work (remains a huge bummer and major expense) that I find my cd's become stale after a while.  Today I listened to one of my favorites of all time though: Interpol and Turn on the Bright Lights!

The best songs in my opinion are NYC and The New.  I can sing them word for word of course.  I have loved them for so many years now.  They kind of feel like an old friend at this point.

I  have been reading so many good blogs lately.  I want to share them:

1. People I want to Punch in the Throat!  Because she had me at the hilarious Elf on the Shelf post.

2. Soule Mama.  Because her farm, children and craftiness are so charming and beautiful.

3. Addicted to Veggies.  Because her recipes are SO inspiring and I WILL try them someday soon.

4. The Rants and Raves of a Monster.  Because she makes me laugh.

5. Mish's Book Shelf.  Because I love and adore my beauteous library friend, Michelle!