November 21, 2007
Sheesh, I ignore this thing for a while and it gets all dusty and musty.
I've been in a weird space in my life lately. This year has been huge for me in how I see the world around me. I can't really expand further on that right now, but suffice it to say that I'm far more liberal and feminist minded than I ever realized, and certain things that I hadn't given much thought to in the past suddenly has occupied my thoughts and caused me to question a hell of a lot. Outside of my husband, nobody else really knows my stance on this one thing and I don't want to alienate myself from my family, so I can't elaborate on it at this time. I'm considering re-tooling the blog to include this, but it would also require a domain change to make me feel comfortable sharing. It would be a lot of work for something I'm not yet committed to continuing, yet I feel like this domain and blog in it's current form is stale and prevents me from sharing everything I would like to.
Moving on.
Last month, I tested for and received my Orange Belt in Tae Kwon Do. It was tough, especially the board breaking. We only get three tries to break it with our Gyeokpa (board-breaking kick - a different one for each belt), and I finally busted through on the third try. Doubt creeps in so quickly and can easily sabotage the best effort. I don't have pictures because I've been slacking horribly in the photography realm. The passion I had for it faded, and faded fast. I haven't wanted to force it, but I sort of gave up entirely. I'm sure it will come back. Some of it has to do with the total lack of good natural light in this house. Living on a mature landscaped lot is pretty, but very shady.
And lastly, in the exciting news category, I'm going to Europe in a week with my husband. It will be my first trip overseas and we are flying to Amsterdam and spending the weekend in Paris. I am totally taking pictures when I'm there. What I'm not looking forward to is figuring out the childcare. My tendency to micro-manage bubbles to the surface.
My energy level is WAY down right now with the short amount of daylight. Compounding that is the 2 days of rain and drearyness we've had. I have to use my light box more regularly. I'm going to try to post more often than once a month, but I'm not going to beat myself up if I don't.
I've been in a weird space in my life lately. This year has been huge for me in how I see the world around me. I can't really expand further on that right now, but suffice it to say that I'm far more liberal and feminist minded than I ever realized, and certain things that I hadn't given much thought to in the past suddenly has occupied my thoughts and caused me to question a hell of a lot. Outside of my husband, nobody else really knows my stance on this one thing and I don't want to alienate myself from my family, so I can't elaborate on it at this time. I'm considering re-tooling the blog to include this, but it would also require a domain change to make me feel comfortable sharing. It would be a lot of work for something I'm not yet committed to continuing, yet I feel like this domain and blog in it's current form is stale and prevents me from sharing everything I would like to.
Moving on.
Last month, I tested for and received my Orange Belt in Tae Kwon Do. It was tough, especially the board breaking. We only get three tries to break it with our Gyeokpa (board-breaking kick - a different one for each belt), and I finally busted through on the third try. Doubt creeps in so quickly and can easily sabotage the best effort. I don't have pictures because I've been slacking horribly in the photography realm. The passion I had for it faded, and faded fast. I haven't wanted to force it, but I sort of gave up entirely. I'm sure it will come back. Some of it has to do with the total lack of good natural light in this house. Living on a mature landscaped lot is pretty, but very shady.
And lastly, in the exciting news category, I'm going to Europe in a week with my husband. It will be my first trip overseas and we are flying to Amsterdam and spending the weekend in Paris. I am totally taking pictures when I'm there. What I'm not looking forward to is figuring out the childcare. My tendency to micro-manage bubbles to the surface.
My energy level is WAY down right now with the short amount of daylight. Compounding that is the 2 days of rain and drearyness we've had. I have to use my light box more regularly. I'm going to try to post more often than once a month, but I'm not going to beat myself up if I don't.