harmony and understanding...

About three weeks ago I started taking a weekly yoga class that was offered through work. I had really forgotten how much I enjoyed doing yoga and how much better it really makes me feel. I bet if I got my lazy ass to the gym then I would feel even better, but this is a good start. For some people it doesn't do anything, but its the one time that I can really just not think about anything and totally relax for an hour. By the time the practice is done and we are in our final breathing state I can feel myself just seconds away from being in a wonderful deep sleep. And for those of you that know how much I love sleep, that's a wonderful thing.

On a completely separate note, I have decided that I don't like peaches. At least not ones that have not yet been peeled. Everytime I try to bite into one I get the shivers because the fuzz freaks my mouth out.

i want more...i want more....

Let me preface this by saying I have absolutely no right at all to complain about my life. I have a wonderful husband who thinks the sun rises and sets in me, I have a fairly new job with better pay and more enjoyable responsibility than I ever have, I'm back living in a city that I adore, and I have a new puppy who, at times, may be difficult but makes me so happy...and yet.....I want more...

I feel like I am in a bit of a rut. D and I have gotten very comfortable in spending our evenings at home or venturing out to do errands or shopping, but we don't ever really step outside of our pattern. We see our theatre here and in NYC, we play with our dog, we buy our groceries, but we don't really go out and make new friends. I'm not really sure why. I take that back, I do know why...Making new friends and stepping outside your box is hard. It's at times uncomfortable and who really wants to be uncomfortable when you can sit on your couch in boxer shorts and eat fruit snacks watching The Golden Girls while your adorable puppy sleeps with his head resting on your leg. (That's me in a nutshell folks, take it or leave it!)

Lately though, I'm scared. I don't want that to be all there is to my life. I don't want to wake up in twenty years and fight with D because our life has just become about each other and no one else. I want us to have full lives, lives that extend beyond just each other.

Like I said, I shouldn't complain..I have it so much better than most. If my life stayed just as it is, I would die happy and fulfilled, but sometimes....I just want more...

working 9 to 5......

so not a musical yet, but it's coming so i figure it counts...

Today we were told the 2006 Kennedy Center Honorees and sent all the press releases off about it. I would like to take a moment to thank the KC Gods for making me the happiest southern homo ever. On December 3, 2006 I will be in the same room as MS. DOLLY PARTON!!! If I could find a way to meet her during the Honors weekend I will be able to check one of those "want to do before I die" things off my list.

The other honorees for 2006 are Steven Spielberg, Zubin Mehta, Smokey Robinson, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Between who will come for Dolly, those for Mr. Spielberg, and the Broadway folks that should come out for Andy this could be quite an exciting star studded event in DC.

Today my friends, is a good day!

i'm flying home....

Labor Day weekend D and I went to visit my favorite Mother/ Daughter/ Dog trio Tonya, Kate, and Emma Latifah in NY. They are quite possibly two of the greatest people in my life, bar none. We took Beau to meet them and I think Beau kind of fell for Tonya and even after that, I still like her! =) On Sunday we met up with Tonya's sister Toni and her husband Jim and visited with them and their kids Marcy and Brady who are awesome too. They own a hot air balloon and so we went with them to a nearby field and got to "tether" with them. The weather was too shaky for us to take a full ride up in the air, but we got to go about 50-75 feet in the air and see a glimpse of what it would be like. It was excellent!! The picture that you see here in D, Kate, Jim and I right before we lifted off the ground.