Since we’ve moved out to the burbs last year, I’ve spent a lot of time exploring all the great trails in our area, but I had yet to go for a run. With the crazy heat wave we’d been experiencing finally behind us, I thought I would get my first run in over two years under my belt this morning. After lacing up my shoes, grabbing my iPhone and doing a quick bounce test to make sure my sports bra was still functional (it was – yay!), I hurried up and left before I had a chance to change my mind about it. After a minute or two of walking, I picked up the pace to a jog and was […]
Happy Dance
I have something rather embarrassing to admit. Well, it’s embarrassing to me anyway. Although I can appreciate many different types of music, over the years, I’ve mostly stuck to the louder, angrier, more rockin’ variety of tunes. Every once in a while, I would download a catchy dance tune but was quick to bury it deep down in an obscure list on my iPod so that no one could discover my dirty little dancey secret. But that was the extent of it. So why, at some point last week, I had a sudden urge to listen to dance radio stations, to the point that I programmed four of them into my car stereo, was an utterly puzzling and slightly very […]
Two broads in a boat
I’m just steps away from the house I used to live in with my ex-husband out in the suburbs. Actually, I’m at the Starbucks that was so conveniently located at the time, and I’m eating, or rather, have already scarfed down a double chocolate chip cookie and I’m making progress on my vanilla latte – two things that are on my “Sylvie don’t eat” list. But today, I don’t care. And you know what? They are both damn, damn good. So good, that I may buy another cookie. Maybe. What’s weird about today is that being here doesn’t feel weird. I normally get this strange déjà vu feeling whenever I come back to these parts, but I was pleasantly surprised […]
One asterisk* for me!
When I was a kid, getting a stamp on my hand was a most awesome, however temporary, reward for some job well done. To this day, I have a secret envy for my teacher friends who have daily access to those cool stamps, and I know that part of the reason I never had a calling to become a school teacher is because the Universe knows that giving me a push in that direction would without a doubt lead to a moment where I would be found, alone in a classroom, laughing hysterically while stamping madly at any surface I could find. Although I would still love to get my hands on one of those fun stamper doohickeys (preferably a heart or […]
The sickness that sets me straight
An update from Cheeriolala land “We’re sick people, you know that, don’t you?”. It seems that those are the words I most often tell the trainers at the gym when I’m done a workout. You know, when I catch my breath and can actually talk again. Honestly, there are some times when I’m just plain amazed I got through it, and today was one of those days. I know the word of choice this week seems to have been puke, and I was a little worried that it might literally come up today when I saw the workout scrawled onto the whiteboard: 5 rounds, for time of 80 skips (like when you skipped in grade school, but without the little […]
The 6 month review
An update from Cheerio lala land Wow. I am nervous. It’s really silly, since I’m here all by myself, sitting on the couch, but I have butterflies in my stomach and yeah, it’s full blown nervousness. Out of nowhere, this lovely little thought popped into my head: exactly 6 months ago today, I presented my boss with a resignation letter and my plan to leave to go pursue “something else”. I don’t know where the guts to do it came from exactly, and I certainly didn’t have a rock-solid plan, but I leaped, and time has just flown by ever since. Instead of feeling nostalgic over that moment, it’s as though another side of my personality, one that is authoritative yet fair, […]
My apologies to the chickens
An update from Cheerio lala land What is wrong with this picture: I’m sitting on my couch in my brand new apartment, trying to start my June article for Lightworker Magazine. There’s loud music playing, I’m sipping on a cup of coffee, and I just polished off a spinach, chicken and goat cheese salad. My tasty quicky “pizza” from last night on a brown rice tortilla with goat mozarella, zucchini, olives and basil. Yes indeed, it seems this whole vegan thing isn’t quite working out anymore. I feel better and a little sad all at once. There’s a lot less stress associated with eating when you don’t have to rule out so much, but there’s the feeling of giving in […]
A shade of purple to call my own
An update from Cheerio la-la land As a kid, I loved puzzles. I started with cute wooden puzzles with just a few pieces and eventually worked my way up to massive photos with over 1000. And then there was my beloved New Kids On The Block puzzle that served the purpose of blocking the heating vent under my bed long after I got over the cuteness of Joe. But of all the puzzles I’ve encountered in my life, I never thought that the most perplexing one would be me. For as long as I can remember, I’ve never felt like I fit in with others. But what I find interesting is that I never really tried either. For a good […]
Full Moon Madness
An update from Cheerio lala land Some things change, and most of the time, I’m all for it, but there are certain constants that I enjoy, like my little morning routine. Other than catching up on emails and random Facebook happenings with a cup of tea, I always make a point of checking my horoscope at www.boothstars.com. Although they are just about always on the mark, I was especially happy to read today’s forecast from the stars for us Scorpios: “Changes are coming and their big ones. The Full Moon is making you acutely conscious that you are entering a transitional period in your life. And it’s a good transition. Continuing with the status quo is no longer an option. […]
Imma Bee
An update from Cheerio la la land Me and my twin, sorry, little sister. We share genes but not music. As much as my sister and I are alike, we have very different tastes in music. There’s a lot we can agree on, but I often end up cringing at some of the songs on her playlists. Ok, ok, I will admit to liking a few of the Lady Gaga songs that she played while we were getting ready to go out dancing on Saturday night, but when the Black Eye Peas song Imma Be came on, well, yeah, I’m not a fan of that one. “What are they saying?” I asked. “Is it a song about them being bees?” […]