closets

i am really beginning to figure out the variety of organizing projects that i like and those that i am just going to say "no"....won't do that.
it all came from a question by a client? do you really like doing this (i was organizing she and her partner's closet....woemn's closet... super fun and easy)...my answer...YES. they had pretty clothes and i had so much fun turning it into a pretty closet. the end result was so satisfying. to them and more importantly...to me!
ok, number one on that list...closets.

last night teaching

hmmm. tonight is my last night teaching yoga for a while. i have been teaching on a part-time basis. one day a week, two classes. part of my resolutions is to focus on my business and i felt that one day a week of teaching was taking me a way from that goal. of course as i have shared with my friends, how will i feel not identifying myself as a yoga teacher. i have a new course of thought. focus on what i am. i am a business owner and a professional organizer. i think it is common to spend our time thinking about what we are not, what we don't have, etc. instead i think it is more powerful and more productive to be in the here and now. who we are. what we want. what we are working on. yep, i am ready. so tonight i will share what i can with my students and i will keep this train moving forward. i feel excited. optimistic. empowered by this decision. ok let's do this thing.

cancer

cancer is such a scary word.
had my yearly mammogram, which led to an ultrasound test. i will give you my results first...cancer free. i know. phew. right?
but waiting in the waiting room with the other ladies in hospital gowns...it feels surreal. they have a little locker system where you pick your code for the lock. i knew that by the end of my appointment, i wouldn't be able to work the locks. i was right of course.
cancer is a scary trip. even just the thought of having it. i went down that road. i met a lady who had cancer in 2010. while i sat in the waiting room for my results the technician came out and literally gave her two thumbs up and said "I'll see you in six months".
cancer
cancer free
the difference of one word. amazing.
i then told her "wow, i bet many people are waiting to get this call from you". one word answer...YES. she walked out of that office with a lightness to her step.
then it was my turn. i had to have an extra step of an ultra sound. i of course tried to make the whole thing lighter by joking with the doctor. somehow i think if i keep the mood light that the answer will be good. so far, i am right. just a cyst. i could have it taken out but as one of my friends told me her doctor/father said...if something doesn't have to be done, well then don't do it. this is one thing that doesn't have to be done.
i walked out with a lightness in my step.

thankfully it is raining

monday...the day to start fresh. always feel like it is the day to start anew. that is unless you wake up with coughing, sniffling, aching symptoms. yes, my annoying symptoms continue. so for now the plans for the week are put to the back burner and i will freshen up the sheets, get myself snuggled back in and...go back to sleep.
thankfully it is raining. good morning and good night.

sunday

do you ever have some combination of food that you eat over and over again. i am definitely one of those people. i seem to get hooked on one thing for a while and that is all i eat. my new fav...peeled apples/sliced with 2 percent yogurt. not exciting to you? exciting to me. and since it is 845, and i just woke up...that is my next stop...oh well, that is after i prepare my cafe au lait.
happy football sunday.

saturday

part of the food experiment or rather all of the food experiment was to get me to write in this blog. success. and as we know once that ended, the blog ended to too. i then decided to continue with the food experiment and to incorporate it into my regular diet. my friend's samantha and yariv call those foods white death. funny. but i don't think i need to keep writing about it all the time. yes, there will be occasions to point out something but i am feeling ready to explore other topics - things of interest to me and thoughts surrounding my organizing business. hopefully this transition won't be too painful for one and all who may or may not participate in this blog.

rainy days and fridays

empty fridge
out of cold medication
throbbing head
hacking cough
fever
aches and pains
difficult night's sleep

trip to safeway
decisions
difficult
done

modest meal
drugs consumed
coffee made
washed dishes

bed
relaxation
fludis
the view
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh