babt steps, and maybe i am noticing some changes...

i went to the physical gym today. while i have done some excersize stuff, i have not been to the gym since before i moved. baby steps. walked there and back and spent about 15 minutes there. but its something and i'll take it, esp since i was involuntairily napping on the couch previously.

made some med changes. wondering if this is affectiving my activity/energy level. wish i could read my body a little bit better

itchy bug bites

no fair this is what i get for sitting outside and having a glass of wine last night.

went to 2 performances yesterday. fringe show was good. and melt which i have wanted to see. i liked it better than most people in my group, but i had expected more. but i also automatically give points for site specific dance esp in places i wouldn't otherwise be able to go, bodies moving in unison and people somehow "suspended" in air.

back to work again. responsive classroom training today. should be cool.

midland beach staten island. salmon run, no.

we had a 2fer today. road the staten island railroad and went to the beach. and really in some ways it was so foriegn it was as if we were on vacation. the only downside. travel time required. the sand was a cool orange color and the beach clean and not packed, listening to the surf was nice. we walked along the south beach boardwalk for a while and saw the dunes and got ben and jerry's ice cream. as i said a good day, except for the only every half an hour transport where we had to wait as we just missed it.

on the way home i decided to pick up a bottle of my fav wine at a store i want to support. but they didn't have my fav. salmon run. nor had they heard of it. i was thrown, esp by that time i no longer wanted a glass of wine tonight. i got something new, its good to have wine around..

tomorrow the heat returns. yuck. and so seems weird to spend it at a fringe show, but i will.

day 1

its done.
had a lame special friend session. she's going on maternity leave at the end of october for 2 months. we'll see how that goes, if i go back, which i'm sure i will.

and now day 2 is done. the room is in somewhat of an order, but also in shambles. woo hoo. but tomorrow can start on the more interesting stuff! going to a fringe show tonight. doing something 1)summery and 2) cultural for the first time in a long time. bring on the puppets. taking marathon, he will likely hate it.

maine street maine

oh my this islamic center at "ground zero" racist bullshit is driving me insane. on all sides.

going back to work tomorrow. particularly not excited...it will be fine when the kids eventually get there, but 8 days of staff week and then a week off. bleh!
my heart is pounding and i'm not sure why, but it made it impossible for me to relax during my nap. but so nice to be back in my bed, instead of sharing a twin blow up bed. trip was nice though.

what's up with this stem cell thing? or the new news about funding i mean.

getting my hair cut! woo hoo, it looks so lame.

i am broke again.10 days til i get paid. this kinda sucks. but also i am only "broke" i have plenty of money and access to it and don't need to watch every penny i spend for the next few weeks... hence why i can go get a fancy schmancy (at least price-wise) haircut soon.

oof schvitzy again

survived baby sitting, even if i poorly changed the diaper and the kid had a few meltdowns (was hungry way before dad said he would be)

thank you museum for paying me on thursdays!

one of the benefits of being a part time museum employee is that i get direct deposit,and apparently it comes on thurs. i get paid tomorrow anyway, but this allows me to get on the plane with some money in my bank account and overall feel much better.

also found a b&b with a room for sunday and made a reservation. also reserved a tour at the tom's of maine factory. although i wonder if i should have made it for 1pm instead of 2.

and while i cannot believe that i am getting on a plane again today, nor that i have to schelp out to jfk, i am ready. (minus the fact that i'm not packed, need to do some house cleaning and some homework for the workshop that was in MN and was due yesterday and i leave to baby sit in 2 hours)

going to try and hit farmacy and the library depending on the kid and nap time.

its just my opinion but most ketubot out there are ugly

i'm just in for something simple. my grandparents ketubah is awesome. it's like a blumberg lease, just ripped off of a pad and names and dates filled it. love it.

my parents, who have no idea where their ketubah is, 45th wedding anniversary is this weekend. need to make a card and bust out of here with laundry today. but first more cantelope-yum.

um...

so apparently the nytimes has a new site layout. i don't like it. i never like change, but this is more than that, it took away my headline scanning in the same way.

went to washington square park today. the charm and essence is gone, even if there are some nice (but not awesome) plantings

first baby sitting gig on thurs, think my first diaper change is in order, but actually more worried about the dog...

other stuff to say? unclear.

reading girl with dragon tattoo

and so far it's good. i broke down, i had nothing else to read, i am hooked.
oh my all the adorable babies i just wanted to eat up this weekend, so freakin cute and awesome. and so good to see people and play celebrity, although i'm not so sure about the 4th round---charades under a blanket, but its always a hilarious time. chicago you are ok with me. maine here i come, and then back to work time.
had some more thoughts can;t remember them.
the copay for one of my prescriptions seems to have dissappeared. i'm confused, but not going to complain. esp as even though my dose is being lowered, it means taking more pills...
baby home woo hoo, and woo hoo no more couches to sleep on, at least til thurs night

on the road again

later today i will head back to the airport, and board another plane. this stint in my bed was too short, but the weekend will be fun.

i haven't done laundry in a while and will def need to on my return/before my next trip next weekend. in fact unclear what to pack for this carry on only trip. for which i also got sucked into serious consumer culture. um why did i buy a gift for this shower--i know why, but is it actually useful?

queens=fasicnating place and i kinda wish i lived there. certainly wish i spent more time exploring, hopefully i will with grad school friend's new astoria address.

i refuse to see eat pray love

a large part is b/c julia roberts is the lead (and i have nothing against her per se, just that this story is such a perfect made for movie story). but i am generally sick of seeing it around.

did not crack open girl with the dragon tatoo, picked up new bok--the selected works of ts spivet which is kinda awesome and also making me cry a bit, and also the plot changed focus midway through and i liked the other part better.

the clouds out the window of the plane at dusk yesterday were so beautiful looking, my lame cell phone camera would not have done them justice. i am debating buying a digital camera, but i wouldn't have it on me like i always have my cell phone on me. [why are they called cell phones? what's the cell?] right now my phone is full of out of focus pollinators on flowers... and i think i need to put off major purchases for another month or so, til all this traveling is done.

good to be back in my/our bed and esp good to be back to my bathroom.

i will be pysched to see my bathroom again

i'm done with this dorm thing. esp the bathroom, but also the dampness. looking forward to my bed and my bathroom and not needing shoes to go between the two. also i packed badly for this trip--they over emphasized the being outdoors, so i look forward to my wardrobe and to FRESH PRODUCE!!!!

over all this has been a great PD, i learned a ton, but fear i already forgot it, but had good experiences. not sure what tomorrow will be like and is certainly less hands on...

there is a beautiful demonstration garden here just outside our classroom, but just beyond that (now finishing next morning when i should be busing out of here) are crops on much bigger plots, one of which i saw has multiple do not enter, poison signs alterting to recent pesticide use, but of course what it is on top of is food. um anyone else see a problem with that?

minnesota, nice except for the humidity...

spent the day exploring by myself, which except for the humidity, and how much i smell now was quite nice.

i had a day where i felt like i didn't talk to anyone, but that's not true b/c i made several purchases...and a guy on the bus started talking to me. but sometimes when i feel like i havent talked in a while i have this wonder of, will sound come out when i open my mouth when it is time to talk. there is a get to know you picnic in 15 minutes, so i will have plenty of time to talk today, so i'm really not worried about it. but its an interesting thought. and honestly today i wanted to explore on my own. and am glad that i found nice things.

i broke down and bought the girl with the dragon tattoo mainly to read on this trip. but i slept on the plane, and then i found an awesome independent book store around here and bought a book that so far i am into.

i should have bought the sharon jones cd i passed, but might have missed the bus if i went back for it.

this area has unlimited bus transfers in a 2.5 hour time limit. and bike racks on buses and picked up an edible twin cities. the coffee across the street sucked, not surprised, bt found coffee shop not too far away that i won't have time/will not get up early enough to go to..

changes, carbon footprint

i am about to embark on three weeks in a row of taking a plane (and i just got back from a plane last week)

bug bites, crickets, august, consumerism (oh yeah and sweating again)

back to taking 2 showers a day. oh the priviledge i have to waste so much water...
burned myself on a hot pepper. yikes. i want to compost the other three right away. lip hurts, thumb hurts, tongue seems better.. time passed, now fingers seemed to be inflamed, am slightly nervous about touching anything, and yet touching everything.

my gazpacho is lame. but spicy.

so two friends have almost the same due dates, in a week or so. neither has really gotten any baby stuff, niether are big consumers. also one is in nyc and one elsewhere (ie needs to be sent) so i got one a set of swaddle blankets. then i was drawn to this stupid sleep sheep noise. maybe its helpful, but maybe its also an unneeded appliance and extra material and i couldn't just leave it on the shelf, but i also can't imagine giving it. my big thing b/c i couldn't get a gift reciept and what if they already have one of these things.. oof. the consumer world we live in.

picked a birthday celebration, assume few in attendance...

next sat at celebrate brooklyn, its outside, its cheap, its free, its chill. not on my b'day but i couldnt come up with a good option for thursday night.

at the moment i am wishing that wait wait don't tell me was on sundays again! can one stream podcasts, or do they have to download them? all these technology things i know nothing about.

its grey today and the humidity is creaping up. bleh.