Back To Earth

Perhaps you've been wondering why there have been no new postings to this blog lately? (Or perhaps not....but I shall not even consider that as a REAL option.) Well, as it turns out, I spent five days with my mother for our Annual Mother/Daughter Fantastic Birthday Bonding Extravaganza. It kept me quite busy, you see. Sure - it's true that I MIGHT have been expected to return to writing after she left, but then - you know - I had to go back to work. Going back to work after three days of PTO is a horrible experience. (Side note: I don't even want to THINK ABOUT what it will be like after two weeks of PTO in March, when we jaunt over to Bangkok. Aargh!)

Here's a bit of a clue as to how much recovery time this PTO will require: It's Sunday night at approximately 8:30 pm. I am working. I have been working for 4 hours. I have not even crossed off 1/10 of the items on my "Urgent To-Do" list. Sigh. Woe is me. (Side note: My father is probably giddy with delight at this point, as he considers each additional task imposed upon me to be a harbinger of employment stability. Sympathy is not required, in his opinion. Effusive congratulations, on the other hand, are quite appropriate.)

[Random thought: I should not have eaten two donuts today. Why did I do that? Prior to today's donut incident, I had allowed nearly an entire year to pass by in which I had only consumed two donuts. Why would I suddenly need to match last year's record in a matter of minutes?]

Before I sign off to continue my work (with the promise of "real" postings resuming this week), I want to extoll the virtues of my latest venture in the yoga world: AcroYoga. This - my friends - is truly amazing. Today, in a two-hour Acroyoga workshop, I learned the most fantastic things about trust, community, and yoga. (I also learned that when you suspect someone has weak and spindly limbs that cannot support your body weight, you may very well be correct, despite any demonstrations of overconfidence and declarations of "experience.") You will hear more about this topic soon - believe me.