Libby Says...
Well my dear friends and family, I'm wishing you the best and brightest in 2008. I've spent most of the first week of my holiday vacation regrouping and recuperating, not from being sick exactly, but from being worn out and a bit blue. This week, though, is all about working on my master's thesis, planning the year to come, and visiting with friends. There's a small possibility that I may come to the first weekend of Lotusphere this year. I can't take any days off, so I wouldn't be there for the week (and there's nobody to pay my fees to get in), but some good friends have offered a couch/floor/bed space in their room for a night or two, so I may show my face with a handful of CVs and many hugs for my friends in the crowd. We'll see if I can afford the flight (yay for Continental miles) and make it work out. Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
It's been quiet here since June. Guess I've been busy and a little blue (which I probably haven't wanted to admit). Let's see... I got a yoga teacher certification, trained for and competed in my first triathlon, trained for and ran my third half marathon, helped a friend through a crisis (I hope), am almost done with my final semester in graduate school after taking two classes this semester, taught three preps at school, and tried like hell to figure out what I'm doing right and wrong with my life. I read a fair amount (although I've been doing a lot of compulsive re-reading), study, and work. I did some great cooking this summer, with my new basil and mint plants, but I've not done much cooking since school started in August. I've been to visit my mom and my grandmother, although both too briefly. I haven't had time or money to do much other travel I've wondered what the right next career move would be for me and how to make my personal life make me happy and not make others too miserable. I've been sad to miss the Lotus world with all its current excitement and rejuvenation. I've started lots of great posts about articles I've read, movies I've seen, books I've read, thoughts I've had, but I stop before I finish and publish. Perhaps as I come to the end of what has been an incredibly challenging semester I'll find ways to figure out how to get what I want and need, and that clarity will bring more comfort with and inspiration for writing. Still, thanks for the handful of folks who've asked why the blog has been dark and checked to make sure I was still doing okay. Thanks also to the friends I don't see regularly, who drop an email or a hi! on Facebook - it means a lot. For my local friends, who I actually get to see more regularly, well, I wish it were more regularly, and thanks for all the support, fun, and friendship. Look for more from me, soon, I hope. Have a happy, healthy Thanksgiving holiday this week, if you're in the US. Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
I hope you all have had a happy holiday - whatever holiday you might celebrate around this time of year. I spent the week before Christmas with my mom in Oregon - poor Mom had a stomach virus - but it was still lovely to be with her. I'd visited with my grandparents a week before, so I got a little bit of family fix. One silver lining to my mom being sick is that I got to cuddle up near her and write a bunch of holiday cards. It's been years since I actually got cards written, so it was lovely to do them. I had to send a number of electronic cards for people for whom I don't have a physical address, and I also sent out a bunch of email to get some addresses, which resulted in quite a lot of nice email catching up. My holidays were quiet. Of course, not quite quiet enough for the evil downstairs neighbor. Can you believe she actually called to threaten to call the police on Christmas morning? We had some friends and their 2 1/2 year old daughter over for brunch and presents. Sheesh. So, I'm going house-hunting tomorrow. I suspect I may make a quick decision. I need to not live here anymore. The vacation has sped by. I was supposed to spend today grading midterms, but instead I spent a gloriously lazy day, cleaning out my email, reading some books, and wallowing in being alone. It's funny, I know I'm an extrovert in that I get much energy from being with people, but even I need my solitude once in a while. Today was that day. Philip was off helping a friend move and it was a sunny, cool day. I spent some time in bed reading, then made myself hot cocoa and leftover frittata for brunch, and that's about all. Ahhhhhhh. Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link
My friend Chris apparently put together a zombie crew for Halloween and ended up on the local news. Chris, been watching too much Shaun of the Dead or what?! Awesome - check out the video for zombie cheerleader, quarterback, and more! Permanent Link to this entry: Permanent Link |
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