I stretch my legs out on the floor and think about the year ahead just a little. Part of me wants to whine but it's afraid of Pollyanna who is trying to force her will onto the whole scene.
My birthday, incidentally, lands right on Election Day. So one of the gifts I hope to give myself is another term where the President does not have a circuit board for a heart. I am a huge Barack Obama fan and have hardly kept it a secret on Facebook. So tomorrow, one of the first things on my list for being 43 years old is:
To go vote!
I haven't truly thought this list out but here are a few things off the top of my head that are on my 43 bucket list:
To say yes wherever I can, as long as it isn't giving me that feeling that I am entering some sort of Whoops Warp
To go to another Broadway play
To see a Phillies game
To finally get that book together of poetry for self publishing
To have a great trip out to San Diego for one of my dearest friend's weddings
To keep up momentum with exercise, perhaps going even further in my current yoga routine
to pick up my jewelry making again
ah....to actually get a bed or futon to sleep on instead of this high maintenance air mattress. I have to put fresh tape on it nearly every single night and within hours it is flat anyway.
To embody joy
To delve further into a serene spiritual practice, reading more on it to stay immersed.
To keep a balance of what is me, whether in a relationship, a dalliance or alone.
To make reading what is on my bookshelves a priority over picking up new books (although that is not totally prohibited!)
To see The Scream in NYC while it is there
To go to NYC at least 3 times this year
To just be a good person, friend, mother and most of all, Mémé.
That's all that I have for now. I'm impressed that I even was able to get this blog done tonight. It's been awhile due to much recent Flip company as his power was out for a week after Hurricane Sandy. It's been nice, familiar to be around each other. At the same time, I realize how much of myself I am willing to put aside for others, thinking that at some point I will make up the difference. It is still day by day. And I don't actually know what is happening with this. Or if I want anything to really happen. But it's how things are for now. Now, regardless of who you vote for, I hope you will all vote!
