Sunday night, I fell down stairs and broke my ankle.
I was in a beautiful Chapel, practicing Compline with my friend Jane–we were due to go upstairs into the sanctuary to sing, and I fell.
It was horrible– my whole body was surprised. I was also embarrassed, and began wishing immediately that I could just stand up [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Bone-mending
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, The body on November 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Breathing: parts 1 and 2
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advent, self-talk, spirituality, stress on November 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
1. I slept in yesterday and today. Yesterday, I had class at ten o’clock. I mostly prepared for class the night before, but didn’t stay up too late–I still had some translation left, but I felt good enough to stay asleep. So yesterday morning, I lay happily in bed, waking up at my own pace, [...]
Iron lung
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged School, stress, work on November 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
That’s what it feels like, to imagine everything I have to do, and the free hours I have in a day.
I’ve been doing better. I don’t check e-mail when I’m working on specific tasks, I’m procrastinating less and less, and I am getting better at not feeling guilty for resting. But there’s still so much [...]
“Can someone help me get something to eat?”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged help, justice, the City on November 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’ve heard that sentence, belligerently yelled/moaned, hundreds of time. A man on a corner near where I live repeats it, again and again, throughout the day and evening. Doing a few errands around that corner, and waiting for the bus nearby, I hear him repeat it.
City life means experiencing many people asking for money or [...]
“All the pretty ballerinas have them.”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, The body, vanity on November 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As I described in my Oliver Cromwell post (see, I still don’t want to say the “w*rt” word), the plantar warts on my feet have been causing me a great deal of psychic pain. A little physical pain, and then lots of anxiety: ruminating on them, trying to scrape them out, worrying that they are [...]
Six o’clock in the morning
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Politics, proud on November 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I did.
Anything for an A+
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, grades on November 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, I just found the secret to motivating myself to eat healthier.
Background: I’m a pretty healthy eater: not much candy, no fast food, and I’ve given up even diet soda. But I _love_ breads and dairies–butter, cream-based food, sour cream, cream cheese, milk, milk in tea, oatmeal, and coffee… Even if I’m sautéing onions and garlic [...]
Jack-o-lanterns
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged holidays, splendid on November 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, I worked all day and then we celebrated my birthday (more on that soon.)
We walked through Chelsea, and Madison Square Park–it was fun to see people in costumes, including children and plump babies. By last night, my jack-o-lantern was pretty deformed. It had lots of intricate cuts and scrolls, so all of those [...]
