Looking back at my recent posts, even I’m starting to get sick of my own “insights”. I’m a very reflective and insightful person, which is a nice way of saying that I am in my head and have way too much time on my hands. I am also a really good connector – I can take disparate things and bring them together into a narrative. This is a strength I have, but I certainly don’t want to overdo it.
So to be clear, I am not living each day perfectly in sync with the universe, whipping up recipes from Gwyneth’s cookbooks while doing hot yoga. (But if you do want to be in on the universe, check this out.) Right now I’m just trying to make the best of a not great situation. My life is more like pinball – shooting off in one direction only to be thrown in the opposite and then getting stuck in an avalanche of laundry before being propelled into those bumper things that ding and bounce you around. I am envisioning mommy-themed pinball. Now that’s a game I would throw some quarters into.
Most of the time, I’m a glass-half-full kind of girl, but this week I’m experiencing a very big case of the blah’s. I am going through the motions but not really feeling connected. I feel like I’m suspended in a fog or a giant bowl of jello. I want to feel vibrant and bold and charged. But instead, I’m feeling uninspired and well, just blah. The ticker tape in my head reads, “What’s the point? What’s the point? What’s the point? What’s the point?” You get the point.
So I think the best remedy is to take a look at some awesome things other people are doing and then go take a big long drink of “You know what you have to do, so stop being a chicken shit.” Instant cure for the blah’s. Here are some not-at-all-blah things going on with some wonderful people in my life…
Anna & Ava: One of my dearest friends from high school, Jana, and her husband have created two new apps for kids available at the App Store – MixUp DressUp and Animal Alphabet. I love that they don’t have ads or links to social media. More than once I’ve discovered what I thought to be an innocent session of Angry Birds had turned into a free for all on YouTube. Not. Cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the iPad is not a babysitter.
Redmond Aldrich: My former roommate Chloe is killing it as an interior designer out in the Bay Area. But what I’m really loving is this mini Cribs episode recently aired on NBC New York. Don’t let the intro fool you – she is THE designer behind Redmond Aldrich. I’ve done my share of time on public access television in Worcester (that’s more my speed), and it’s harder than it looks. What I want to know is why we don’t get to peek into Mrs. Warner’s fridge in true Cribs style?
Team Seven Hills: Last weekend 16 women (including one breast cancer survivor) from the Worcester area, most of them from my hood, participated in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Because of my relo plans, I had to resign from the team back in March. It’s a two-day walk covering over 39 miles. That’s impressive, but what is even more amazing is that they raised over $31,000 for breast cancer research, prevention and treatment programs. Their team was #7 in fundraising out of the whole Boston walk – so, so proud. Way to go ladies. It’s true that boobs can change the world. Or is it run the world? Either way, great job.
Just writing this has me feeling better already. How do you snap out the blah’s?
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