texas sky

the sky in texas and the clouds in it were unbelievable. I have posted a bunch of pictures of it on my flicker site. Here is my favorite.

an aside... I just found some things I had written months ago. I will post them soon.

my heart got bruised and my ego got battered but all in all this weekend was good.

Houston Day 11

Although the clouds were white and fluffy early this afternoon, late this afternoon they were a bit more menacing. No rain as of yet. I am sitting in my Greek Coffee shop contemplating a glass of wine (while they serve no actual food, but muffins and baklava) they have a great wine selection. This is the most crowded I have seen it, granted it is the latest I have been here. I couldn't stay cooped up in my hotel room doing my Spanish homework, so I ventured out a few hours ago. I had a really yummy salad across the street and made my way over here for the internet access to finish up homework and get some actual work done.

I read my friend Lauren's blog today, she is an amazing writer. When I sit to write, I feel as if I don't have profound thoughts. There is stuff other than the day to day I need to get out, but I find myself editing, worrying about who may read this, especially if it is work related. I suppose I just need to write and then edit it before I put it up. Ahhh, a two part process, hmmm...

Houston

One of the things I have noticed about Houston is that the sky is a beautiful blue and their are usually poofy white clouds traveling across it. It is really flat here so you see the clouds come and go from farther away than I am used to.

pov

I knew this last week at work would be full and possibly hairy and harried. It actually went well AND I feel that since I decided to be good with whatever, my attitude about it was much better. It was a definite choice that I made on Sunday. It made it so much better.

new glasses

See them on flickr. I wore them today and granted I actually accessorized my outfit. But everyone complimented me on my the color of my sweater or necklace or my earrings, but not my glasses. Only the people I mentioned I had gotten new glasses to, complimented me on my glasses. funny. I really like these as they have more peripheral vison that my old ones (the lenses are wider).

No Gloves Required

Last year, when I was in NYC for all of February, I had to get completely bundled to go outside. This trip, no gloves are required. Sometimes you might want them, but you don't have to have them, and sometimes you don't even want to wear them.

Yesterday when I arrived, the hotel told me there were no rooms available for early check in, but I could use the sauna or the pool if I wanted. I asked if there were couches down by the sauna or the pool. "No" was my answer. Granted, at that point I started eyeing the couches in the lobby. And I just stood there and waited. (I didn't sleep well on the red eye - due to turbulence and stress). I was too tired to figure out anything else to do. The woman helping me had walked away, when she came back, she had a room for me. They had upgraded me to a suite so that they could give me a room right away.

According the weatherpeople, we were supposed to have snow flurries today. We got rain. I even saw lightning on my walk home and heard thunder (they were very far apart, so very far away).

I will take some pix this trip and post them on flickr. I have yet to take any. But there are some interesting buildings.

Super Bowl Sunday and the anti-social weekend

The Pats lost. Which I think was a surprise to everyone (even the Giants, although they won't admit it.). I went to a local bar at the end of half time to watch the the rest of the game with other people - a friend of mine was either working or would have been there - anyway, they wouldn't let me in as they were full up. I could have pulled the "is so& so working?" but I just didn't have it in me. So my big social outing was given the ole heave ho.

I have had the anti-social weekend. Not that I was trying to be anti-social. I did go to the farmer's market in the rain and I did try to go to a bar.

I stayed home sick on friday. I just slept most of the day. Saturday, I made to knitting class, it was our last one. Then I knit and napped the rest of the day.

Next weekend I will be in NYC. I hope I am a little more lively.

I did cook today. So I have food for the week - or at least a portion of the week.

I think this is the most boring post ever. There is more to say and yet I am not sure how to say it.

I am happy for the Peytons. And I am unhappy that the Pats didn't complete their perfect season.

I didn't do anything specific to honor my mom's memory on Friday. I was sick. I did think about her and how I used to call her from college and talk for an hour or so with her when I was sick. I will go walk down to the ocean tomorrow morning on my walk. She has been gone 19 years. And as of this next Friday she would have been 73 years old.

full but mellow weekend

Why is it that when I am invited to a friends house for a get together, I am always hopeful that they may have invited a man for me to meet. But alas, alack aday, this seems to be the last thing on their "to do" lists.

Well, I suppose there were 2 single men at the games night I went to Saturday. But they were 8 and 13 years old - a bit too young (even for me).

And a knitting class probably wasn't the smartest class to take if I wanted to meet a man. There are men in the store (rarely) but none in our class. But I am enjoying it. I am making hats for all the new babies my cohorts in teaching have had lately, a sweater for my niece and hand warmers (just because). I will have to figure out who to give the hand warmers (wrist warmers maybe?) to, as I probably won't wear them.

Which reminds me, I need to find a pattern for a headband/earwarmer thing. I am going to NYC next weekend to train some teachers.

Hives Girl Goes to Writing Class

Woke up with hives on Friday. They haven't gone away yet. Have taken to wearing long sleeves so no one notices.
Started a writing workshop tonite. My friend Mel put it together. It includes mild yoga and breath work and then....you write. We also picked goddess cards to pick a goddess to guide us. Mine was Kuan Yin - a goddess of compassion. The card said:

"Release judgements about yourself and others, and focus on the love and light that is within everyone."

Why is it that compassion is always what I need more of?
I suppose we all do.