and eating some chocolate covered almonds
Been ages since I blogged. I check out the forums pretty regularly but haven't really had anything to contribute. A lot of articles seem interesting, but don't really need y 2 cents so I don't deposit. Then there's that whole blog angst, "what should I write?" etc. So I return to my blog as a place where folks and friends back home can check on what's going on over here.
Finally health is on the upswing. Amazing what a little minor surgery can do for ya. I probably would have gone to the doctor sooner if I had been living back in Canada. Living on private insurance where you have to put up the cash first is a lot of incentive to see if things will get better on their own. So it's been good to be able to exercise and move around without worrying that DH will have to come to my rescue. I keep thinking I would like to do a detox, but haven't gotten around to it. I almost end up fasting sometimes when working on photography, but that really isn't the same thing.
I did a two hour bike ride the other night while going from a friend's house to yoga class. I never made the class. It is a lot further then it looks on the map and I kept stopping to make sure I was going the right way. It is very easy to take a wrong turn in Tokyo with roads shooting off at all angles and the five street intersections.
Photography has been going well. I can NOT believe the money I am spending on classes, yet I can see a definite improvement in my photos so I am happy with that. Two of my photos are going to be part of a charity fund raiser and I am REALLY psyched about that. I am also getting a chance to develop my own images. I absolutely adore the process of printing my own photo in the dark room. I do some digital stuff as well, and if I am doing black and white, then it is dark room all the way!
The book has not been going so well. I'm finding that teaching and creative writing take up the same parts of the brain and are jealous of each other and not willing to play nice together. I like both parts, but it is hard to shut one off and turn the other one on. I just feel guilty about leaving creative writing brain on while teaching. Not fair to students.
I am toying with the idea of saying,"finish this book by the end of August or you must give up the whole thing" yet I also feel that is harsh. I originally thought I would have it finished by the end of June or July. I could come up with a whole bunch of whiney excuses about why I haven't but why bother. Better to focus on finishing.
Hmmm.... what a surprise... seems I have some procrastination issues... Which is why blog is titled "procrastinatrix"
Looking over my articles, "The Evil Sock" was kind of fun.
Ok, enough blathering. Time to get some work done.
hope anyone that reads this has a nice week
Momijiki