little messes

i forgot to add to my list yesterday, get off my arse. that’s a big one for this coming year. my only problem is that i am a terrible exerciser unless something is ridiculously fun. soccer used to be my bag, but being on blood thinners is not too conducive to contact sports, swimming is my obsession all summer long but i have a hard time when it’s chilly to get myself into a pool, and so when i got an email from my friend noelle about her newcomer hoola hoop class, well i mean come on, how can you say no to that.

needless to say i’ll be having a bit of trouble getting out of bed tomorrow morning, but class tonight was so hilariously fun and silly. just what i needed. can’t wait until next week, got to practice traveling while i hoop, oh and get better at transitioning from belly to arm above my head, i nearly decapitated the girl beside me when i lost control. oops.

see the new year is already full of fun suprises… and a very sore upper back.

another year under my belt. today i am older. 33 big ones. older. much older than 32 to be sure. i can feel it deep down. older. the good kind of older where wisdom seems to lie, although perhaps a bit of the bad kind of older felt when one, hmmm…. like when i jumped rope like mad one day, after not jumping rope since i was like 10 and that’s when the older bad part sets in… but not immediately. instead it sneaks up on you in the night, when you get up for a quick dark trip down the hall to the loo and you realize you can barely walk… that kind of older. older and better they say. older and wiser too. i’ll take them both. a few years ago i wasn’t sure i’d make it past 28 but here i am at 33. yip yip. hooray for older. hooray for mothers and fathers and husbands and sisters and friends and pups and good eats and wine and cheese and a good fish taco. hooray for older. hip hip hooray.

spent the week of thanksgiving up in lovely new hampshire with my sister and her fiance and my folks and oodles of cousins… including a new addition. mr. max.

he and henry sure liked each other. sweet sweet sweet.

hope everyone had a lovely holiday.

elisa tagged me!

here’s the dealio, open the book you’re currently reading on page 161 and read the fifth sentence on the page, then think of 5 bloggers to tag with.

I’m reading No one belongs here more than you.Stories by Miranda July

“Did you just transcribe that”

hey you, you try it.