Girly Parts

Ashlyn graduated from Kindergarten yesterday. She's growing up so fast, it's scary.

Case in point:

On the way home after work, we stopped by Taco Bell to pick up dinner. I handed Ashlyn her drink and it kinda slipped through her fingers and landed on her lap (upright, thankfully).

All of a sudden she yelps in her feminine little voice:

"Ow! That hit me in the NUTS!"

I'm Sari

My dance troupe did a "Bollywood" number in Norfolk VA last week and we all wore saris. They are beautiful, but having yards and yards of material wrapped around you while you dance is HOT - and not in a good way.

Pearls Before Breakfast

The Washington Post conducted an experiment in DC lately - they asked the best violinist in the world to play his Stradivarius at a metro station like any other street performer.

The post wanted to see if people in the midst of their everyday routine would stop and listen to the beautiful music, or ignore it and go on with their busy lives.

The results are interesting.

Read about it here.

Happy Easter!

It's the Fuzz!

After being a good girl and not having been pulled over in over 3 years, I have been pulled over twice in two days.

WTF?

My theory is this: with the blossoming of spring, all fuzzy animals are coming out of hibernation, including the fuzz of the blue uniform variety.

Dancing Queen

I performed at the Taste of Morocco restaurant yesterday with my troupe.

A fellow dancer took this picture of me mid-turn... I look like a helicopter getting ready to take off.

Things I Love to...

Hate

• feeling rushed all the time
• the smell of fresh mulch all over my office park
• checking on people to make sure they are doing what they say they are going to do
• feeling like I need to check on people
• ice and snow
• how disorganized my dance instructor can be
• the fine lines that are quickly becoming wrinkles on my forehead
• enlarged pores
• my own laziness when it comes to housecleaning
• my credit rating since I got divorced

Love

• how affectionate my 5 y/o is
• that my boss is on a trip, so I can goof off a lot more this week
• bellydance costumes
• the fact that I can pick out Middle Eastern rhythms better than anyone else in my class without ever having studied music
• how smart my 9 y/o is
• how well R and I get along now and how close I feel to him
• spring time
• how close I am to my family

A shout-out to Leta for the post idea.

What do you hate and love?