Wheeeeehoo! #Celebration

Major accomplishments!

1. The boy started school! (Really, it's daycare.) Do you hear Angels singing? I do. He and I both did fine with the first day and also the second. We'll see how it goes moving forward, but I have high hopes. :)

2. I got my application in for a study program that I'd REALLY like to get into. #WishMeLuck

3. With Nile Rodgers & Chic, Russell performed at the We Are Family Foundation Gala with Roger Daltrey and LL Cool J! #GoRuss #GoChic #GoWAFF

Click here for We Are Family Foundation

It was a big week. Now I'm going to try to settle into a comfortable routine of workouts, rehearsal and office organization. #Goals

A happy and healthy week to us all - with nice, steady pacing.

Namaste,
T

Knock. It. Off.

So... I was so tired I thought I might die. I actually told the people in the nearest vicinity that if I passed out, they should tell the paramedics that it's exhaustion.

That is enough of that. No more. The end.

It has been extremely challenging these last few weeks, with Russ gone (traveling). There's the baby, the dogs, our own traveling and on top of that the baby and I were both sick. Things were finally becoming manageable when I got a call for an acting gig. Cool! Then I had to stay up all night to be ready and to get there on time. I don't want to complain about that - I love these jobs! But sleep is important. It is necessary. When a lack of sleep becomes dangerous, NO JOB OR OPPORTUNITY is worth it.

Hello? Is this thing on?

I snapped at a friend of mine who was pushing himself too hard too. There's just no reason for it.

Can we all make it cool to get enough sleep again? Was it ever cool? Can we just not care about if it's cool or not? Any way you want to angle it - the point is that I am going to knock it off. I must. I think we all should.

Alright. That's it. Now everybody go to bed!

Here's wishing us all a week Blessed with a decent amount of sleep.

Namaste,
T

I Don't Want to Talk About It

I don't want to talk about the sickness, the coughing, the traveling anyway, the rusted-out padlock, the messy WD-40, the freezing cold hands or the cracked thumb. I don't want to talk about the contractor who couldn't do the job after all, or the one who stepped in and did a great job - but charged double. I'm not going to discuss the ice rain and the dog who wouldn't cooperate in it, the runny noses and the sinus rinses. There was the crying and the cracked tooth, but that's not worth speaking about here. Neither is the speeding ticket, the Novocaine or the new filling. The spilled coffee in the car, the forty dollar car wash that did not clean up said coffee, and the waking up every two hours in the night are hardly worth mentioning. There were the canceled appointments for the work I really wanted to get done, and the box of receipts that I still haven't looked at. Nope. I'd rather not talk about it at all. There's more - like the broken-down modem, the total lack of exercise and green vegetables, the migraine and the diarrhea at Lowes, but I don't want to talk about those either.

What I WILL say is that one day when I walked into the room, his eyes lit up and he raised up his arms and said, "Mama!"

Ok. I'll keep going.
;) xo

#stayfocused
#whatmatters
#eyeontheprize
#keepgoing
#theresalwayssomethinggood
#staypositive
#imtrying
#gimmeabreak
#smile
#love

Come to think of it... there were other things too. There was that perfect serving of rice pudding.

There were warm snuggles and flannel pajamas. There were hats that keep your hair dry, and nice strangers. There were tasty cough drops and warm blankets. There were soft pillows and hot water. There were dry shoes and clean laundry. There were nice stories and people who smiled. There was more.

#findmygratitude
#foundit
#thankyou

There was a little boy who said, out of nowhere, "Thank you for this day. Amen." There was a puppy. Yep.  Also, there was a box of soft tissues, orange scented hand soap and chocolate covered pretzels. Yes. OK.

#turnedthecorner
#seewhathappenedthere

A Blessed week filled with health and happiness to us... xo

Namaste,
T

#WishMeLuck

Well THIS happened... SMH

And Zachary's music class was NOT cancelled - as opposed to the last time snow was expected but no snow came and everything was closed down anyway. I still have not recuperated from Easter. In fact, Zach and I are both sick. It was "just a little stuffy" but now I'm calling it "sick" - sick and tired. The snow came one day before our scheduled road trip, so we were forced to adjust our plans.

Time keeps marching right on regardless, so throughout the chaos I've been deep in thought over a "paragraph" I have to write. It will serve as my letter of introduction/intent for something very important to me. It has caused me to review the whole of my life and career to pick out some shining example that clearly demonstrates who I Am and why the letter's recipient should work with me. It's a daunting task (I'm NOT going to say "impossible").

How can you describe a lifetime's worth of hopes and dreams, accomplishments and aspirations in a "paragraph"??? I can only give it my best shot. I can not predict what one thing to say that will make others want to believe in me. I have no idea what magic phrase to include. I'll do my homework and speak with honesty and integrity. That's all I have to go on here.

Faith is going to have to take over. That is to say that I am exactly where I am supposed to be and I will get to exactly where I am supposed to go. I'll try my best, then trust. That's it. That's all I got.

Wish me luck! Wishing you all the best in all you do this week too...

(I was going to end the blog here.)

Funny. Things seemed to be out of place all week. Just now, I thought I had a serious problem and that I wouldn't be able to post on time because my charger refused to plug in. It turned out to be a tiny little screw stuck to the magnetic power connector, which was blocking the charger from plugging in completely. I found other things in odd places too...

Yep. I guess that's it. Trust that even when things seem out of place and off schedule, they are really just exactly as they should be. We are right where we belong. (Smile. I love when the Universe tells me stuff.)

A lovely week to us all... xoxo

Namaste,
T

Mom Magic

Well I survived this week - I mean, I'm here.

Another mom at church rushed in with her coffee and asked if I had slept at all (of course not). She assured me that she knew EXACTLY how exhausted I was and that we were in the same boat. (Yep, pretty much - except I didn't have a big cup of iced coffee with me. LOL.) Apparently, this is how the holidays go. Family comes, schedules get all out of whack, there are at least five hundred more tasks to be done in addition to the regular million, AND there's an Easter Bunny involved. I'm about to fall down and conk completely out, so this is going to be a short one.

A MILLION THANK YOUs to all moms everywhere who somehow magically make Easter happen. #outstanding

One memorable moment was at church when all of the candles were lit. There were hundreds of people each holding a small flame - and quiet reflections about how to spread light as it literally spread through a darkened church, as congregants lit each other's candles. It was beautiful when everyone raised their candles up.

Here's to a wonderful week in the light of Spring!

Namaste,
T