Just purchased three skeins of Noro silk garden yarn and I’m very excited to have a knitting project again. An excuse to watch television. The therapeutic, rhythmic stress remedy I’ve been missing for months. There’s nothing quite like plopping myself in front of a comfort movie like White Christmas or While You Were Sleeping and picking up my needles. I feel productive and yet relaxed in the same instant…the same long string of instances. I wind up my tension in the ball of yarn and let it go.
I’m making a scarf for my best-friend-since-we-were-five. We’re not as close as we were as children…few people are lucky enough to achieve that. Still, I feel fortunate to have had a friend for more than 20 years. I’m only 27 so that’s a good portion of my life. I’m nervous though. This year money is tight yet I feel I need to make her something nice, something creative. I feel the need to apologize to her for getting divorced. She’s LDS and believes in the sanctity of marriage with her whole heart. She just got married last summer and is probably still floating in the first-year bliss bubble. I haven’t told her about the divorce yet. I dread doing so. I don’t want her to judge me. Why should I worry so much about such a good friend judging me? Well, I feel guilty for not having told her yet. I worry that she won’t be able to see beyond her beliefs about marriage and family and see me.
So I’m making her a scarf. To show her I love her and to beg for forgiveness. I hope she understands.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Crazy Health Questions
I can't beleive these are on a real health risk assessment.
If you had to rater your current state of health, how would you answer?
How many times in the last month did you drive or ride when the driver had perhaps too much alcohol to drink?
How many days a week do you at least 20-30 minutes of physical activity, without stopping, in which you breathe heavier and your heart beats faster?
If you drink alcohol, do you ever drink more than 5 drinks at a time?
At any time in the past year, how often have you felt that interesting and challenging situations full your life?
If you had to rater your current state of health, how would you answer?
How many times in the last month did you drive or ride when the driver had perhaps too much alcohol to drink?
How many days a week do you at least 20-30 minutes of physical activity, without stopping, in which you breathe heavier and your heart beats faster?
If you drink alcohol, do you ever drink more than 5 drinks at a time?
At any time in the past year, how often have you felt that interesting and challenging situations full your life?
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