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read this; you’ll feel better

Posted on January 20, 2011 by serahrose| Leave a comment

Embarrassments are, um, embarrassing.  Here, read mine and then you’ll feel better about yours.

  1. We’ve been cooped up in the house with an ugly fever since Sunday.  Yesterday, I walked in the door after being outside for the first time in days and realized that my house smells like…farts.
  2. Today, Do-bug was well enough to go back to school.  Yay!  Dada drove her in.  And then I got a call, “Um…is there school today?  There doesn’t really seem to be anyone there.”  So I checked the calendar where it says in bold letters, NO SCHOOL.  Her teacher came out at the same time to witness our mortification.  And then I realized that this is what it meant on my calendar for last week when I had a note written to myself to sign Do-bug up for Discovery Care.

Feel better?

Good; thought you would.

I’m going to go light a candle.

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I do it anyways

Posted on January 8, 2011 by serahrose| 1 Comment

Most of the time, I don’t know where to begin,

nor do I know where to stop,

how to move on,

how to change directions,

how to focus.

But  I do it anyways.

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auspicious beginnings: my numerological year of grace

Posted on January 2, 2011 by serahrose| 1 Comment

some years ago, i’ve lost track of when, i made the discovery that i will be turning 33 on 11/11/11.

That’s 4 powerful numbers all lined up in honor of my birth.

i’ve been dreaming of a massive party ever since.

i just never figured it would come so soon.

i’ve got an hour left of 1/1/11 and then the count down is on.

i feel kind of under pressure, actually.  shouldn’t someone with such a birthday be ruling the world by now or living on a higher plane perhaps?  and what if my party stinks?

the birth of a new year has done little to make me worry less about life…but it’s all good.  i’ve made my wishes for the day and on 11/11/11 i’ll make a few more.  and then i’ll tell myself what i tell my child, “the best wishes are the ones you make come true.”

Happy New Year, World.

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Fire Up. Delay. Breath. Respond.

Posted on December 21, 2010 by serahrose| Leave a comment

In the past year of GAN-e-meed, of producing multiple projects, balancing spinning plates and juggling people and connections, this has been my most important lesson:

If the message via email or phone makes me angry.

Wait.

Wait.

Breath.

Write the angry response.

Wait.

Wait.

Breath.

Re-write the angry response.

Wait.

Wait.

Breath.

Re-write the angry response as a conservative “thank you for the information but here’s where you suck.”

Wait.

Wait.

Breath.

Re-write the conservative thank you as a polite “thank you for helping me see this new option or opportunity; I’ll do better next time.”

Send.

It places no one at blame.  It acknowledges that an exchange of information has occurred.  It keeps me from ruminating for the next three days.

And it’s kinder.

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life without heat

Posted on December 16, 2010 by serahrose| Leave a comment

my forced hot hair natural gas apartment is cold.

thermostat in the kitchen says 65.

the electric heater in my room has been running without stopping for the past four hours and hasn’t managed to get itself above 62, even thought it’s set for 68.

there’s only so much insulated curtains can do in New Hampshire in December in a lousy little apartment.

that’s why i’m wearing a hat.

and a scarf.

and little old lady fingerless mits.

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