LaLaLaLife is Wonderful....
I just can't seem to settle myself down in front of the computer for anything once work is over these days. I am so resentful that I have to spend so many gorgeous days saddled to my job (as much as I might Love it) that the thought of typing even one word after hours is just impossible to me.

No, this is wrong. I sound as though I am a Negative Nelly right now, but actually my life is as lovely as it comes these days. Hence the title...

Firstly there's the sunshine. Not right now as the sky looks like a child on the verge of a tantrum. But the air has been remarkably mild and kind these days, and as someone with an undiagnosed, yet very real, seasonal affective disorder situaton going on, I couldn't be more euphoric.

Secondly, I have been taking the absolute best care of my body lately and it feels so good! After a much-needed and well-deserved lazy gluttonous winter (as all winters should be) I have now been devoting my funds to as many natural and organic foods as my wallet can manage and I've been exercising almost daily. I feel alive, totally in tune with my body and high on much-needed endorphins. i also had a wonderful holistic-affirming experience last week. My doctor at the ER warned me that I would be in an unbearable amount of pain after a car accident and that I would be unable to return to work for a day or two. Yet after an hour of yoga post-accident, my body recuperated so well that I was in my car at 7:30 am on my way back to the office the very next day. it felt so great to have healed my own physical pain. Empowering is the word I believe. Go stretchy muscles!

My familial relationships and friendships seem to be thriving as well. I feel that, for the first time that i can remember, I have a good solid connection with all the important peeps in my world. Normally there is at least one or two people that I neglect in order to spend ample time with others. But after a combination of weeding through the bad apples and being honest with how i enjoy spending my time, I seem to have found a healthy, attainable middle-ground between alone time and time with those that I Love. It's about time...

And for my last pollyanna paragraph-the boy. Well, 9 dates in (!!!!) he just keeps getting better. Saturday night he made me a delicious healthy dinner. The thing that makes me swoon (yes i said 'swoon') is that he just puts so much thought and effort into everything. I feel so lucky! I introduced him to gelato ( how could we take our relationship further if he doesn't like gelato?) and we sat on his couch with our mini shovels (i brought pink and blue-I am becoming lamer by the second!) and ate out of the container. It was unreal. And after two hints from him about how he hasn't met any of my friends yet, I have begrudgungly made dinner plans with my friend Erin and her SO for Friday night. I'm trying so hard to act like a normal girl and not a girl with major relationship fears. And i think he buys it. So far so good. I'm just trying to enjoy it day by day...

until next time....

The Beauty of a Mango
I think that blogging once a week is my new goal. Beyond that I just can't seem to make it happen at the moment. So if I can at least write one entry a week I will be satisfied. I started this entry on Tuesday morning. It is Thursday afternoon. See what I mean?

So here are the highlights:

Last weekend was a whirlwind. Full is an understatement. After a drunken fun-filled Thursday night with friends and the new boy (insert big smile here) I spent most of Friday night on my couch relaxing and preparing for an unusual Saturday morning of work.

Saturday was fantastic. i was heading to my conference bright and early-ice coffee and luna bar in hand by 8am and on my way to hear one of my very favorite end-of-life-care speakers, Maria Sirios. She presented a workshop on Boundaries for the Hospice Caregiver and, as usual, she was informative and inspiring. I bought her book and had her sign it. i'm such a nerd. It is a memoir of her internship year spent working with children at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. it may sound depressing but it is just the opposite. It is life affirming and filled with compassion and reminders of how lucky we all are to be here and to be healthy and simply alive. We can all use that reminder from time to time....

Saturday night and Sunday day were spent with many friends and family. Suprise 40th b-day parties, some late-night live music to support and old friend at a local pub and one of my favorite musicals with my nana. Sweet, fun and relaxing.

Sunday night was by far the pinnacle of the weekend! Date numero 3 with the boy. And as impossible as I thought it might be-he got cuter and sweeter. He shows up at my door holding a mango. why you ask? Well, so did I. "i went to buy you flowers but they were ugly and I know you love fruit. I figured that you would have apples and oranges. But I assumed you wouldn't have a mango." He took me for delicious sushi and we shared the mango for dessert.

What else is there left to say? He gets me. I can't believe it but he does. Here's hoping...