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January 2, 2004
Happy 2004
I suppose today marks the anniversary of my blog ... two years of blogging which hardly seems possible but there it is in 1s and 0s, right there over on the left. The other day I read through some of those archives and smiled at where I've been (did you know that there is even birth video up in those archives... I can't figure out where I actually stored the birth video but its there somewhere in the ether of the Internet). It was fun to read about my first ashtanga class and the passion I've developed for my practice since then. With mixed emotions I read the trials and tribulations of nursing The Daughter... and realized I didn't make much fanfare about the fact that The Daughter weaned (though its all relative... when she was sick last week she nursed and every now and again she says she wants to be my baby and try the na-nas). Though I read through some of the archives, I didn't read much from this past year. 2003 was a hard year for me. A lot of growing pains both personally, in my marriage, in my parenting, with my family. Growing pains always bring change and new perspective and I will take that into my New Year and hope that what I give to the universe comes back to me in the form of some semblance of understood intelligence (I can hope, right?).
We spent New Years Eve with good friends (waves to D). We drank a few bottles of wine, ordered some Thai food, played some games. For the first time in years we stayed up until midnight, watched the ball drop then went straight to bed. I had been hoping to honor my history of doing my own practice on New Year's Even again this year -- in my new yoga room/office but, sadly, I started my moon and the first two days are always horrendous so no practice for me. Tonight I should be well enough to do the first series class with the substitute instructor :( We'll see how that goes.
Last night The Husband & I went to Reverend Horton Heat at the Belly Up. We realized it was the first show we'd been to together in years and years. We had been really psyched to go out, do dinner, have a few drinks and stay out late (we're usually home by 10ish so my mom can drive home) but then The Husband's family ended up having their Christmas celebration and we spent the whole evening at his brother's house. We came home around 8 and left around 8:30. As we were getting in the car we both seemed so tired and finished with the day we actually laughed... 6 years ago 8:30 would have seemed like way too early to venture out anywhere and, yet, here we were two kids later feeling like it was nearly bedtime. The changes that kids bring! We started off at this nice little bar, I had a mocha (as a side note... if you want to really feel what a nice legal drug feels like, stop drinking caffeine for about 5 years. Then go an order a coffee that you swear you are only going to take a few sips of because you just need a little pep... then proceed to drink the whole thing) and a glass of Qupe Syrah. We are talking about the year and the coming year when we see this girl get up and leave... a few minutes later two waiters and a manager run out after her. She apparently fell over outside, was yelling that the man she was with was going to "get her" and then tried to get in her car and drive away. The restaurant called her a cab and sent her home. When they came inside and told the man she was with he got obnoxious... said he wouldn't pay the bill because, though they had sat together and shared some food, she had ordered it all and he would not pay. He didn't know her, had met her at the door and he knew his legali-teeees for, of course, he was an attorney. The Husband and I watched as this man grew more and more obnoxious, ego driven, loud, beligerent and basically made himself out to be the biggest asshole on the planet. The management and bartender handled the situation well... they eventually ate most of the bill themselves and the guy left. While the drama was entertaining, it really makes one feel for someone like that.
After that we went over to the show and really enjoyed it. They rock as always and they played a couple of my favorite RHH songs :) I was surprised that The Husband liked it as much as he did as he isn't always a fan of music that fast but he genuinely enjoyed it. The place was totally packed -- nice to see -- and I'm not a fan of being right in the front so we hung out in the back and just listened and watched.
It was a good way to bring in the New Year... and hopefully 2004 will rock equally as much as RHH does.
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