Today feels like my birthday, July 4th and New Year's Eve, all rolled into one.
Why?
Because at exactly 9am this morning, 4th grade began.
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(Between you and me, the kid is still in shock. "But it's August," he kept saying in the car.)
And how do I feel?
Oh, you know.
There were a couple moments of "Wow, wasn't he just in kindergarten...?" and "They grow up so fast..." Sniffly-sniff.
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(First edition, Mercantile Library Collection, Cincinnati. May 2011.)
But that quickly gave way to exhilaration.
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(Backstage at the Go Go's. 8/17/11, Hollywood.)
And the desire to throw one of these.![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/-FUY5KMuTeYo/Tl6XllFKh6I/AAAAAAAAJ0g/MuuwWcPmZIs/s400/Infinicam_Photo_0189.jpg)
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(My bookshelf, 2011.)
I have so many plans for Fall 2011, you see.
(I had them for Summer 2011 too, but I'm not quite sure what happened. Oh yeah. I forgot.)
Strange arcane esoteric things, like:
1. Exercising.
(Visualizing your way to a better body does not work. I have tried.)
2. Eating right.
(This will involve moving my favorite new cookbooks (HERE, HERE and HERE) from the night table by my bed down to the kitchen...you know, so I can actually cook from them.)
3. Regaining control of the closets in my house.
(They're starting to look like a horror scene from a Guillermo del Toro movie.)
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(Did you ever see the original? It still haunts me.)
4. Turning -- even just a few -- of the theoretical projects in my head into reality.
(See below.)
My scarf idea for Winter 2010...
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...sadly, still theoretical.
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Also still theoretical.
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5. And a million other mundane things that I couldn't possibly bore you with here.
(writing/editing/reupholstering/repainting/volunteering/cleaning/
polishing/gardening/re-writing/tailoring/hemming/de-cluttering...
Blah-bitty blah blah.)
So.
In an effort to harness the power within and jumpstart my way to a more empowered 4G version of myself, I'm attending the premiere of this movie tomorrow night (because when I practice yoga, I really do become my best self).
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(Information HERE.)
Quick now.
What are your top goals for fall?
Should we pledge to accomplishing them together?
I'm in if you are.
(Me in India, 2007.)