Thursday, February 18, 2010

my precious

Ha, I just spent the last hour writing a long, winding blog entry on how I am now better directing my energy and focus.

Halfway through, I deleted it because I decided that I didn't want to direct anymore of my precious energy into writing about my precious energy.

Basically it comes down to despite saying no to most people, I realize that I still managed to overextend myself through August.

There goes 2010.

What I mean to say, there goes my desire for a tranquil 2010.

Tomorrow I'm buying a bunch of plane tickets to places.

I'm excited about the places, but not the flying.

I'm not afraid to fly, I just loathe airlines.

I wish Amtrak ran trains to Europe.

It's not official yet, but it's looking like Gideon will be embarking on his second international trip this summer.

I promised him that this time I won't try to force him to eat a chocolate croissant.

Sometimes you have to let your children experience life on their own terms.

Even if their terms are totally stupid.

3 comments:

  1. This sounds promising, mixed perhaps but promising. And where do you fit in with the travel plans? Are they directed by you or around you?

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  2. A few of the trips are invitations I accepted to read or speak to classes. The Europe trip is business travel for my husband. Whenever he goes somewhere "good" I try to work out a way that I (and now Gideon) can go along. We have to pay for our airfare and other expenses, but it's a free hotel and often a handful of (nice) meals covered, so it's usually a pretty good bargain.

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