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late night freak out

journal, snapshots, travelin' moon

I am still in New York, where it is cold. Earmuff cold…
earmuffs
I am having trouble changing my internal time zone, so about this time (11pm EST), I freak out. My mind starts racing and I suddenly feel wide awake when I should be going to sleep. There is so much. I am filled with mixed emotions; I need to dance, cry, jump-for-joy, scream and melt all at the same time. I am making a big transition and I have to have a conversation I dread.
*more anon.

Meanwhile, I am still in NY ~ so back to that.

I spent Saturday in Brooklyn with Lindsey. What a wonderful, long afternoon-evening we spent wandering Smith and Court Streets looking in all the little independent shops. At one point we took a tea break (hooray for tea-bag messages!)
tea break with lindsey tea messages
In the evening, we went to see “The Wrestler” which my friend Rie worked on. (She helped to prepare Marisa for her role). Yeehaw for Marisa and Rie!
After the movie, I found out that Jesus lives in Brooklyn…
jesus lives in brooklyn
Finally, we rounded out the day with a lovely Thai meal before I got back on the subway to Manhattan. Here is Lindsey with our heart-shaped rice…
i *heart* LB and rice
I heart Brooklyn and I heart Lindsey!

And since there can never be too much Lindsey, tonight she came over to my cute little Manhattan apartment after work and we ordered in. It was nice to have some time to just vegg-out with her: that doesn’t happen very often anymore, what with 2000+ miles between us.

Then, we both walked outside in the frozen wind, she to the subway, me to the gourmet market for some dessert. Look at this crazy selection and the chocolate-covered creampuffs I chose…
1000 desserts filling the need
Um, hormonal much?
I miss R, so I ate chocolate. And I don’t even really like chocolate.
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free in nyc!

snapshots, travelin' moon

I arrived in New York on Wednesday evening and am loving this work/getaway trip so much. I arrived to my dear friend and co-trainer, Rie standing on the stoop of our rad little apartment in Chelsea ~ it’s a 3rd-floor walk-up and is full of charm. There will certainly be photos taken of this sweet apartment.
Rie and I shared a day of training on Thursday before she left this morning for Chicago and then for home. I miss her spirit already.
Last night some of the teachers and trainees went out for dinner to say goodbye to Rie and hello to me. We had a fun time with a flirty waiter who kept trying to offer us free shots. We’re not really shot takers, but he convinced Rie! (usually a non-drinker) and Beate to shoot Tequila…

flirty waiter fun

Then Rie and I walked home in the rather frezing wind. We both had on hats and thought we might have red noses, so we tried to take a picture. We were only a little successful…
we thought we had red noses hats in the wind

More fun to be had as the days go by, including a full weekend of seeing another dear friend, Lindsey, rendezvousing with Megan over here in the East and dining with Mike. Yippee for “business” trips to NYC!
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merry mexico

family & friends, snapshots, travelin' moon

My family vacation to Mexico this year was relaxed, restful and rejuvenating! We were a smaller group this year including only my parents, grandma, RJ and me…we missed everyone else.

My dad had his birthday on the first full day we were there and he spent the rest of the trip saying “It’s my birthday, I can do what I want”. I tried to object that he was overusing this privilege, but he’s so funny that we let him keep using it. Here are my parents at his birthday dinner…

telling stories mama y papa

And here’s my dad modeling his gift of a new lululemon shirt, which he then wore to yoga for the rest of the week. Notice his “model face”…

mature male model for lululemon

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We spent a lot of time lounging at the beach, but no pictures were taken of this lazy lifestyle. We did however take some photos of RJ’s new margarita concoction: The Spicy Margarita. This drink is your basic RJ margarita with some jalapeno peppers for a kick. It is surprisingly delicious and we enjoyed them frequently throughout the trip…

sour and spice makes everything nice salud!

RJ and I spent Thursday morning on a Canopy Adventure, which meant zip-lining through the treetops of a nearby canopy of trees. We were understandably not allowed to take any photos (can you imagine? happily zip-lining and trying to take a photo while promptly smacking into a tree). We assume we looked something like this…


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We had such a great time and decided we prefer adventure excursions to romantic excursions. Next year we plan to try out the Outdoor Adventure, which includes more zip-lining, some donkeys and a waterfall (I know, funny mix, huh?)

On the last night we did make it to Fajita Republic for our annual dinner and silly face contest, but the silly faces made it onto my dad’s camera instead of mine. Hopefully he’ll share, but here’s what I ended up with…

finishing the chi chi

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We ate way too much as usual and rounded out a wonderful week…
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