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So, I’ve collected a million things this week that I wanted to blog about and now that I finally have a quite moment, I don’t want to write about any of them.

It’s Sunday, I’m in a quite space right now and I want to stay here

Instead, I’m going to go knit and watch TV or listen to Austen’s Persuasion.

Good night.

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Back to Usual

So summer is officially over and we have survived our first week back in the real world. My classes are off to a fast start but I managed to not get carried away with it all and kept my family time protected.

For “Me” time, I joined a Knit-A-Long at Ravelry and will be knitting myself a triangle shawl. Participants in the Jane Austen group will be reading Persuasion (Penguin Classics) and knitting a related object of their choice. It was suggested that we all do something in blue and of course lace. For my project, I went to my stash and found a pattern and some wool from a trip to Monterey.

I’ve been listening to the audio version of Persuasion and just picked up the paperback version today. I also stumbled across Knit One, Haiku Too and now have another source of inspiration for my daily tweets.

It all starts up again tomorrow. Here’s to staying on top of work and not leaving my family behind.

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One Last Hurrah!

On Tuesday, we returned from our end of summer vacation — 6 glorious days heralding the end of summer, and a last ditch effort to recharge for the Fall. I wasn’t expecting a lot, but something magical did happen. There was a shift in my Spirit and I will never be the same.

Usually it is only with hindsight, that I can pinpoint a life defining moment. Which is why I say it was “magical.” I could actually sense that a switch had been turned on. I knew immediately that the gates were now open and I was in the flow.

Some of the out of the ordinary things that occurred:

• I hugged more. I am not typically comfortable hugging people outside of my family, and yet I spontaneously hugged and was hugged without flinching.
• I knit a lot. Off and on throughout each day. It was wonderful and easy, and there were lots of knitters around for inspiration.
• I was physically active. I moved when I wanted to move. I picked up my first pair of lunastix and never put them down. And the knitting and late night drum circle counts as movement as well…
• I made several new friends that surprisingly were not hard to say good bye to. Typically, I would miss such kindred spirits, but I somehow felt like it was the beginning and not the end of my friendship with my new friends/entrepreneur mentors/solo parenting role models.

The trip was not without some effort and discomfort, as early morning flights always require some sacrifice. But it was magical still. How very wabi sabi

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Vacation - Day 9

Today our vacation travels take us to New Mexico and Arizona courtesy of Amtrak. This time I was better prepared for the journey and packed not only kid-friendly, but momma-friendly food. So while the children enjoyed the novelty of eating in the dining and cafe car, I’ve eaten yummy live food and am much more comfortable on the return trip home The children are completly at home on the train and are enjoying traveling with the Boy Scouts onboard. After dinner in the dining car with a beautiful New Mexico sunset, we retired to the sight-seeing car to watch the night sky and played MORE 30 SECOND MYSTERIES SPINNER BOOK TRAVEL GAME. I knit on my lovely silk and angora ballet socks (no toes, no heel) and soaked up each and every moment. This vacation has been such a blessing Now we are back in our seats and after tucking them in and saying their prayers, they are all fast asleep and I am blogging on Tomoko, my iPhone. It has been a good day

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