Got up early today
Last weekend was fun, celebrating DD’s birthday. Monday, however, she stayed home from school, sick, and I stayed home with her. She’s feeling better now, thankfully. Sometimes just taking one day to rest and recuperate goes a long way towards healing.
I got up early today, for some reason. Normally I get up between 6:15 and 6:30, but today I was awake and ready to get up at 5:40 when DH’s alarm went off. This almost never happens to me - I’m the kind of person who rolls over and goes right back to sleep, hitting the snooze once or twice. But for whatever reason, my body was ready to be awake and out of bed, so I listened to it. It was nice to have a less hectic morning, I must admit.
I finished Eat, Pray, Love and need to write up my review of it. By and large, I’m glad I read it and found it to be mostly inspiring and thought-provoking. I still found it hard to get past the fact that she was basically paid to go off for a year and do exactly as she pleased, but I also need to remind myself that she wasn’t writing a how-to book for finding God or pleasure. She was merely recounting her own life experiences and weaving them into a tale for others to read and do wiht as they please.
February 9th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
I just finished the Italy section of Eat, Pray, Love. I’m loving it and also find it thought-provoking. I’m taken by her description of pleasure and want to incorporate into my like her take on how Italians experience pleasure. I wonder what “my word” is, just as Rome’s is sex and New York’s is achieve.
I’m OK with her having taken a year to do what she wants and getting paid for it only because it’s inspiration that I could maybe do the same!