touch

In Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace wrote: touch all things with consideration and they will be yours. I find that, particularly in the winter, I complain too frequently about trivialities. So on this snow-turning-to-sleet-turning-to-rain day, I’m embarking on the path of good intentions – a gratitude journal.

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• headstands
• partying it up with my fabulous roommate, Cyndi Lauper
• my Thierry Ona print hanging above my bed
• a few good breaths at swim class
• improvising dinner
• active thoughtful updates
• felt poppies
• getting back on the submission wagon
• a beautiful, perfect, crisp, colorful fall day for Halloween
• feeling comfortable with asking a student to leave

53

• fire, ghost stories, friends, Jason
• navasana
• learning powerpoint
• cooking more often/leftovers
• seeing Nick and Nicole

52

• fall colors – hello to my color palette!
• attending a photo lecture on Havana y lo entiendo
• inching towards an organized office
• vinyasa with Heather Stewart at O2
• this

51

• being in a room with Dave Eggers – the man is pure inspiration
• wearing a crown
• getting closer to caught up
• Project Runway
• walking and talking and being part of the cooling system
• kidney desk

50

• Ashtanga class with Rochelle and Roni
• teaching some pretty good kids
• the promise of a short work week
• last day at Fenway for ‘09
• keeping with the swim class
• Keir, Kate, and DJ
• ice cream with Dann
• catching up somewhat

49

• food club
• a dinner invite
• open mouth, insert foot, move on
• dog nap and cat lap
• porch buddha
• Robin & Alex’s hospitality
• driving time with Kimma

48

• the way evening light hits the trees along the median park on Comm Ave
• slowly organizing my office
• birthday hike plans
• traveling to Tampa for Regan’s first birthday and good friends

47

• the hallway of birds and words
• cinnamon coffee
• cat on lap reading time
• froyo for lunch with Ronny
• slowly slowly figuring things out
• the wonderful people i work with at Back Bay Yoga

46

• puppy love
• bike riding to the DeCordova
• a patient ride partner
• kickball & bbq wonderfulness
• dinners with Erin
• sunlight in my new office
• getting closer to finishing my management degree
• throwing it all up in the air and seeing where it lands
• feeling more dedicated

45

• decandence at various ballpark with Gonzalo and Jason
• roller coasters!
• seeing the end of the doing-two-jobs tunnel
• getting back on the mat
• dinner with Jack
• a poem acceptance from cream city review
• warmth and sunshine and bare feet
• an “A” on my Neruda translation paper