remembering to unplug

I'm a lifelong windows user turned Mac enthusiast and have been amazed and incrediblized at the ridiculousness of how easy it has been for me to transition over.

Between my iPhone, Macbook, Apple TV,  the Mac that lives in the living room and of course the iTunes "cloud" of music which appears on all of my devices, I'm surrounded by brilliant technology. I spend a lot of time connected to that technology and have even been accused of being addicted to my iPhone, or Facebook, or both...which may be a little true. The first step is recognizing it right?

A few nights ago however I used that technology to zen out, relax and meditate. How you ask?

Well I downloaded some New Age yoga music and let the shanti shanti shanti wash over me. Oh yes, it was pure bliss.  The only thing missing were my nag champa incents and pachouli candles.

This was of course after watching 5 you tube videos of things like Sh*t Yogi's Say ("my chakras are so aligned") and laughing hysterically, mostly at the comments, which can be just as relaxing.

Luckily, laughter has been shown to trigger the release of endorphins which assist in creating a sense of well being, WHICH I have to say is...pretty awesome.

While I realize that laughter may not be the best medicine for everything, it works for more situations than I had originally imagined. With the amount of stressors in day to day life it feels so good to laugh a little and unplug from the world.

 

Home at last

After weeks of meetings, school visits, endless phone calls and yet more meetings, the lovely darling has arrived home.

At first glance she doesn't appear worse for the wear but deep down I know that's not the case. It was a tough two weeks and we are glad, so very glad, to have her home.

Today was the first day at the new school and so far so good. Apparently there are a sufficient number of "hot guys" there.

Any suggestion that she is not going to school for the hot guys gets an eye roll, an audible scoff, followed by a clearly exaggerated statement like "well I'm certainly not there for learning", or something equally priceless.

Needless to say she's a wee bit dramatic, though I can't imagine where she gets it from.

Definitely not me.

Remember, I'm all about my moment of zen ;-)

Comments

[Jodie]

Some nights I have to go to bed and tell myself; "today I was a good mommy because..." I'll be honest some days it's just that I fed them and that they have a roof over their heads, but it helps.

[Kerry Reynolds]

such a good reminder Jodie! :-)