This week marked the beginning of spring, and it still feels like -14 outside. This week I've fallen on the ice (seems to be a requirement of winter), put my winter jackets and boots away, cut my hair, started spring cleaning...eventually mother nature is going to get the drift, right?
A few really awesome things happened that I didn't even know I wanted to do/experience, but I did.
- Playing backgammon in a bar...without a table...on St. Patrick's Day. Surrounded by Irish music, all the green, and drunken patrons. I lost.
- Dinner in the home of the former US Ambassador to Morocco. Beautiful home, I'll probably never own even a fraction of the house it was... decorated with artwork and things from around the world. We learned all about the wonderful country I'm about to explore. Met some really powerful and incredible people and got to connect with them as people over dinner. Global journalists, charter school pioneers, former ambassador and his incredible wife. So grateful for Sam and Sylvia Kaplan for hosting, and for the generous donors who made the experience possible.
Adventures for 2014
- Trying new forms of moving and exercising
Snow shoeing did not happen, and now the snow has gone away. BUT, I finally bought a Groupon for fitness classes. In the next few months I will try Kettleball and Qoya classes, and get back into Yoga!
- Cooking for one (beyond pasta and eggs)
Still mostly traveling, but the toaster oven has made a few good combinations and I have a few new recipes to try from a potluck at work.
- Practicing self-care
- Drinking more water, still!
- Lots of coffee dates and catching up with friends
- Mixing different friend groups/life circles
- Met up with friends from HS and College in Duluth with Finnegans
- Going to Morocco with former Ecolab employee who is now in the nonprofit sector
- Inviting friends from college and nonprofit worlds to Global Shapers
- Using paid time off
- Took St. Patrick's Day off to volunteer with Finnegans!
- Month of vacation is coming up quickly! Pittsburgh April 4-7 and
- Morocco April 22-May 5.
- Enjoying performance arts
- Peter Pan by Out on a Limb Dance Company
- Open Mic for local comedy at NE Palace and MN Saloon
- Achieving airline status
25% of the way there - Morocco is going to get me close to Diamond Status. Delta has been oddly expensive as of late, so I've been doing some travel on other airlines.
The travel snob in me has now ruled out United for future flights, but I'm appreciating Southwest as my #2 go-to.
- Activating human drives
- Creative Expression is one of the drives - and there was a great point about being present in your spaces (home, work, etc) I think I've done a particularly good job of this. Unfortunately for everyone else, that means I appear very messy but organized in my own way.
- Keeping plants alive
- Work plant - alive and well!
- Home plant - died... sorta. It's gone regardless. RIP.
- Listening to music instead of watching TV
Spotify playlists and Perspective: A Project for the People have been on repeat at home. Good stuff.
- Thinking critically for fun
- Done mostly via coffee dates, delightful conversations
- MH 370 is getting some brain time too. Fascinating.
- Living values through time allocation
Better. Quality time with friends, volunteering, being outside whenever it's sunny and not -14.
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