Rituals...

 I was going to start this out with a few sentences slyly talking about ritual as performance and go off on the quotidian world but I just wrote 5 or 6 blog entries in 3 hours.  I think my head may explode.  I can't make fun of my theatrical education right now. I can never let this much time go before I post the East Bay Park Project blogs again. It's kind of funny though, I could have given up and yet I powered through and finished them.  I wanted to share the photos and stories about the walks. I don't think I have ever had a resolution that I have kept this long or this seriously. 

What is so different about this resolution?  It is not specifically about weight loss or exercise, and yet it is about both. It is positive.  I will go to each park and take a hike.  I will go with my friends.  I will get social interaction and conversation. I will go outdoors and see what the Bay Area has to offer. I will go on mini vacations away from my neighborhood and my work. I will write and take photos about it.  I think this may be my best idea yet.

The past few Sundays, I've been busy working on shows I am designing, or hanging out with friends and I have been rushing my Sunday morning Ritual.  I had to go to the early meeting and I would drive and arrive just in time to the meeting and leave right away. Today, instead of going to the early meeting just on time, I waited and walked to the later meeting.  I walked in and my leader instantly said "Hello, Stephanie!" She knows my name without my name tag!  I have a leader I like and she knows me.  No more meeting roulette for me.  It's amazing the difference that going to a meeting on the same day with the same leader makes.  I even introduced myself to some ladies who were close to my age and we talked until the meeting started.

 Afterwards, I went to the coffee shop and got a coffee to take home and made yummy breakfast. Then when I ate my breakfast I read the newspaper.  What a great morning.  Then I went for a walk and came home and wrote 70 blog posts.  I mean 5 or 6. 

I found this quote a month ago, for a blog topic that was forgotten. "Enough with the 14-day juice cleanses. If you want to lose a little weight quickly, eat less and exercise like crazy. If you want to lose a lot of weight slowly, do whatever Jennifer Hudson did." Via

You got it random quote!

Here is a picture of me from last week. I had a day where I was working from home and decided to get kind of dressed up.  As of today, I've lost 19.6 lbs.  Not too shabby if I say so myself. 

Here's a close up for fun. I bought new lipstick and I kind of love it.