September 2nd, 2011 → 5:25 am
“…where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuff’d brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.” – Romeo and Juliet
I’ve been having trouble sleeping again lately, though when I get up in the middle of the night and shuffle to my baby’s crib, at least he is sleeping soundly. It seems that Shakespeare must have had some sleep issues as well because I can find a number of quotes from him about sleeplessness and tormented dreams. Here’s to the insomniacs among us!
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August 22nd, 2011 → 7:02 am
“The labour we delight in physics pain.” – Macbeth
Today is the first day of the new semester at UMSL. Welcome back to school! Hopefully teaching will bring me joy (as it usually does) and physics (i.e. cure) the pains in my hip and in my heart!!
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August 20th, 2011 → 12:12 am
“I know no ways to mince it in love but directly to say ‘I love you.'” – Henry V
I still miss you Grandma. And I wish I could tell you, laughing over cappuccino at a cafe along Bagdat Caddesi, that I love you very much. Seni cok seviyorum buyukanne.
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August 18th, 2011 → 7:41 am
“The private wound is deepest.” – Two Gentlemen of Verona
My grandmother passed away yesterday. It’s hard not to have regrets, private thoughts deep in the darkest recesses of your heart. When my mother lay supine in a coma, days before her own death, my grandmother bent over her body and cried “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so very sorry,” over and over again. We each enter our own personal hell when someone we love dies, and I’m still looking for the anodyne that helps to draw out the pain…
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August 16th, 2011 → 6:45 am
“Nothing ‘gainst Time’s scythe can make defence.” – Sonnet XII
I woke up this morning and saw in the mirror as I washed my face two deep lines running along the sides of my mouth. Smile lines, or frown lines or what have you. It made me pause and realize that I am aging; that I may be heading down the other half of the hill at this point. Ach, it gives me a shiver to think about!
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August 5th, 2011 → 7:13 am
“To know the cause why music was ordain’d! Was it not to refresh the mind of man after his studies or his usual pain?” – The Taming of the Shrew
Recently I was given an H2O audio for my iPod shuffle. It lets you listen to music underwater while you swim. I notice the reviews of the product are hit or miss – some people give it a 5 star, some a 1 star, few a moderate rating in-between – but my H2O audio is great. Listening to music (or, sometimes, podcasts) somehow makes swimming laps lighter, faster, and easier. What is the magic of music that makes this happen?
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August 3rd, 2011 → 6:50 am
“O curse of marriage!” – Othello
It’s not as bad as all that, but my husband and I did have one of our rare, big fights last night. Sigh. Sometimes the one you love most is also the one who aggravates you the most. Why is that???
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July 17th, 2011 → 7:22 am
“This royal infant (heaven still move about her)
Though in her cradle, yet now promises
Upon this land a thousand blessings,
Which time shall bring to ripeness…” – Henry VIII
Shakespeare wrote this about Elizabeth I, but I hold the same sentiment for my baby, whose first birthday party is today. Happy First Birthday Party Vincent! I hope all the decorations, people, laughter and noise aren’t too much for you. Mummy loves you…
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July 15th, 2011 → 6:43 am
“Now stand you on the top of happy hours.” – Sonnet
My friend from out of town is here, my baby’s first birthday party is this weekend, there are dinners planned and parties to attend. As I’ve been telling my husband, now begins the Weekend of Fun!
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July 14th, 2011 → 6:54 am
“Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.” – Comedy of Errors
An old friend of mine from my Michigan days is flying in today for a visit. Yeah to old friends, great welcomes, and merry feasts all weekend long!!
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