• On Life and Love

    So Out of My Comfort Zone

    One (of a thousand) things I’ve let slide in the last year of struggles is one of my most favoritest: dance. I haven’t been to belly dance class since at least last summer, haven’t learned any new moves or choreographies, and have barely practiced on my own. I told myself that “when everything was more under control”, that I’d go back. Well, that “everything” got under some sort of “control”, but then recovering from that was exhausting, and then healing stuff that’s been askew in my life forever is too all over the place. The thing is I know not to wait for life to get to back to “normal”…

  • On Life and Love

    I’m Going to Iceland!

    My passport has arrived. My Amazon cruise fell through due to concerns of sketchiness. Where was I going to go for my first trip out of the country? My colleague has picked a marathon… in Iceland. I need no such excuse–I’m just going to Iceland because it’s Iceland. End of August, five nights, right before DragonCon. Lagoon and coastal tours are already planned, and restaurants are being picked. I can’t even read the street names on the maps of Reykjavik. This is going to be awesome!