Mental Health Day

I've just had my first proper day off from work at the winery since returning from my week of travels, and it has been marvelous!

I slept in until 9am, made and enjoyed some tea, ran a quick errand to the local post office, went for a run and worked out for about an hour, layed out in the sun and listened to music for another hour, showered and finally dressed for the day.

It has been so long since I have been able to get some proper exercise, eat a healthy breakfast, and spend the day outside that my body is literally in shock from all the pampering and care it's getting! I love feeling energized so much and have been so long without it, that I am making a resolution to take advantage of my new, more care free working life that I am going to get back in shape.

I wanna hear which songs/artists pump you up or keep you going on a workout... I don't have the discipline to run for very long, and used to keep myself going with certain Rage Against the Machine songs. I have recently discovered that the heavy beats of Goldfrapp have also been doing the trick, but if I am going to make this whole working out thing a habit, I'm going to need more than just her rocking vocals to keep me going. So tell me what it is. If there's one thing I love, it's finding new music!!!

Down Time

Here is just a taste of the fabulous amount of mayhem and silliness that filled my week of travels and vacation.....

In case it is not clear, in the first of these videos, we are stalled at an intersection in the rain in Buffalo. Immediately after taking this video, I had to jump up to the driver's seat while the 3 boys I was with (all luckily in top condition) proceeded to run behind the car, pushing it into the next parking lot.


This next video is of two of the three friends I was visiting in San Francisco for a weekend - all of whom were old friends from my time at university in Paris. I think we set the standards for reunions. I'm not sure if this video illustrates that, but it was the only one I had. Enjoy.

A Fork in the Road

At the four month mark of starting my new job in Los Angeles, I promptly left it.  

After finding myself surprisingly disappointed with my first experience in the production world - a field I had long considered to be a potential life-long fit - I find myself right back where I started.  I am having feelings of buyers remorse in having jumped in head-first into living in Los Angeles, and relying on a steady paycheck in order to afford it.  

I am at the point where I am contemplating getting out of my lease early, making the move back to the wine country, and pursuing something in that arena for a bit, all the while saving up and figuring out where and when I want to make my next move.  Another traveling adventure is always appealing, but so is the potential of making a move to another part of the country - perhaps the east coast this time.  

There are many things to declutter in my head, and I am hoping that this small break will aid in doing so.  

Please, help and guidance is needed.