I started this blog in December with very specific ideas about how to create a better life for Bryan and me, to suck out the marrow if you will. Then, within a few weeks, we entered what has been the darkest period of our lives so far. And just how our world was shaken in an instant in mid-February, it has now become happy and hopeful again... and all in one little weekend. (Coincidentally, or not so much, Mercury came out of retrograde this week.) We finely dined. We drank coffee and stayed up too late. Bryan studied. I did house work and cooked. Oh, how I cooked. We got massages. We went to a few bars, danced to bad hip-hop, and stayed out past 2:00. And, fair reader, I did a little shopping. I bought funky sandals and yoga wear. Gasp. My aspirations to revolutionize the way we live are certainly in tact. However, I vote to break the rules in the name of self-preservation. Rules are for certain times and places. And in 2010—the wretched year that it has been so far—is not the time and place. I officially declare it the year of "if it feels good, do it." Now, this is not a motto rife with irresponsibility. Overconsumption does not feel good. Staying up every night past 2:00 does not feel good. But feeling spontaneous and playful does. We need that now. In the immortal words of Sinead O'Connor, "Girl, you better have fun no matter what you do." That's the plan.So I'm not sure how this blog will evolve. Blogs need a focus, and I don't have that right now. I guess I'll just keep writing and let the focus find me. Besides, isn't focus just another rule?
