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Awkward Olive

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I made taco salad with Bugles and life will never be the same. You are welcome. #dinnerforone
Heavy heart this evening... but any time I am trying to process something difficult or some loss, I find myself turning to the words of MO, and today it’s like she left us a guidebook of how to process this. “I tell you this/ to break your heart,/ by which I mean only/ that is break open and never close again/ to the rest of the world.” ❤️ Thank you for your words, thank you for your language, thank you for the hope.
I had every intention of coming home after work, heating up some leftovers and heading back out the door to yoga. I kept telling myself that was what I needed. But really what I needed was to come home, drink some water and cook myself an impromptu meal. I didn’t have a plan, or any recipes. I feared I was out of a few ingredients, but I found a little nubbin of cucumber large enough for the tzatziki and the rest just fell into place. And here is what I remembered: that cooking for myself, cooking delicious and healthy and beautiful and creative things is the best form of self care I know how to do. If I don’t feed myself, then who will? (Thus far #trollbaby has yet to make me dinner) cooking lets me get creative, it sets me up for success during the week when I’m packing lunches and trying to balance my budget, it fuels my workouts. Let’s be honest. There are nights all I can muster is a trip to the taco stand, or moments I pray to the universe that there is an emergency box of mac & cheese hidden somewhere, and some evenings where I literally eat scrambled eggs for dinner and call it good. But there are also nights when that cucumber nubbin just large enough to make tzatziki appears, and there happens to be ground lamb in the fridge and falafel mix squirreled away in the pantry... and on this Wednesday evening it is just absolutely perfect. #wafflewednesday #selfcare #dinnerforone #weeknightdinners #adulting #thehummusamongus
Spent an amazing day at the #firewriters conference for high school students and teachers in Yamhill County. I got to co-teach a writing and yoga workshop with the ever talented @angelajnewport and was able to listen to and be inspired by several amazing writers including Oregon’s Poet Laureate Kim Stafford. What a treat.
Diving into 2019 like... Teaching 3 classes a week @4elements_yoga • Tuesday evening barre dynamic 6:30 pm •Wednesday morning yoga foundations 10 am • Friday morning barre dynamic 8:30 am. #yoga #wwllt #barre #werk
Turns out y’all really love Iris, volunteering, lipstick, Toby, Palm Springs and my new branding! (This happens to be quite an accurate sampling of my favorite things too!) #bestnine2018 #nye #awkwardolive
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