Cloudberry

It won't be a 10 until a little less than a week from today.



I'm doing 41 things
 

Cloudberry's Life List

  1. 1. develop my composing, singing, and performing career
    10 entries . 87 cheers
    1 person
  2. 2. write a string quartet
    13 entries . 102 cheers
    9 people
  3. 3. practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically
    32 team members . 397 entries . 41 cheers
    47 people
  4. 4. love men but eliminate sexism
    7 entries . 73 cheers
    2 people
  5. 5. do mitzvot and tikkun olam
    6 entries . 32 cheers
    2 people
  6. 6. Go back to Israel
    8 entries . 40 cheers
    60 people
  7. 7. treat my body as a temple and honor it daily
    7 entries . 60 cheers
    1 person
  8. 8. each evening, make a plan for the next day
    8 entries . 64 cheers
    6 people
  9. 9. overcome hypochondria
    1 entry . 83 cheers
    16 people
  10. 10. stay connected to people I like
    6 entries . 75 cheers
    2 people
  11. 11. keep my house neat
    14 entries . 52 cheers
    4 people
  12. 12. see the big picture and work toward it
    11 entries . 34 cheers
    3 people
  13. 13. get my apartment in saleable condition
    4 entries . 19 cheers
    1 person
  14. 14. read a novel in Spanish
    5 entries . 29 cheers
    25 people
  15. 15. Practice "And How Am I Like This?" when judgementalism, impatience or annoyance raise their smug heads
    1 entry . 27 cheers
    20 people
  16. 16. post random stuff
    66 entries . 12 cheers
    16 people
  17. 17. qualify as a life coach
    2 team members . 2 entries . 23 cheers
    3 people
  18. 18. turn off the computer
    6 entries . 18 cheers
    16 people
  19. 19. For Girl in the Curl: Prayers for a full recovery & Wellness Energy
    10 cheers
    18 people
  20. 20. have fun
    7 entries . 23 cheers
    2,756 people
  21. 21. leave the house by 8:30 and walk to the Metro
    2 entries . 8 cheers
    1 person
  22. 22. take advantage of weekends to move forward in life
    2 entries . 16 cheers
    3 people
  23. 23. not let middle age get the better of me
    2 entries . 14 cheers
    1 person
  24. 24. look for a job in England
    5 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  25. 25. make 2009 my best year yet
    3 entries . 14 cheers
    116 people
  26. 26. weed out and donate clothes that don't fit
    14 cheers
    1 person
  27. 27. develop a sustainable relationship
    4 entries . 4 cheers
    2 people
  28. 28. get out of this job gracefully
    8 entries . 8 cheers
    1 person
  29. 29. stop homophobia
    21 cheers
    122 people
  30. 30. Attend the first international 43T Chianti party
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    6 people
  31. 31. GLBT Pride Avatars Fortnight Plus 1 From June 16 to June 30 (Gay Pride Month, and you don't need to be GLBT to take on this goal, straight people can show their support too.)
    6 cheers
    5 people
  32. 32. turn the page
    10 entries . 4 cheers
    3 people
  33. 33. write a book
    2 entries . 24 cheers
    24,923 people
  34. 34. save the fishes
    2 entries . 22 cheers
    1 person
  35. 35. give Wren cheers and hugs
    5 cheers
    18 people
  36. 36. bond with other INFPs
    7 team members . 2 entries . 11 cheers
    3 people
  37. 37. wish Moose a birthday full of songs, laughter and notebooks on 27th May
    1 cheer
    2 people
  38. 38. not get buried in paper
    2 entries . 11 cheers
    1 person
  39. 39. List 43 things I have done as a result of being on 43T
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    4 people
  40. 40. list something I learned each day
    17 entries . 16 cheers
    1 person
  41. 41. adopt a cat
    1 entry . 35 cheers
    182 people

How I did it
How to plan my trip to England
It took me
3 months
It made me


How to do napowrimo 2009 (a poem a day during April)
It took me
30 days
It made me


How to participate in earth hour 2009
It took me
1 day
It made me


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Recent entries
practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically (read all 397 entries…)
6/25/09 grateful for 1 week ago
  • having energy to get a bunch of stuff done
  • clean laundry and dishes
  • getting my neighborhood pizza joint to make me an eggplant sub (and quite a good one at that)
  • my intern telling me the story of leaving Somalia with her family, and how it shaped her into the wonderful human being she is
  • the enjoyment of making things a little prettier around here for Mr L’s visit… tomorrow!


turn the page (read all 10 entries…)
hmm, well... 1 week ago

Bored and unmotivated at work today, I decided to make good use of my time stuck at my desk. Thus far completely confused about my visa situation, I did some more poking around on the UK Border Agency website, and found a points calculator for the Highly Skilled Worker category.

Sure enough – if I’m understanding it correctly – I seem to have ample points to apply to show up in the UK and look for work, either for a UK organization or as self-employment! (And I am assuming the latter means I can do contract work for my current employer; I’m sure they’d be happy for me to bring money into their economy and pay taxes on it, right?)

So much better than one alternative, which is to broach the topic of getting engaged to one particular UK resident in order to get me in the door… eek! and frankly I don’t think he’d go for that either. I mean, it could happen, but when it does, it’ll be for the right reasons.



turn the page (read all 10 entries…)
all of a sudden... 1 week ago

I seem to be the beneficiary of a whole new, close, happy, and rather large family.

Mr L’s sister just friended me on FB. I’ve never spoken to her, know little about her,and her only other friend so far is their mum. She has two brilliant kids I’ve seen lots of photos of, and she and all the siblings, aunts, uncles, &c are super-happy for Mr L – who has been making the rounds to tell them his news – and, by extension, me.

All this is pretty nice. I’m starting to feel bad, though, that my own mum is choosing to stay home from the party by not showing the least bit of curiosity about Mr L and what’s up with us. At first I was upset that she couldn’t seem to be happy for me (either because she’s assuming the whole thing is ephemeral – given my past history – or because he’s obviously not Jewish so why bother? although she doesn’t know the first thing about him. Apparently my trying to move to England is not enough of a sign that this is serious.). So now I’m mostly sad for her.



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