Rolling in the Deep

Okay, I get that sometimes I'm a "jackie come lately" but this morning I saw a video of Adele's Rolling in the Deep and oh my god!! I love it!!  Her voice is genius and I only wish I had heard it sooner.  Now I can't stop listening to this song.  This music opens me up and rips out my heart every time. Yay for genius!!

Adele - Rolling in the Deep: "21"

I've attached a link of the video above if you want to check her out.

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Stoked!

I am really stoked! I finished the biographical statement to the grant. Phew! Blood, sweat and tears went into that little essay. (No, not really…just rubbed my eyebrows off.) I’m a few days late from a self-imposed deadline but I’m still good with the actual deadline which is next week. So the plan is to send out this grant application tonight. I’ll read over the essay on the train home, make any last minute changes, upload my poetry manuscript and essay onto the site, pay the fee and I’m done. I’m excited. Being the triple moon baby that I am, it’s only fitting that I send it out the night before a full moon. Yay!! Okay, I won’t celebrate quite yet, I’ll do a subdued happy dance until it’s actually done.

Let’s see what else? I have more packing to do this weekend but I SO DON’T WANT to tackle that this weekend. Tired of packing…I may leave it off for next week. When I’m freaking out next week, we will all know why. It’s supposed to be a mild day on Saturday. I’m in the mood to go to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. A long walk will do wonders for me. I’ll bring a sketchbook and some pencils…awww I just remembered I packed them away….argh! I may have to open up some boxes and dig them out. Or better yet, I’ll just bring a notebook to write in and bring my camera. Oh and I have a couple books I want to finish. Easy breezy. I know it seems like I’m thinking out loud here…well mostly it’s because that’s exactly what I’m doing. All for now.
Peace,

Lily

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I took the day off of work on Tuesday. After a pretty painful morning, I was able to move on to work on the grant application from noon until 4:30 pm. Having that focused time to work on the application was necessary. I could hear myself think. I have the poetry portion prepped and ready to go. I worked on the essay for some time but I needed to give it a rest. I found myself repeating things needlessly. I’ll take another crack at it today to see if I can come to a more completed version. I’m plugging along.

Today is a cold wet day in the city and despite wanting to hibernate most of the winter… I feel my energy rising. I feel my interior life waking up. Most of the winter, I felt low-key and downright blue but as the days start to grow longer and the temperature starts to warm up (a tad), I want to do more, take on more of this creative life. I want more time to write. More time to paint. And I am taking advantage of any spare moments I can find. Yet, I still found some time to watch Glee last night. That boy on boy kiss was very sweet and so hot!! Yay!!

Peace,

Lily~

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