quiet moment

yesterday i did a great yoga/stretching workout dvd and at the end i was able to lie on my back, allowing my muscles to relax into the floor and my mind wander.

it was a beautiful moment. i don't have many moments like that and when i have them, they are precious.

i lay there feeling the burn in my muscles and the endorphins course through my body and pictured my chest cavity opening up to the world, the sky, beyond our atmosphere. this thought went through my mind, "i hope death is an orgiastic experience with the universe. i will go back to from where i came and i hope i am reabsorbed into everything."

Spring Day and Mushroom Risotto... for real.

Last night when I went to make the mushroom risotto I discovered that someone (Jon) had eaten all the mushrooms I had purchased for the risotto. I was in a horrible mood and he was kind enough to bring home two salads for our dinner and dried porcino mushrooms. So now they are soaking in my kitchen and I am finishing a baby quilt I was commissioned to do which is really late. I'm happy to be doing the binding on the quilt, but I need to do that, make and eat risotto (poor me), do my yoga video again, shower and be in the city by 7:30pm for improv practice. It feels like a lot to do.

I will survive, something tells me.

It's a GORGEOUS spring day here today, all the windows are open, and the cats are sniffing and running and meowing at everything. It's distracting but cute.

Okay, back to binding before the porcinos are calling my name.

Mushroom Risotto and a cloudy aquarium

My husband and I recently purchased the Biorb and downsized our 20-gallon tank to the 4-gallon Biorb, putting our Betta fish "Ozymandias" in it. I love it. Except today, about a week in, I noticed the water was extremely cloudy. So I changed it, emptying out and replacing about 50% of the water and it helped at first... and now it's right back to cloudy. I'm terrified I'm going to kill Ozzy and would very much like someone to tell me it's okay.

He seems fine - chipper in fact - but I'm still nervous. I read on a site somewhere that this should clear up in a few days and it's just the "system clearing itself out". ??? I think it's fucking weird, but I have never quite understood the science of aquariums.

And tonight I'm making Mushroom Risotto, which sadly will require me to get off my duff, as my mum used to say, and do something. I just got back from the gym and I'm enjoying being a couch potato while watching "Law and Order: Criminal Intent".

I'm enjoying THIS COOKBOOK that I got a while ago and have now labeled all the recipes I want to try. And in it is a recipe for Mushroom Risotto.

And yesterday I did THIS yoga video and it kicked my ass. If you're a beginner, I recommend this video.