The Hit List - Straight yoga mats and neurotic thoughts

I’m the first to admit this: I’m a wee bit neurotic. (Hubby would also add control freak to that but that’s another story.)

I’ll get hung up on an idea and then obsess over it. Until a new whim comes along.

I’m especially compulsive about my yoga mats. When I’m teaching a class, every mat must be perfectly aligned with one of the lines in the hardwood floor.

If they’re not…I get buggy. I can’t focus. I won’t be able to go on until those mats are laid out just right. My students are pretty accustomed to this crazy and keep an eye to make sure those mats are “right”. (What have I created here?!) They are working around my quirk.

My kids on the other hand…not so much.

I admit that my kids are my favorite things to obsess over.

Mind you, I have grown ass kids who are both functional, healthy, and well-educated.

I should be relieved and going about my business…yet I’m all up in their business. And currently, it’s about two things:

I’ve decided that my “grandmother biological time clock” is going off and have begun to drop not-so-subtle hints. Neither one seem to be too concerned about this.

When my son announced he liked older women, I was immediately pulling out my inner grossness with the whiny “I want grandkids” speech. He laughed and ignored me. Smart boy.

I’m learning that I have little say in this one. So I’m unofficially adopting the bank teller’s new baby. I can vicariously grandparent her little boy. (This is in my head, not hers.)

The other neurotic thought that has kept me up at night is worry about my daughter’s safety. She’s living far away in Europe and she’s the most competent young woman on the planet (and thirty years old). But I made the mistake of watching those stupid Liam Neeson “Taken” films right before she left and suddenly was overcome with fears of her being kidnapped and sold into some sort of white slavery ring.

My daughter rolled her eyes and reminded me that she was no ingenue and “not the kind of gal” that those things happen to. (She’s more Lena Dunham than wide-eyed moppet.) She even pulled out her little weapon to assure me that she’s armed.

I don’t get to be her bodyguard. Nor does she want to hear my anxious warnings about shady guys who act like characters in a Liam Neeson movie.

I also don’t get to police my son’s dating life to choose suitable mom material.

Nope.

I just get to sit with these thoughts and straighten out the yoga mats.

And they are straight as can be. Trust me on that.

Yoga mats not on the line!

Other stuff:

Jimmy Fallon has mad talent. His Neil Young impression was spot on! (And how cool that Neil Young jammed with him!)

Loved being featured along with some other mighty fine tarot readers: New Faces of Tarot: The Next Generation of Tarot Readers.

I’ll be digging out my slow cooker and trying these recipes out. YUM.

The heat is on – legal drama in Bikram yoga.

Yoko Ono has a word or two for her critics: Don’t stop me! LOVE LOVE LOVE that.

Want to learn astrology? Pre-order The Midheaven’s Elemental Astrology. A must have for any astrology fan!

Cannot wait for the Gloria Steinem mini-series! And Marisa Tomei is in the lead. YAY!

Interesting research on white privilege. Yes, it’s real.

I’m a guest writer over at The Coaching Blueprint! Read my post on When Your Intuition Says No.

Do you have daily rituals? I do! Check out Esmé Wang’s daily rituals.

Apparently gray hair is now the new hallmark of coolness. Guess I’m a badass then. Gray pride!

In case you missed it: I’m talking about tarot and spirituality with Annika Martins on the Sacred Podcast.

Over at MenageATarot: Can you make a good living reading tarot? Yes. But it’s a lot of work.

The time everyone corrected the world’s smartest woman.

This scan of a Buddha statue holds a surprise.

Damn I need to go to France.

This is how things are around here: cat vs internet.

Ready to lead but feeling uncertain? Feel like an imposter? Get over that with Step Into Your Starring Role.

I’ve been doing some decluttering around here. And eyeing up this book: Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down

This is the book I am waiting for with bated breath: Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor: A Master Class on Mentoring, Motivating, and Making It Work! OMG YES!

I’m obsessed with these ONOR-Tech 6 Sheets Decorative Scrapbooking Craft Sticker Diary Album Sticker Adhesive.

Here is one of the gorgeous new yoga mats I just purchased for my studio: Gaiam Premium Print Yoga Mat, 5mm, Citron Sundial. My students are LOVING it.

What I’m Grateful For:

Competent children

Sunshine streaming through the windows

The hint of spring

A bit of dark chocolate with a cup of tea

Notebooks and journals

New yoga mats

Tiny plastic hippos

Soundtrack for 2/28/15: “Memo” by Sir Michael Rocks – I’m balling. Didn’t you get the memo?