I'm going all new age on myself. We not completely new age there are some things I could never do.. like wear patchouli oil, or become a vegan ( I could never give up a chicken parmie, or a steak, or a pie..) but I have been trying to immerse myself in the world of meditation. Yes the most hyper person in the world is finally attempting to calm her hectic mind. In the style of being a true Gemini- I love the new world and all that comes with it, but I have always had a bit of a love for the spiritual world. I would always prefer to go to a spiritual healer than a psych, I love a bit of reiki before a I would go to a physio and don't start me on how much I love getting my charkras rebalanced followed by a singing bowl massage. No on is safe from my obsession at the moment including my family and the students at school. Or the other teachers at school who have not heard the end of me banging on about how amazing meditation is going with my classes. The kids honestly love this shit. And no, I'm sure it's not because it takes up 10 minutes of class where they get to put there heads on the desk and literally do nothing. But then I actually think it IS because they get 10 minutes of nothingness, which in today's world is as foreign to them as living in a world where the mobile phones didn't exist. And the looks on their faces when the 10 minutes is up is awesome, they are chilled, calm and peaceful- for at least 5 minutes anyway. I made poor Indi do some meditation with me last night - or "emitation" as I called it ( see what I did there) We turned off the tv, we put down our phones and ipads, we sat on the couch together and had 10 minutes of resting our minds, and it was pretty friggin awesome. Not that it is easy, I find meditating ( or emitating) really, really hard. My mind wanders, I think of everything I had not done, have yet to do, or if Mario from the Mario Brothers name is actually Mario Mario (that one bothers me a lot), but I have noticed that in my every day life I am finding myself using the techniques to calm me down. Like I said to some of my Year 12's the other day if I had learnt some of these techniques years ago it would have made my life much easier! If you would like to give it a try ( you know I love to share anything amazing I find- like my new Kevin Aucoin Mascara- simply the BEST, do your lashes a favour) have a watch of Andy Puddicombes TED talk,
Give his 10 minute guided meditation a try
and then download his Headspace app on your phone. And welcome to the world of resting your tired, overthinking, overworked mind..... for only 10 minutes.... I haven't gone completely bonkers.
Today is my favourite day of the year.... my Birthday. And I am officially old. So I have decided on my 47th Birthday I need to make some changes. Here we go... 1. I will no longer use my hair straightener to iron my clothes when I am too lazy to get the iron out. 2. I will not wear my pyjama top to work anymore because I can't be bothered getting a singlet out of the drawer. 3. I will start to carry an umbrella when it is raining or looks like rain, rather than cover my head in my scarf and then proceed to bitch about how my hair goes frizzy. 4. I will stop using my bra as a pocket. 5. I will try and wear matching socks. 6. I will attempt to stay home on a Friday night once in a while. 7. I will try not to have a crush on a member of a boy band. 8. I will google how to spell a word I don't know how to spell rather than just pick an easier word- or not say " I'm a Media teacher, not an English teacher". 9. I will understand that I can go home early and not be the last to leave a night out. 10. I will no longer walk to the shop in my pyjamas on a Sunday morning. Baby steps...right?
I haven't blogged in since forever- I think I haven't really been in the space to have anything to say really. But as every time I see people I haven't seen for a while they are all asking me the same questions, I thought I would interview myself, to give you all a catch up of what has been going on in my life. So Emma- where have you been? I have been around, just getting on with life really. Nothing exciting. Ok- so lets start- how is Ross going? Ross is still hanging around, nowhere near as bad as it was. I managed to get through first term with only one day off so that's good. I still get tired as fuck, and my hands and wrists ache, but other than that- it's all ok. Having more blood tests next week to see how active he still is. At least one of us is active. Anything good come out of it? Well mosquitos don't bite me anymore, and apparently my handwriting now looks like the handwriting of a 18 year old now instead of a 13 year old due to my Ross inflicted hands. You have moved- does that mean you sold the house? Ummmmm- no. The house was under offer but the buyers pulled out. So it is going to be rented out. I am in a cutie little unit. Yes, I am still in walking distance to The Balmoral (didn't want their profits to drop). It is the best and I love it. I can vacuum the whole house without needing an extension cord. You still teaching? Yep, still at the same place I have been at since 2003. Yes that is a long time and no do I see myself moving anytime soon. Your football team is pretty shit at the moment. Yes they are, no I don't know why, yes Nat Fyfe is still a God, Yes I still love them, I really only go for the beer now. And the pies. Any plans to run any more marathons? That would be a nope. I am actually hoping one day to be able to successfully walk for a few days in a row. Have you got a boyfriend? That would also be a no. Netflix, Stan and SBS on demand are the only things sharing my bed at the moment. Well and Indi when she is home. You seem to have a good bunch of friends. Yes I do. The Garden Club are the best. They are also brutally honest with me and tell me the absolute truth even if I don't want it. Like the the other day when I showed them a picture of some dresses I wanted to buy. They all told me they looked like shit and were too short. I think it was their diplomatic way of saying " You are turning 47 next week- no one wants to look like mutton". You haven't made a Youtube tutorial for a while- what's the go with that? Just been really lazy actually. I am planning on doing another one soon though. I just need to get Indi away from my makeup. So whats in store for you now Emma? Well I'm trying to get a little bit more Zen. I meditating and I have enrolled to do a Reiki Course which I'm really excited about. I'm also going to do a bit more writing. Thinking about starting a book. I'm going to call it " Did You Hear the One About?" It's going to talk about all the things I have done in my life where I have just had to stand back, shake my head and laugh at myself. Sounds fab- can you give me an example of a story? Sure. On the weekend I stayed at a hotel with my friend and our daughters. We checked in, I went to the room and there was a man in our room. I went back downstairs and they gave us a new room. The new room was on level 5. The old room was on level 3. On Sunday morning I went outside for a dart and then went back to my room. I had forgotten my card to get in so I was ringing the bell. My friend wasn't answering. So I stood there with my finger on the bell. I was looking down at my phone when she answered so I went off at her " For fuck's sake could you have taken any longer" I looked up. It wasn't my friend. It was a very shocked looking man. I was on the wrong floor. So can we expect to see more blog posts from you? Yes. I think I am slowly getting my sense of humour back, so I do see more blog posts in my future.
