10 (make that 5) Things about moi (and not about my baby)

1. Today: I had a singing lesson today.  For the first time ever, I sang a song for a voice teacher.  Yes, I took my ego in my hands and actually sang for someone else other than my son, my husband, my cat, or my bathroom walls.  Amazing how deciding to force old ghosts & fears out is freeing.
2. This Week: I used my zen shiatsu gift certificate (from diannadinoble) on Wednesday and apparently my spleen and kidney levels are low, because I've been borrowing from them to keep going on my breakneck new mother/perfectionist lifestyle.  Low spleen & kidney = anxiety, over-thinking.  Totally accurate representation of my current state.
3. This Month: I continued working on the Artist's Way, digging up old creative dreams and finally giving them some respect and acknowledgement.
4. This Year:  This year past, I had a baby explode into my life and turn it upside down, inside out, and generally bring me face to face with the great things about me and the really not great things about me.  This year future, I will be doing a creative writing course at York, preparing to major in writing, and I may even audition for the drama program there, if I can get some guts and start working on audition material.
6. The Decade: This decade past, I've gone from high school, to college for Computer programming, to Dilbert-land jobs, to university, to motherhood. Since coming to Toronto I've gone  through about ten different courses for sewing, writing, acting, singing, spanish, etc all in a frenzy of hoping to find my niche and contribute something of meaning & worth.  This decade future, I plan to take some of the lessons I've learned in all the areas of interest that I have, and actively pursue my dreams in very specific areas. I'd like to specialize, rather than being a generalist, if that makes sense.  There is just no way that I can be all of the things I'd like to be, but I can certainly pursue one or two things such as writing and performance stuff.