On Friday I decided I really needed a good stretch and time to relax my mind. So, I pulled out my Yoga mat and decided to work my hips. As soon as I placed both of my feet on the mat and looked straight ahead– my berry started to go off. Amazing. So, I turned it to silent and tried again. 15 minutes later, my land line rang. At least, I managed to stay calm and not be annoyed by the technology around me. I turned everything on silent and went back to the downward dog just to find that my cat had started practicing yoga right on the edge of my mat. Lucky for him, I’m small and could use the rest of the mat to finish my workout while he caught up on his zzz’s.  

After saying “namaste” I thought about doing some weights but I decided against the idea. I started feeling as tired as my little cat Gus. So, I said good day. 

Last week I bought the new Taylor Swift album, “Speak Now” along with the other million people in the world.  And she really beat my expectations with this album. The idea of writing an album based on the idea of not saying exactly what you want to say in a given moment is something that everyone goes through. The fact that T Swift can do it with such class is applause able. There are times when I really wish I could just say what I am thinking but in the moment you just don’t even know what to say until you reflect a situation, ponder your thoughts and say, “Why did I shut up and sit still?” Everyone does it, I think? And this is where running comes in handy. I decided that you can’t dwell on situations and you just have to take chances and jump. Sometimes you might fall but there are many people who will be right there to catch you.

So, I suited up with my pants, a hoody, a pair of gloves, and grabbed my new generation six ipod nano. Which, I am in love with. The touchscreen, the ability to put on the radio and to make playlists anytime I want on my ipod. And it’s soooo small and clips on to anywhere! It’s ahhhh-maaay-ziiing! Love. Love. Love it!

I started out with Taylor Swift’s Mine. I swear Taylor and I would be best friends if we knew eachother because we seem to have the same mindset. For starters, this is why Taylor wrote Mine:
“Lately I’ve had this bad habit of running away from love. Kind of getting to the place where it’s about to commit, and then you just, like, run in the opposite direction. “Mine” is about the idea that I could find someone who would be the exception to that, someone who would be so sturdy and so much of a sure thing that I wouldn’t run from it. Sometimes I look back on a lot of examples that I’ve seen of love, long term, and a lot of times it doesn’t work out. There are goodbyes and people get really hurt, so I tend to be a little ‘run-awayish.’ But I’m never past hoping that at some point that could change.”
Ohhhh Taylor! How she writes the words of my heart. And she somehow has the courage to let the entire world into her heart in one album. So, I ran to the entire Speak Now Deluxe Version album. Tears may have formed in my eyes while I was running or it was the cold wind- who can say? Either way, it was a great run that didn’t feel like work.

Sparks Fly

Back to December

Speak Now

Dear John

Mean

The Story of Us

Never Grow Up

Enchanted

Better Than Revenge

Innocent

Haunted

Last Kiss

Long Live

Ours

If This Was A Movie

Superman

Back To December (Acoustic)

Haunted (Acoustic Version)

Mine (Pop Mix)

Time: 1.5 hours