I’ve been having one of those periods where, around a hundred times a day, I think “I need to blog about that,” and then, when there’s time (and I don’t usually count 11 p.m., like now, as actually being a time when there’s time), I forget all about whatever I wanted to say. Harrumph.

So I’ll do my best with what I can scrounge up in the recesses of my mind. One thing I’ve been thinking about lately is the concept of presence. I read that bestselling book, Eat, Pray, Love (and promptly sold it used today on Amazon - yippee!), and really got caught up in the Praying part. The spirituality she described was very palatable to me, and jibed with my own thoughts and feelings on religion. But, despite her lack of adherence to any one particular religion, she found a path to being more connected with God, or whatever life force dwells within us all. And much of it — as in the “Power of Now” book — is about just being there… being present in the moment.

You may remember, way back when, that I tried to do some “mindful” eating based upon this principle. I tried to concentrate on what I was actually doing, as I put each bite into my mouth, asking myself along the way whether I was still hungry. That actually worked amazingly well, except for the part about my being way more hooked on eating mindlessly than I realized. These days, I’m eating in the car on the way to work, eating in front of the computer for lunch, and reading or watching TV at dinnertime. It’s a bit insane, really, but it’s true. The good (?) thing that’s been happening to me lately is that I’m getting a bit of acid reflux when I eat too much (which is nearly always), so that is what’s keeping me from diving into the ice cream that’s currently in my refrigerator. (Note to online grocery delivery company: Since when did it make sense to substitute the full-fat-and-sugar version of ice cream when the requested low-fat version is out of stock?)

So, things are bad, but they are also good. I’m going camping this weekend (dragging along the kid) with some co-workers. Just planning for that has been very cool. I’m starting a new web project (shhh!) that I think will be very cool when I make some progress. And the hubby and I are talking a lot more down-and-dirty about where we want to live and when we want to move. I’ve even been giving away clothes to charity and selling books online, in preparation for a move, sort of. The most exciting thing? Two people actually commented on this blog. You ARE out there! You ARE reading! You are AWESOME!

Why is it that, when I’m tired, I eat like crazy, as if the additional food will give me more energy when, in fact, it just weighs me down (in more ways than one). Makes sense that step 1 in any health plan — and I always make this step 1, even though I seldom get to step 2 — should be to make sure you get enough sleep.

Anyway, we made it back from BlogHer, where I met a whole bunch of amazing women. Links to follow, when I’m not so tired, and when I’m not supposed to be working

My e-mail has been screwed up (a typepad and/or domain registrar problem), but that should be settled now. So all you commenters, fear not the bounce!

First the boy was sick. Then DH and I caught whatever it was. Then we travelled to visit family for Thanksgiving. I’m still ill. Yuck. Crazy how even though I have very little appetite (and nearly no sense of taste), I still want to scarf down any number of things. In fact, I convince myself it’s OK to eat the high-calorie good-tasting stuff when I’m ill, because it’s the only thing I can motivate myself to eat — and I need some nourishment, right? I know it’s BS, but I still do it.

Visitors to the actual site (instead of the RSS feed) will notice a change. I’ve switched to Typepad software and am using a standard design template. I’ve been hosting some other blogs on Typepad so just decided to go ahead and make the switch. One thing I’ve noticed is that you really have to type the www in www.mybodymyblog.com or you get a placeholder page (which sucks). Trying to figure out how to address that. Also, it’s a bit lame that no comments were translated over to Typepad. Will try to work that out, too. Anyway… welcome to the new design!

I am experimenting with mobile blogging so I can post more often. I wont be able to ramble from my phone but can at least share brief thoughts.