Got to Get You Into My Life

I took the day off today, ostensibly to do some long overdue fall yard work, but I have to admit I really wasn't that bummed when it turned out to be a rainy day. I spent the morning curled up in bed -- not sleeping -- catching up on emails and reading Memoir Revolution: Write Your Story. Change the World.

I also made a couple of phone calls I don't seem to be able to get to while I'm at work, including one to Dry Hootch to see if they'd be interested in a yoga class for veterans. The person there with whom I spoke totally got why I would want to do that, and he got the need for it -- he said that in this country, 22 Vets kill themselves every day -- but he also said the population I'm targeting (younger vets like my coworker who killed himself last month) is notoriously hard to reach. Undeterred, I told him I'd set about finding a space and then get back in touch with him so that he could help get the word out.

It was also a treat to be able to go to yoga in the middle of the day, and not just any yoga, but yoga with my current favorite teacher. A week or two ago I was feeling all insecure in his class -- comparing my clothes, boobs, hair, flexibility and proficiency with my fellow classmates -- but today I didn't feel that at all.

Instead, I felt playful, which was a welcome change (even if it meant falling over a couple of times while attempting tougher poses).

Yep, this upbeat Beatles number really captures my mood today (the Glee version is also fun):

I was alone, I took a ride,
I didn't know what I would find there
Another road where maybe I could see another kind of mind there

Ooh, then I suddenly see you,
Ooh, did I tell you I need you
Every single day of my life?

Now I'm not at the point where I'm ready to say I need anyone every single day of my life. But I do want to put it out to the Universe that the person I've Got to Get Into My Life this time around, when we're both good and ready, is a person who both shares the goal of and has the energy to help make the world a kinder, safer, more honest place:

You didn't run, you didn't lie
You knew I wanted just to hold you
Had you gone, you knew in time, we'd meet again
For I had told you

Ooh, you were meant to be near me
Ooh, and I want you to hear me
Say we'll be together every day

Got to get you into my life

What can I do, what can I be,
When I'm with you I want to stay there
If I'm true I'll never leave
And if I do I know the way there

Ooh, then I suddenly see you,
Ooh, did I tell you I need you
Every single day of my life?

Got to get you into my life
Got to get you into my life

And if I can, one way I'm gong to try to do that is by offering a free yoga class to vets...