hip hop hahaha

So, I tried a new video today. It was D's Hip Hop Aerobics - the library had it and I was curious.

Yeah. All I can say is, HAHAHA. No. I couldn't follow any of the moves, and on many occasions found myself facing in the completely wrong direction. At one point I was walking in place, just so I could pay more attention to the routine. I still couldn't get it.

After about ten minutes, I gave up and put on Walk Away the Pounds. I could do all those moves.

food traditions

Today I called my mom and told her that as much as I love receiving shaloch mones, I'm trying to keep sweets out of the house. I asked that if she was going to send it, to please not send chocolates and cookies.

It was hard to ask, because my family has a very strong shaloch mones tradition. Growing up, every year my parents and I used to bake and assemble the delivery boxes, and usually I got to decorate them... I didn't want to offend my parents, or look like I was rejecting the tradition. My mom, bless her, just asked, "What kinds of things would work better?"

This was a totally proactive victory, because I know I would have eaten the hamentashen if they had actually come all the way from NY for me. This way I get the best of both worlds.