I don’t quite know whether to classify 2011 a success, a failure or simply a mixed bag of troubling, joyous, painful and encouraging non-stop action. It was as tough, if not more so, than 2010 but I accomplished so much more and I do think that 2012 is posed for improvement, at least on the health front. Vague, right? A little recap of year 5 in Paris:
January-June
Launched my cookie company, Lola’s Cookies! Started a new job Saw 2 articles published on Travel & Leisure (this one and this one) Traveled to the South of France, Istanbul and New York Became virtually immobile due to a flare-up of my meatball-sized herniated disk just before our trip to the U.S. Got married again (kind of)July-December
Laid off from my new job. Un-laid off from said new job after 5 days in some kind of sick high-stress inducing torture tactic Began physiotherapy again 2x/week for my back, enlightened French therapist with anecdotes about America Laid off AGAIN from the same company. Sciatica began shortly after…. Took headshots of Amy Thomas for the author photo in her forthcoming book “Paris, My Sweet”; quickly learned that one of them made the cut! Made some amazing new friends and strengthened bonds with old friends Started a new job (part-time) that is completely right for me Had 2 anti-inflammatory spinal injections, neither proved successful. Featured…
