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So I was just on facebook and saw that one of my
non-local friends, that I only know through yoga, had recently updated
her status and it read “N is in the fire!!!!” and I saw that she just
happened to be online so…. anyway here is how our chat went: --------
Me: which fire are you in and are you okay?
N: hi! i am in the fire of transformation and it rocks and i am PERFECT! thanks
Me: oh okay i thought you were in one of the wildfires… haha. okay
have fun! =) come to so cal some time if you ever have the chance
please! =)
N: that is funny! i am looking for studios to teach at in so cal! maybe you can put in a good word for me… -------
I don’t know I just thought this was kinda funny though. Oh and
minutes later I see that her status now reads “N is in the fire of
transformation!” Haha.
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| (Written on Saturday evening, July 12, 2008): Summer so far has been awesome. I love it. This past week I walked the beach trail with L in the mornings, had breakfast with L or friends after walking, relaxed at the beach with a good book in the afternoon, went to our regular yoga class in the evenings, went out with friends to hear some live music one night this week, attended a special yoga workshop yesterday, and ate some good home-cooked meals (made by L of course). This morning I went on a hunt for some specialized antibiotics (that my cat desperately needs). This afternoon L and I contributed to our friend's neuroscience research (electrodes on our head and everything). We went to the neighborhood pub for dinner. And this evening I am doing absolutely nothing. Well writing this blog entry I guess. On a side note: I was a total poser in this yoga workshop, the theme being adjustments, for current or future yoga teachers. L wanted me to go with him 'cause for learning about adjustments they often have you work in partners and he wanted to work with me as his partner. Well we forgot that usually they keep making you switch partners until you've worked with everyone in the class. And I didn't want to switch partners and work with strangers. After all I'm not the one that might be interestsed in being yoga instructor someday. So L and I just didn't follow directions and we remained partners with each other for the entire workshop. Ha we are such rebels. In which case rebels = bad sports. Haha. Oh and on another side note, we found the most awesome compounding pharmacist. I talked to this compounding pharmacist guy for like five minutes on the phone, and then another five minutes in person when I went to pick up my cat's antibiotics. If I had only called the number for his pharmacy first. Prior to talking to him I wasted a lot of time talking to a number of people who couldn't even convert g to mg or compare cc to ml properly, or had no suggestions as to how I could get exactly what I wanted without either paying a hundred bucks extra for a quantity I didn't need, or just putting me on hold only to tell me that the person with the answers was not in and would return at some undetermined time... grrr frustrating. I don't think I quite realize the amount of bad service and incompetence I normally put up with in daily life until someone displays such an impressive amount of competency and such outstanding service to an extent where the customer is left stunned and speechless. I was such a customer today and I felt like "thank you" was such an understatement. I really do appreciate and am thankful for people and places like this one compounding pharmacy I went to today. It's difficult to adequately convey this appreciation in words though. Okay that's the end of my side notes. While I haven't been having a cool summer literally (it's been extra hot and humid for here), I can't say that I haven't been having one hell of a nice time recently. No complaints here. Life is good. | | |
| Holy cow is it hot here! One of the few times during the year that I wish we had air conditioning. We walked the beach trail in the morning and there were already a ton of people at the beach preparing to try and keep cool on another predicted day of record-breaking heat. In the afternoon we decided to go see a movie to escape the heat (Iron Man... loved it) and then in the evening it was still so hot that we actually went to go exercise just because our little work-out room at our condo complex has really cold air conditioning! The temperature is really lovely here most of the time but recently it's been ridiculous. Poor Meow is lying around all wilted looking and I totally feel like I am melting! | | |
| Yay it's finally summer break. Yesterday morning I cut a bunch of fresh
fruit and ate it at a leisurely pace out on the patio... never have
time to do that during a regular school day. Then I went to the new library
with L. Where I enjoyed using the free wifi in a cozy reading nook
with an ocean view as L interviewed someone for his research at one
of the tables out on the balcony. Then we went to the Caribbean burrito place
for lunch. Mmmm... fried plaintains are so yummy. In the afternoon we
were planning to hike the bluffs by the beach but my ankle was acting
up again so we just stayed at home. Until we had to go out and buy a
new home network router because our old one just up and died on us. So
we did that. And then we went to yoga. And then we went to the boba
cafe place for dinner since we have been bad about grocery shopping and
our fridge is completely empty. And then we came home where I proceeded
to ice my ankle while being a total slug in front of the television...
flipping channels and surfing the internet all evening. Thank you for
sharing my "fascinating" first day of summer break with me. I am
seriously loving it so far though.
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| Ahhh... Mundo Tonto by Cava is SUCH a beautiful piece of music. Makes
me want to get up and dance. Or learn to play the harp. Or learn to
sing in Spanish. All of the above actually. Speaking of music, I just
went to hear the elementary Intermediate Strings Class students play in
their end-of-the-year concert. I founded the program as an after-school
Beginning Strings class a few years ago. I'm pretty busy with my
regular job so I've gradually been trying to step away from this
project now that it is well under way. In the middle of this school
year I finally felt that the new instructors were good to completely
take over the program. So I haven't heard the students play since
December. Wow did they do a good job. The students played awesome and I
was thrilled. All year the two instructors, a husband-and-wife team,
have been asking me what they can get me (as a gift) to show their
appreciation for starting the program and for hooking them up with a
great group of kids to work with. And I keep telling them that I am
just thrilled to have some of my time back because if it were not for
their taking the job then there is a strong chance that I'd still be
teaching strings classes after school. Well tonight six of my students
from the original group, the six who will be going on to middle school,
told me that they have already signed up to be in the middle school
orchestra next year. Boy does time fly... it seems like just the other
day when they were little fourth graders in the Beginning Strings
class. Now they're almost seventh graders and three of them are taller
than me! Anyway, music has obviously been a huge part of MY life. Just
knowing that some of these kids love music enough to take it to the
next level? It makes me so happy that words cannot even adequately
describe the feeling. Now tell me, what material gift in the world can
compare to that?
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