I missed class yesterday and today is a moon day. I'm not really happy about that. I was out all day Sunday with some friends. I got home at around 11:45PM that night and just couldn't get up for practice the following day. How do you balance your yoga practice and at the same time maintain your old friendships? That night, I kept telling my friend that I wanted to be home early and he assured me that we would be home early. There are days when I feel like I need to distant myself from old friends. They can't seem to realize that yoga is important to me. I sometimes think that yoga can be a very lonely journey. When I used to live in Fort Lauderdale, I used to have a yoga buddy. We would drive all around South Florida taking yoga classes and workshops. We usually drove 45 minutes to South Beach just to practice ashtanga. On days I didn't feel like practicing, he would force me to practice. I would do the same to him too. It was nice to have someone push you on your lazy days. We also had a nice yoga community in South Beach. I miss those days.
I called to inquire on the status of my citizenship today. The lady on the phone agreed that I should have had my oath taking by now. She's doing an inquiry for me at the local immigration office. This is a big piece of the puzzle. If I don't get a response in 2 weeks, I'm going to personally visit the local office. I'm already resigned to the fact that I would have to push my scheduled departure to mid September. I think that works better because I want to do an advance esalen massage workshop with Carl Chase early September. I feel so anxious. I need to be patient.
I finally unloaded some securities I've been holding on to the past few years. I should have done it last December so I could pick up the loss in 2003. I still kept hoping it would go up a bit. Oh well! Most of that will go into my India account and part of that will pay for my week at the Optimum Health Institute. I should get the check this week.