Road To Mysore

I just mailed two things today. First, I mailed a letter to my landlord giving him more than 30 days notice. I will be out of my apartment by August 20. The other thing I mailed was a check for $1,805 for my ticket. It would have been much cheaper if I had gone straight to India. The side trip to the Philippines cost about $600. My itinerary looks like this:

Los Angeles – Hong Kong – Cebu August 22
Cebu – Manila September 20
Manila – Hong Kong – Mumbai September 22
Mumbai – Bangalore – Mysore September 23
Mysore – Bangalore – Singapore – Hong Kong January 31
Hong Kong – Los Angeles February 2

So when all is said and done, I’ll be gone for about 5 months and 10 days. I’ll be in Mysore for a little over 4 months. Wow :) it’s really happening!!! Now comes the little details…what to bring, what not to bring, what to put in storage, what to give away, pay out all the bills, etc…

Yesterday, I spoke to my headhunter and updated my resume with him. He told me to email him a month before I get back. Since I’ll be back for the start of tax season, I want the option to work part-time once I arrive. I hope I’ll figure out other things to do when I get back. But if I run out of cash, I want my safety net in place.

Today, I sat down with the tax director. We went through my list of clients and determined what I needed to get done before I leave. My last day for work will either be Aug 5 or 6. He told me that he would keep the door open for me. I’m so lucky to have a boss like him. Unfortunately, if there was an open position, it will probably be a full time position. I hope I don’t have to work full time again.

Yesterday a friend of mine came over to borrow my wheat grass juicer and my planting trays. I’ve been drinking wheat grass every morning for the past two years. I believe in the long-term health benefits. I would take a 3 ounce shot about 45 minutes before practice and it never bothered me. Since practicing in the Silverlake shala, I can taste the wheat grass in my mouth midway through practice. It was becoming a distraction. Noah suggested that I drink it an hour and a half before practice or after practice. After practice won’t work because I go straight to work and if I juice it before practice and drink it after practice, it would not be fresh. An hour and a half before practice would mean I would have to wake up at 4:30AM. Getting up at 5AM is hard enough. So I decided to stop drinking it for now. This is another thing I’ve had to give up to accommodate my yoga practice. One of these days I’m going to make a list of things I’ve given up for yoga. It’s going to be a very long one.