Gaia

whoa... fun is fun, but now i remember why i don't party anymore. it's so draining on our systems and it's hard to get back into a groove after debauchery of the holidays. I worked all day saturday at a market and then went out to eat with friends and H. Sunday, i worked all day at the market and had 4 friends over for a late dinner. Monday made jewerly all day, rode my bike to the park, had a picnic with the same friends from the last two nights. so monday night i decided after we rode our bikes home at 9 pm i would spend the night at my friends house, for fun. we stayed up until 4:30 am (omg) i have not done that since, i don't know when. then got up at 8:30 went home, made jewerly all day until 3 when we drove to tacoma to our friends house for the 4th. we walked around at the waterfront, chatted, ate, etc...watched the fireworks, went to bed around 1am got up at 6:30 drove home, and then i turned around and drove to a market....notice how there is no yoga in this list of things i've done over the last few days. man, socializing is so tiring.

i did go to yoga this morning. it was hard, but wonderful and now i am off to another market for 12 hours. it's an all day once a month thing. and hopefully our cold gray weather will not keep people away..i can't wait until tomorrow. i will have a normal day yoga, walk dog, make jewelry, dinner and bed.... that sound nice.

never a dull moment. Life has been fun, busy and hectic. I haven't had a day off in weeks and we leave for the lavender festival on Thursday morning. i have made more jewelry than ever before and it is really exciting for me. i figure if the show doesn't go like i have planned in my head then i will have a lot of extra jewelry and can take a couple days off when it is over...

It's amazing what i can get done when i am busy.

Let's see anything exciting lately. well, today i called 911 b/c i saw this guy breaking into an apartment right behind mine. i don't know if he lived there or not, but if not i'm really glad i called. it was wierd though, there were cops in our alley for at least an hour. i have no idea what happened and if it was a break in or if the guy just locked himself out...

H told me there is a possibility he could get to go to India for research and we could move there for one year. i am not getting too excited yet because of course it only came up briefly and usually when these things come up briefly they go away quickly too. i am keeping my fingers crossed in the back of my head and sending out vibes to the universe that the momentum of our conversation will continue on until it actually becomes a reality. oh god...... how exciting would that be????? I think, if we went we would be in Kerala... How perfect is that??

practice has been good, but a bit sparse not totally my fault, moon days shala closed, working too much etc (well i guess the work part is my fault) summer is hard this way..my teachers just announced they are doing a 200 hr 3 week teacher training. unfortunately i can't do it b/c of work, but H is going to do it and i am sooooooo psyched for him, wish i could join him. my teachers said i could go to some of the sessions. so i probably will...

I don't know.... it's like when I get out of sync, i feel like i can't write or that i have nothing to write about...but in my little world i have a lot going on. actually so much, i can barely keep up.... yoga, work and a very busy social schedule has kept me away from my computer and away from my home and away from my mind and in some ways my sanity.....summer time..... it's amazing. it's crazy....Let's see...

my art fair, was not really an art fairmore of a craft fair. so i was a bit disappointed. not quite what i was expecting. i did ok.... not at all how i imagined i would do. but because i had worked so hard before the fair and made sooooooooo much jewelry, i had a bit left over and the last two days have been relatively low key on the production end. i had time to catch up on books, do my taxes ugh.. and other logistical things. that feels really good. yesterday i sold my ganesha gold pendant. it was so exciting for me. i was a little sad to see him go, but i know he has a good home and i am busy with my new plans for this year and new designs, new ideas are always flowing.... ahh.... i love that i get to be creative and use my mind that is full of color and shapes and textures and all of this can be put onto and into my art.... i am so lucky.

there is this thing that really bugs me when i am out selling. you see, there are a lot of who do the bead thing and they come to my booth and say "I do this" and i am a bit sassy and say back to them "no you don't, i do this". and then they proceed and look and say "oh this is a great design, I'll have to try it".... oh, the nerve. i don't understand. i have so many ideas in my head, i can barely keep up and then there are those out there that want to copy mine. it's soooooooo frustrating. the other day, this woman was at my booth with her friend and she was asking me what this stone was and what that stone was and then her friend said to her. " i love this design" and she said back to her " oh, i'll make it for you" so they sat there and studied it and then left. i was like, what the hell was that? first of all they could never find the beads i get and second of all it's soooooooo rude. and then there are the people that want to bargain. i just can't get over it. i don't think they have any idea i made under $15,000, i work my ass off and it's my art. and they want to make a deal. what do i do?? lose the sale or make a deal? it's such a dilema for me.

anyway, i am having fun and my dad keeps saying to me." i think it's so cool that over 1000 people are wearing your jewelry around the world" I never thought about that before, but it's true. and that's pretty cool.

I just had two awesome days visiting friends in portland Mon and Tues. it was great. we laughed and talked and i even got a $250 ticket for having my dog in a park. can you believe that???? it really bummed me out. i'll contest it. so, i went to the park to watch my friends kid at swimming lessons. i had my dog near me wrapped around a pole and the dog police came and gave me a ticket....It's so weird b/c Madison was like that too. and seattle is the opposite. you can take your dog anywhere, into coffee shops, on the bus, into some stores including home depot. but other cities i guess are not like that and i think it is totally ridiculous that i got a $250 ticket.... that is so much money. they should have given me a warning. she said there were signs posted all over and i followed my path back to my car and there were no signs. plus, when i did find a sign it said obey the leash law. okay, so what is the leash law (my dog was on a leash).... Just another reason i think seattle is sooooooooo awesome.

i'm totally dead tired. i need to slow down and chill out a bit. Yoga has definitely been taking a back seat to the rest of the things going on this summer ie. work and social life. i have been going to yoga at least 3 times a week, but it's so hard to balance everything. my mind is constantly racing with new ideas and right now is the time in the season i have to start planning for the holidays. so, on top of being really busy i have to plan ahead... ahhh..... anyway, i love it...

i don't know if i've mentioned it, but i am definitely going to india again this winter. i can't wait. i am going with a friend for one month. we will do a yoga pilgrimage in southern india and then (my husband and her boyfriend) will join us in mysore for one month. i am excited and i think it will be really great. i've always travelled alone, and that is the way i prefer to travel so i am a bit freaked out by being with others, but i think it will be ok. it's weird that i'm freaked out by being with others because i am such a social extovert, but i guess travel is my time to reconnect with myself and i really really really really cherish that time. it is my favorite time. it's not that i like to travel, it's that i need to travel. this has been me since, well, forever. so, i guess negotiationg that is going to be challenging for me. even though, i love so dearly the people i am traveling with.