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.