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Kinda up-and-down weekend. It began with a nice dinner and drinks Friday night with L.A. On Saturday I was busy with the MonsterGarage and keeping one eye on the chittlins. Jo was off getting certified as a Children’s Yoga Instructor and will begin teaching soon. (Yay Jo!) I took the kids to see Robots! too. They loved it but I confess to actually nodding off a few times…kinda rolie-pollie-olie with a formulaic Hollywood script and the ever-present Robin Williams voice-over…zzzZZZzzz…

Saturday night I had the strangest dream. It all took place in a single room apartment. A little studio with asymmetrical walls. Everything, walls, floor, ceiling, was painted crimson red, with a six-inch high concrete ‘wall’ dividing the room in half. To the right was a kitchenette and table with one chair - to the left, a single white enameled claw-foot tub, no toilet, and a coat rack along the wall. The whole scene was like Twin Peaks when the backwards talking man is with Agent Cooper and people come and go, like time lapse, leaving trails in their wake. Eventually they all left and I was standing alone in the threshold looking in. I had the urge to pee and since there was no toilet I went to the tub. As I began I felt a wave of joy wash over me and looked down…I was urinating blood. I woke up from that very unsettled but reminded of line in a Kahlil Gibran poem, “To be wounded by your own understanding of love; and to bleed willingly and joyfully.” It was a pretty emotional morning after that but I allowed it all to flow through me, honor the passing, and let it go.

I finished getting the shop cleared out on Sunday and then came full circle with L.A. who joined us for Sunday dinner. Aftarwards Jo and I reviewed all the paperwork that we have to bring before the judge tomorrow afternoon and had a long reflective talk about the choices we have made; how it feels right to us even though it is often difficult to explain to others.

Greg’s class was a little different this morning. He just got back from some studies in New Mexico that heavily emphasized anatomical and structural alignment as a foundation for practice. We only worked on three asanas but he had some new pointers on how to really focus on alignment, and the relationship between feet and breath, to anchor the postures and maintain balance. It was in some ways far more challenging than a ‘regular’ class and I feel like my lower half has been to the chiropractor.

I will call the concrete guys today so they can schedule the floor pour. After that the rest of the work will be largely up to me to complete. Yikes! Still no word regarding the job…

11:20am update: they decided to go with the other candidate - ritzenfratzen-fratzenritzen!