Daughter of Bast

Zen Fest Announcement!

Online registration is now up at Zen Fest at Camp Gaea. 

What it is: a fun festival full of "flow" oriented workshops, juggling, Poi spinning, hooping, hand drumming, reiki, tai chai, and belly dance. 

When: July 31 through August 2, 2009

Where: Camp Gaea  

Why you should come: Cost is $30 and that includes your camp fees and all the workshops. Basically this is a really incredible price for a fantastic weekend with all kinds of flow arts and hanging out with cool people at the awesomest campsite on the planet.

Also? I will be teaching bellydance, and the more people that come, the more fun we have. So go get registered, come down and hang out, it'll be amazing!

The embers burn.

Back to "real life", and I don't really want to be mired down with it all. Living in the now can be hard when the now is so much about making the $$ to live the way I want to. I want my now to have more bright spots in it.

I am dragging butt today, which is okay, but it's not my favorite way to live. Today is also somehow a rather slow day, which might be related to the butt dragging. Either way, no fun.

Several kinds of insanity.

Work is nuts. I think I now have some idea of what they meant. Storm season for insurance people is bonkers. FYI. In case you find yourself with a need to go into the insurance business.

I spoiled the husband tonight, it was great. And he is sleeping like a very non-tense log. Sometimes distance can help you appreciate what is always right there in front of you. In real life I'm very near-sighted, but I think in romance we are all rather far-sighted.

I took a step away and enjoyed myself immensely, but when I came back it was fresh again. And that is always Ah-mazing!

The kind of girl who <3's various things.

I'm not usually that girl. But can I just say that I <3 Skype? Video chatting is great sometimes, and I had so much fun last night...

Look out world, I have my devilish smile on now!

Too much time to think...

For me? Is never good. It always leads to varying levels of naughtiness. I am basically trying to keep myself occupied so that I don't A) eat because I'm bored, B) get into trouble at the office, and C) get in trouble at home. I'm not very patient, this much is true. Most of the time I try, but this week I am losing the battle.

I have projects I want to be working on but I can't because I have to work to make the money. You know, and things are slow at work this week and that is very very hard on me. It makes the time go slowly, and that doesn't help either. I know it's not going to last long, but that doesn't really help.

I have a new idea for a bag spawned from being at Heartland. Yay! I am currently waiting for the magic to happen and S. to send me artwork...I can't wait to see it! I would like to be shopping for material, but again, stuck at the office. Plus? Right now might not be a good time to be spending extra $$ since I have this amazing summer planned. However, I look at it like this, if I can spend around $15 for the pieces parts and get to the fun bits (the embroidery and embellishment) then I can always purchase the rest later. OR I can use some pieces of fabric that I already have. Which I probably will do.

So yeah. My brain is going a million miles a minute. Wanting to be doing so many other things, and yet cannot for one reason or another. And this is quickly becoming a very LONG day.

The now.

I am entranced, delighted, intoxicated, and on cloud 9. I'm a little worried, because it always seems that this feeling is very quickly followed by the downhill thump. But I have faith in the general balancing nature of the world and perhaps this up is to balance some downs that I had been having recently.

What I do know? I'm having a great time, things are right in my world. I am content and enjoying every morsel. Something that it's taken until now to learn, and I only learned this from a very good friend. That no matter what else, she has taught me how to really enjoy, to slow down and enjoy, and that is quite possibly the secret to happiness.

While I'm still vertical

Back from HPF '09 much refreshed yet tired and sore. Had a marvelous time. From what I hear, our first-timers had a great time too. The weather was gorgeous, in fact so gorgeous that I ended up going swimming almost every day. The fires were fan-freaking-tastic! In fact, the first fire of the fest ended up helping me re-meet someone and I got to have so much fun as a result! Goddess bless the fires.

There weren't as many classes, and much to my shame I didn't even make the ones I had planned to. Some of it was sheer lazy, and some of it was just swimming and fun all around. I was so proud of the DH, he had his own crew that he hung with and generally pursued his own agenda which left me free to pursue mine. Such sweetness!

In fact, I haven't had such fun since my first year there in terms of out late and partying until dawn, which I did on Sunday night, Monday morning. Whee! Worth every minute! ;-)

And I really wanted to NOT go next year? Now I'm completely conflicted, but am thinking extremely hard about GGG. September camping with just the girls? Hrm...sounds like amazing amounts of fun too! Plus? All that girl energy going around? Can haz?

I am super excited about all the people we met and ran into again. Can't wait to add new peeps to our friends lists...yay!

And also? Yeah. I was up and down the stairs a couple of times a day, walked all the damn time and didn't even notice most of it. Score one for being in probably the best shape of my adult life!

SJ Tucker...at my house.

For anyone who may read this but not be updated elsewhere that I am on the web. SJ Tucker, also known as Skinny White Chick will be doing a house concert at my home on May 15th from 8 to 10 p.m. If you would like to know the address or RSVP, I would be delighted. Just email me.

Also? Am so excited I can't hardly stand myself. I cannot wait for her and K to come rolling into my town and hang with us for a bit. Yay!

Mini Rant and Pout

What is it with April and May? It seems like all the fun stuff is actually happening these two months. All the great bellydance stuff? Happens in April and May. All the great poi workshops happening all over the world? Mostly in April and May. (or this year it was January and February so far).

Point being? I found another event. Relatively close to home (the Ozarks in MO). InterFuze. A Burningman type camping get together. Why won't I go (probably)? Because Heartland Pagan Festival (which I am already registered for) is over the Memorial Day weekend. We save up to go, and because of that I can't really schedule anything else. Including this new gig, but also all the other fun stuff I want to do. Cues and tattoos in Seattle, Elevation in Colorado. Grrrr!

Maybe next year I will think harder about committing so much to one event. Maybe.

My new drum bag!

I am a total genius. Okay, I didn't think up the pattern, but I worked it out. It's fabulous despite the places where I messed up. lol! See!?! See!?!