someone asked me the other day if i practice yoga. i suppose in the sense of 'going to a class' i don't. but i seem to incorporate it into my life, whether doing sun salutations as a warm up before power hour on saturdays, to rocking up into full boat pose when i'm done stretching after a workout. (must admit, it's nice to see how much longer i can hold it now since i've been working out regularly.)
anyway, the thought of sending lovingkindness out to those around me isn't a new thought to me, but it was nice to have an article put things in such a way as to give me pause and make me think:
metta in motion
...it might be time for more adventures in moving.
at least this time 90% of my stuff is still packed up in boxes since it's in storage, so it won't be quite the ordeal that it has been in the past.
background: several people have mentioned to me that i should consider the on-site manager position that's opening on one of our properties at the end of july. it's a small rent credit, but i'll be paying what i was in texas, which is pretty good for this area. it's a one bedroom, and i go to see it tomorrow. i might be able to get into a two bedroom if i pressed, though. the thought of having to hunt down a place for a desk...ick. but we'll see. i think these have balconies/patios -- a balcony for me because i think this is an upstairs unit. only two stories, thank goodness. oh, and there's off-street parking, which is good since it's terribly hard to find parking in that area of san diego. there's a 'curves' nearby. it opens at 7am instead of 6, but at least my drive to work will be about 20 minutes instead of an hour, so i think that will be alright.
oh, and did i mention that this cuts my driving time from swing dancing by 1/4? :) that's probably the best part.
the worst? i've really enjoyed staying with my mom. i'm going to miss being able to hang out with her as much when i go. :(
after going through the stack of the "who knows what the hell this is" stuff that was lurking in my office, i'm starting to see the type of people who were in this job and associated with it before i started. aside from the one who was stealing money, there was the assistant whose idea of filing was to find a drawer, cabinet, filing cabinet, inbox, etc - really any space that was horizontal and not moving - and proceed to hide whatever filing she had been asked to do. i can't tell you how many things i've come across that have a note attached to create a new file. at this point, it's too late now - i'm just going to stuff it into end of the year filing labeled 2003 and 2002(!).
oh, and then there was the (brief) controller who printed out practically every thing he did on the computer - talk about a waste of paper. you can't read his handwriting either, so it's really a lost cause to keep anything that he might have left. there's no way to tell what it is.
and the one after him, she wasn't around long enough to cause too much damage....or do much filing. the assistant mentioned above quit just after she started. so, the filing didn't get better, it just got worse.
and then the temps. oy. the don't even look through stuff, they just stick it in a file and move on. probably half of what was actually filed was filed correctly. the other half we've had to redo. probably why the assistant controller and i are still doing end of the year filing in may. :/
i know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream.
sometimes i wish my life was more like a movie -- the romantic comedy kind, where in the end, the boy and girl end up together like they're supposed to and things work out happily ever after.
instead, life is complicated. but would it be less so if we didn't have unrealistic expectations set up for use by movies and tv where everything is wrapped up neatly in 2 hours?
amazing how my life seems to revolve around dancing nowadays. i'm not complaining, though. like yesterday, i had a rotten day, but two hours on the dance floor put all things right again in my world.
sunday, sis and i surprised mom with a trip to disneyland. i've never had so much fun there in my life. it was great to be as goofy and silly as i wanted and no one said a thing. about halfway through the day, we all bought tiaras at the princess shoppe and wore them for the rest of the day. we had quite a few park cast members and guests drop a curtsey or a bow when we walked by. it was great! i think i need to wear it more often...
actually, i had such a good time, i bought an annual pass. i know i want to go up at least two more times - one more to disneyland, and one to california adventure. haven't been to the second one, and the rides look a bit more promising...especially since space mountain is closed until next year at the main park. :(
now if i can just get groups to lindy bomb disneyland and the del mar fair, life would be great...
i've really just dropped off the face of the earth except where it concerns work, swing dancing, and working out. i finally finished the hard part of the database transfer - all that's left is just the last bits and pieces as we find things. thank goodness. now i leave work on time, get home while it's light...what a wonderful thing!
so i'm in recovery mode now. dancing makes me happy, so i'm now doing so 2-3 times a week, or as i can find it. :) mom and i go work out every morning at 5:45am before work. heh, by the time i'm fully awake, i'm halfway around the circuit and figure i might as well finish as long as i'm there. actually, it's not too bad, though it's forcing me to go to bed earlier. i'm going on three weeks straight, five days a week, and it's starting to show. i've got muscle tone! add that to the dancing that i'm doing, and i'm finding i'm having to work harder to get my heart rate in the target zone. oh well! it's really quite interesting to listen to all the conversations going on around me while i'm working out. and heaven forbid you miss a day. talk about getting razzed!