in the midst of still perpetually worrying about my daughter and whether she is still alive or doing awful things to keep people taking care of her, i am also having some of the greatest times of my life. don’t think this irony isn’t lost on me, it’s not. parts of my life are so filled with joy….and other parts with sadness. i never thought my children would be such a source of angst or sadness. i guess i had an unrealistic expectation of parenthood. it’s rollercoaster is very much wearing on me.
on friday night, there was bellydancing class. it was awesome, as usual. i finally feel like i am getting somewhere with all this, and it feels great. i have felt my body changing for awhile now, which was cool, but my coordination didn’t seem to be following suit. it’s been better. this teacher does a lot of drills, but i totally see their value. plus, this week, she had a vendor come and see us so that we could shop! i wanted another black choli top, but i had forgotten my checkbook and by the time that my hubby got there with money, something more glittery had caught my eye =) i got a new scarf that’s pretty and fringy. i will order the choli later, i have the ladies card. ahhhh, the joys of shopping!
saturday, i spent with my mom. we went shopping because i had to get some pants that fit me. i figured if i was going to be asking for a raise or whatever, i probably ought to stop wearing shorts and t-shirts to work. besides, it’s getting rather chilly, so isn’t as practical anymore. bur! the cool news is that i went to a clearance center for one of the big chain stores and managed to score five pairs of pants and two long sleeve blouses (like, casual business attire) for $50. yay, me! i love bargains! the pants averaged around $6 a piece. hahahaha. so, now i have at least a week’s worth of clothes. i seriously only had like two pairs of jeans in addition to that that still fit me.
on saturday night, i got to wear one of my new outfits because there was a bellydancing show. the show was awesome, but the evening was bittersweet, as one of my good friends, it’s probably the last time i am going to see her for awhile. she is moving to germany. we are going to save money and try to go and visit her oktoberfest 2007. that is going to be a blast, if we can swing it. however, the real focus of this is to say that the bellydancing event fucking rocked my socks off!! it was so hot! it was, like, everyone still doing bellydancing, but they couldn’t do it to bellydancing music. there were all sorts of dancers there, it was sort of like an open mic night for dancing. there was a couple there that did this tango looking tantric-sort of dance that was awesome, and then there was a guy who did an interesting array of dances that were all good, including a john-travolta-esque disco thing that was awesome. so good to see a guy with rhythm out there dancing! my teacher was awesome, and really all the dancers were good. it was serious good times.
then, on sunday, i had been invited to a hike up in the mountains by a couple of friends. they had said it would be about a five mile hike. we got to the one friends house at 8am, and were out the door by 8:30. we drove a ways into the mountains, chatting and catching up with each other. we were following directions by a guy who literally wrote things like "at the road marker 24Yn64, proceed .1 mile and then stop to park the car and start your hike." the hike ended up being six and a half miles, but i did it!! i didn’t whine, and i didn’t turn around and go back when i felt like i was going to die. they had even hiked a few times previous to this, and this was my first hike with them and i managed to kind of keep up. i was pretty proud of myself, actually. we went to see fall colors, and see them we did.
here is a picture of some of the colors we saw:
here’s another, looking up into the trees:
and finally, here’s your intrepid adventurer, looking chipper:
finally, here are me and my friends, looking chipper before the hike, with a sketching effect added:
i am sort of nervous. not sure i have posted pics with this much detail of me before.
:::hiding:::::
peace.
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