Now that I've been in California for eight months, settled in, found a yoga studio, started blogging regularly again, rediscovered my camera and baking, I'm totally ready for more. I can't remember the last time I had energy to do anything outside of work besides think about work and get ready for the next day. But now, I go to work just five days/week! And I only work from 7:30am to 5:30pm! And I never check my email in the evenings or on the weekends! What's even better? No one tries to contact me in the evenings or on the weekends! I suddenly have all of this space in my life to pursue other things.
For example:
I've been practicing yoga for five years now and have really wanted to go through teacher training. Saturday is the first session of the teacher training I signed up for. I'm so excited about it (my teacher in Afghanistan told me that teacher training is "like yoga on steroids", although I'm pretty sure that steroids and yoga really don't go together)! I feel incredibly fortunate to be here long enough to do this while still working full time.
I also enrolled in an eight session photography class through the local 'adult school'. I do think I'll learn something useful, but will likely spend a good deal of time in class trying not to tell the instructor what a jackass he is. Direct quote from last night's session: "I have work hanging along side Ansel Adams' work. People say they can't tell the difference. I'm not sure that's a good thing or a bad thing." Jackass.
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