allo allo!

I am sitting in humid Florida with a houseful of Brits! Well, actually Julian's mum corrected me and said, "no, we are not British, we are English".... so there you go...
I have been here since Wednesday evening & leaving tomorrow. This trip has been a blur. We ended up working at the factory a few days this week to help Julian get the office somewhat pulled back together as he had to fire yet another office manager.
You would think that in the current economic situation this country is in, that it wouldn't be hard to find good, dependable, trustworthy help. Yet the thief seems to be a recurring theme. Is it small town USA? ... or just hillbillies in general? I am not only speaking on behalf of his current situation but from my own experiences in business. There are plenty of trustworthy folks out there but it seems that the pieces of scamming, lying crap out there tend to come in droves.

As I teach this week I am going to focus the intentions on trust and truthfulness... 'cause if you're not truthful and trustworthy, it all comes out in the wash my friends.... trust me.

Solo Efforts

I spent the weekend alone again... not that this is anything new as I spend many weekends alone, but I really enjoyed this one.
Being alone is complicated. Some people love it, others hate it... there are those of us who are torn in between.
I've lived a life with someone who I was around all waking hours of the day (by my own choice) but occasionally felt smothered. I have also lived alone and dialed my fingers off looking for someone simply to have coffee with.. with no success.
I'm not exactly sure what it is... the weather, the events, hmmmm... I didn't really run any errands which as we all know can suck the life out of you. Now that I think of it, I don't think I did any errands (out & about) as I tried to complete them during the week (is that the key?).
I did beach yoga Saturday morning, then taught a class shortly thereafter. I took myself out for a wonderful lunch & coffee break and then headed home. As I parked my car I thought, "what are you doing? you were going to hang flyers this weekend?"... but that interest wained on Friday night after I thought it through. At any rate, I decided to hang one flyer at Whole Foods and on route, stopped at both a vintage clothing store and used book store that are in Evanston. I have seen these two establishments there since I moved here 2 years ago & never made the time to stop.
I found a great shirt and 5 books all for about $20. Hung my flyer, headed home.
Instead of banging on Facebook all weekend, I actually READ an entire book from cover to cover... yeah me.
I taught an amazing free community class today at Lululemon and when I arrived, I was informed that we were taking the class to the park... absolutely perfect.
I cleaned, did laundry, changed the sheets, walked the dog a few times, took a 1 hour bike ride along the lake, then drug out the grill & cooked a steak & a baked potato.
...and here I sit writing about it comtemplating a bowl of vanilla ice cream with blackberries & raspberries...

I'm not sure why but this weekend gave me a fresh outlook on life... and I like it.