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It has been a Roller Coaster

I was commissioned to create this labyrinth with a local hospital. It is 12 feet square. I found and traced off the image, the hospital provided the wall space and the projector. And there was a painting event where the patients painted it in groups. There were three groups in all and they completed in within 4 hours.
I sealed the image on Friday and am done with the job! It was a very interesting experience.

So I finished the job around 12 on Friday. I cleaned up and met the director of the project for lunch on the grounds of the hospital. While cleaning up, I took my wedding bands off. Don't you know, my diamond fell out of my pocket? I only figured this out about half way through my car ride home. I had to pick up my Man from the train station and couldn't turn around and race back.
Not to worry! The ring is safe, found and locked away for pick up this week. Thank the Goddess.

My Man and I have decided to sell the house and move to Flagstaff Arizona. We have no friends, family or jobs out there. We are just going to do it. I have begun to send my resume out. We have been working feverishly to get the house in order.
So on Saturday, we had a tag sale. We did well. Sold many big items, stuff we don't want to move, Made a whopping $432. We even had a "tag sale crasher", A guy who brought his mangy old leather coach to sell. He was asking way too much considering its condition, but he was courteous and took all his belongings with him when he left. Has this ever happened to anyone beside me/us?
So that was great and tiring.

Then on Sunday, we moved everything out of the basement (my soda ash soaked studio) and painted the floor. The backyard was-a-mess! When we were done we decided to inventory some china and crystal that we inherited. Sun drenched and again very tired, it was a good day.

Today, we hung out a sign, reading "free", on the tree in front of the house and gave away everything that didn't sell at the tag sale. We were thinking of giving it to Goodwill but this ended up saving us a ride. Beside we packed the car for a morning dump-run tomorrow. Then we put all of the stuff that had been in the basement, then the backyard into the garage. It was the stuff shuffle, all weekend long!

I have slowly been telling friends and family about the move. As we were doing all of this, I checked my email. I got a few emails in a row from my retreat group pals. It made me very emotional. I thought I had mastered myself when I went out to continue working. As soon as I saw my Man, I started crying and asked for a hug. We have been wanting to move for so long. It has been a dream ever since we met. I/We want to do this. But I have such an awesome and varied support system, it will be very hard to step away from it! David is so good to me, for me. We both feel the same way. I am so happy that he is my mate, my life partner. My Man.

So we finished all of this by about 12:30. Promptly napped and then walked downtown to an awesome restaurant, this was the first time we've ever gone and it was a great experience. I had Red Curry Tofu. It had pumpkin in it! The tofu was firm, my favorite and it was very fresh. We shared a Spicy Papaya (Som Tum) Salad. It had a fabulous spicey dressing. Here is its description: Shredded green papaya with long beans, tomatoes, garlic, chili + ground peanuts with an herbal lime dressing. YUM!!!
Then we walked home the long way to get some exercise in.

I came home to an email asking me to confirm my availability to give a trunk show lecture one month from this week!

So I am on an emotional roller-coaster. Any of you readers from out that way?

Posted by Melly at May 29, 2006 08:36 PM