Monday, March 31, 2008
Newness Abounds
Sunday M-SB and I went to Ikea and bought the remainder of the Livingroom set, including a Library Ladder! I feel so POSH! The black-brown is remarklable incredible. I thought I would feel clostraphobic in the room, but I don't! Tonight after I finish teaching the Third Eye Chakra, I will finish putting up the books into the new shelves.
Sometime this week, M-SB's sister will be coming over to help us redesign the kitchen.
At somepoint before April is over my office needs to be "dealt with" in a serious way.
Although, my priority is my termpaper due on April 13th. Reading has commenced. Thinking of outlines has commenced. Hell, I dream the crap. I will be glad to be done with this class. Not sure I will abase myself to another class by this teacher. Not sure if I will have a choice.
After this class is over, I do the Reasearch Paper part of my program with an AWESOME teacher! And plan the Pagan Exam. If there is no good courses come spring, I might do the exams over that 2008/9 year. We will see.
Sometime this week, M-SB's sister will be coming over to help us redesign the kitchen.
At somepoint before April is over my office needs to be "dealt with" in a serious way.
Although, my priority is my termpaper due on April 13th. Reading has commenced. Thinking of outlines has commenced. Hell, I dream the crap. I will be glad to be done with this class. Not sure I will abase myself to another class by this teacher. Not sure if I will have a choice.
After this class is over, I do the Reasearch Paper part of my program with an AWESOME teacher! And plan the Pagan Exam. If there is no good courses come spring, I might do the exams over that 2008/9 year. We will see.
Friday, March 28, 2008
A Death...
Today, my black corn snake, Nox, died. It seemed he had not shed well and in trying to shed he swallowed a piece of bark. I think he died sometime in the night. I woke to him dead this morning.
Blessed Lady, take him to you.
Blessed Lady, take him to you.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Research, Teaching & Roller Skating
My researching for my paper progresses... v...e...r...y... slowly. But at least it is progressing.
Today I taught as a guest speaker in Religion and the Body: Wicca. It was GREAT! The class was amazing. I wish my brain didn't have a giant dyslexic moment and crap out at the wheel of the year. DOH! Anyways, it went really well and the teacher and students were interactive and interested. It was tough putting everything into 1 hour and I had to drop a couple topics. It was also tough talking on the fly because of the short notice. I didn't have much prepared for the class and winged alot of it. I will be meeting with the teacher after April 13th as he is my Research Paper adviser. He's going to write me a reference letter for this and hey! Bonus, I get a guest lecture fee for the class... $50. That was not expected. I usually expect thank you and maybe $20. I hope the class got something out of it. They seemed interested and happy with what I did.
I roller Skated today with my new skates!
Just short trips, to school, to my car, back to the store...
I am very achy. The skates are heavy and the streets are not easy to navigate with the ice/puddles/cracks/gravel/pot-holes. It was a good workout. I didn't fall. I actually remembered most of my technique for skating. Now I need to retrain my muscled to not hate the workout. It was fun and I laughed alot with friends.
I am in no head space to read and prep for class and just want to curl up and sleep. Skating took alot of energy out of me. However, I can't really afford to miss another class. I am also trying to work up the strength to skate back to school.
Oh... and evil evil evil Shalfari.
Today I taught as a guest speaker in Religion and the Body: Wicca. It was GREAT! The class was amazing. I wish my brain didn't have a giant dyslexic moment and crap out at the wheel of the year. DOH! Anyways, it went really well and the teacher and students were interactive and interested. It was tough putting everything into 1 hour and I had to drop a couple topics. It was also tough talking on the fly because of the short notice. I didn't have much prepared for the class and winged alot of it. I will be meeting with the teacher after April 13th as he is my Research Paper adviser. He's going to write me a reference letter for this and hey! Bonus, I get a guest lecture fee for the class... $50. That was not expected. I usually expect thank you and maybe $20. I hope the class got something out of it. They seemed interested and happy with what I did.
I roller Skated today with my new skates!
Just short trips, to school, to my car, back to the store...
I am very achy. The skates are heavy and the streets are not easy to navigate with the ice/puddles/cracks/gravel/pot-holes. It was a good workout. I didn't fall. I actually remembered most of my technique for skating. Now I need to retrain my muscled to not hate the workout. It was fun and I laughed alot with friends.
I am in no head space to read and prep for class and just want to curl up and sleep. Skating took alot of energy out of me. However, I can't really afford to miss another class. I am also trying to work up the strength to skate back to school.
Oh... and evil evil evil Shalfari.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Teaching
I have been asked to teach a class as a guest speaker for the Concordia Undergrad course on Religion and the Body. I will be discussing Wicca and how Wicca related to the body. Some of what I am thinking of covering is:
- Intro to Paganism and Wicca
- Body as Sacred Altar
- Body as Sacred Divine
- Body Purification
- Body and initiation
- Body Art
- Skyclad vs Clothed Worship
- Modern Taboos & Pagan Sexuality
- Gender and Faith
I think it will be a great class! I am looking forward to it.
- Intro to Paganism and Wicca
- Body as Sacred Altar
- Body as Sacred Divine
- Body Purification
- Body and initiation
- Body Art
- Skyclad vs Clothed Worship
- Modern Taboos & Pagan Sexuality
- Gender and Faith
I think it will be a great class! I am looking forward to it.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Ostara Spring Newnesses!
As per my family tradition... irregardless of outside temperatures... I turned off the heat and opened all the windows on Thursday. That was this year's official Ostara date. We are now also the full moon! I have been so inspired to do stuff... like rollerskate!! Hurry up warm weather!!
Inspiration has actually filtered into alot of things.
Friday was the start of Spring Cleaning and sorting. That will be ongoing, i think, right through till the end of April. M-SB and I went out to Ikea and bought the start of the NEW livingroom set we have been planning for months. The first of 4 walls are set up roughly. The dark black-brown looks stunning against the cream of our walls and makes both stand out beautifully. We are considering a ledge or something to go above the open "window" between the livingroom and kitchen. We also need my Dad to design the new altar table top to go above the corner space where we have put a couple little angled shelves. The second long wall and these little modifications will happen in two weeks.
We moved the corner thingy that was temporarily serving as a replacement altar into the stairwell where is fills a corner there. I had fun today decorating it with frech flowers and speitual stuff and an offering bowl with Laura Secord Easter Eggs for people to help themselves. It looks so awesome! I want to keep it there and change it for the seasons and Sabbats.
My cleaning girl was in to help with things and I feel much better. I kind of wish I had a couple weeks off work and school to just thoroughly tear apart and purge and clean the rest of the apartment. Oh well. I will have to focus one room at a time. Today... is the laundry and bedroom. That means I am doing a clothing purge.
Other inspirations...
My termpaper... yes... the horrid termpaper. I managed to do a bunch of online research and find several articles, though not by anyone my teacher thinks has written stuff useful to me. I also got a list of books to get from the library. That was Wednesday after work after nap. It was producvtive. Thusrday after class, I got said books and found a few others. The inspiration? I might shift the focus of my paper a bit to the No-Self theme and away from the Essencelessness/Dependant Arising theme. Mostly because as I sought things on my theme, I kept finding stuff for the Self/no-self theme. Guess that was a sign.
And the other inspiration...
Yesterday between waking and errands to Ikea... 11am-2pm.. where did that burst of inspirational energy come from?! Anyways, I was inspired for a schedule for a Samhain Witches' Convention. It looks amazing. It looks doable. Not for this year... but I will keep you posted when I have more info.
The plan this week:
Today... this evening... I will work on the researching for my paper and maybe write another chapter bit for my fanfic. Also reread the article for a discussion I am having tomorrow. Also laundry and bedroom cleaning/purging.
Tomorrow is Ostara Ritual and then discussion... then I will finish the bedroom purging and move into the hall. That means that the new art will get mounted in the bedroom and the bedroom will get consecrated for Spring. The hall closet will get purged something fierce... and made more useful somehow.
Monday I am working at the store. In the evening I will research more or rather read and read and read. Curves and purging the bathroom on this day's list too.
The rest of the week is working and reading and preparing paper. Interspersed will be working out at Curves, purging the kitchen, purging the livingroom, and planning Beltain. Well, I have to get that Fire Permit from the city. I didn't get called back about that and so now I have to bug them a bit. We need that permit before April 27th.
All in all... I beautiful sunny Ostara weekend.
HAPPY OSTARA EVERYONE!
Inspiration has actually filtered into alot of things.
Friday was the start of Spring Cleaning and sorting. That will be ongoing, i think, right through till the end of April. M-SB and I went out to Ikea and bought the start of the NEW livingroom set we have been planning for months. The first of 4 walls are set up roughly. The dark black-brown looks stunning against the cream of our walls and makes both stand out beautifully. We are considering a ledge or something to go above the open "window" between the livingroom and kitchen. We also need my Dad to design the new altar table top to go above the corner space where we have put a couple little angled shelves. The second long wall and these little modifications will happen in two weeks.
We moved the corner thingy that was temporarily serving as a replacement altar into the stairwell where is fills a corner there. I had fun today decorating it with frech flowers and speitual stuff and an offering bowl with Laura Secord Easter Eggs for people to help themselves. It looks so awesome! I want to keep it there and change it for the seasons and Sabbats.
My cleaning girl was in to help with things and I feel much better. I kind of wish I had a couple weeks off work and school to just thoroughly tear apart and purge and clean the rest of the apartment. Oh well. I will have to focus one room at a time. Today... is the laundry and bedroom. That means I am doing a clothing purge.
Other inspirations...
My termpaper... yes... the horrid termpaper. I managed to do a bunch of online research and find several articles, though not by anyone my teacher thinks has written stuff useful to me. I also got a list of books to get from the library. That was Wednesday after work after nap. It was producvtive. Thusrday after class, I got said books and found a few others. The inspiration? I might shift the focus of my paper a bit to the No-Self theme and away from the Essencelessness/Dependant Arising theme. Mostly because as I sought things on my theme, I kept finding stuff for the Self/no-self theme. Guess that was a sign.
And the other inspiration...
Yesterday between waking and errands to Ikea... 11am-2pm.. where did that burst of inspirational energy come from?! Anyways, I was inspired for a schedule for a Samhain Witches' Convention. It looks amazing. It looks doable. Not for this year... but I will keep you posted when I have more info.
The plan this week:
Today... this evening... I will work on the researching for my paper and maybe write another chapter bit for my fanfic. Also reread the article for a discussion I am having tomorrow. Also laundry and bedroom cleaning/purging.
Tomorrow is Ostara Ritual and then discussion... then I will finish the bedroom purging and move into the hall. That means that the new art will get mounted in the bedroom and the bedroom will get consecrated for Spring. The hall closet will get purged something fierce... and made more useful somehow.
Monday I am working at the store. In the evening I will research more or rather read and read and read. Curves and purging the bathroom on this day's list too.
The rest of the week is working and reading and preparing paper. Interspersed will be working out at Curves, purging the kitchen, purging the livingroom, and planning Beltain. Well, I have to get that Fire Permit from the city. I didn't get called back about that and so now I have to bug them a bit. We need that permit before April 27th.
All in all... I beautiful sunny Ostara weekend.
HAPPY OSTARA EVERYONE!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Much Better
We will pretend Monday didn't happen.
Tuesday was hectic and inspiring. It was a short day at work for me. I then had lunch with friends and made plans for the Gaia Gathering Conference. Then the pressure front tried to kill me! Even my super advils were not easing it. I couldn't sleep till maybe 4am... and even then it was broken sleep... yet another day of broken sleep, though at least the cats were not the cause.
Today was brutal. I was so tired. I left work early with the plan to work on my paper and make supper. I stopped at the grocers and got stuff. I was barely safe to be driving home, I was so tired. I struggled thru getting the new crock-pot going. Then passed out asleep for a long nap. Much much needed. I feel way better. Didn;t work much on my paper though.
What I did do was review my paper proposal and consider the revision the teacher sent me.
I made a list of the books I need at the library, which I will get tomorrow if I can.
Then I reviewed my Research Paper for Spring and sent the teacher a reminder that he has me this spring for this project.
All manegerial now have their roller skates! We desperately need it to be spring NOW! We want to be out roller skating!
Tuesday was hectic and inspiring. It was a short day at work for me. I then had lunch with friends and made plans for the Gaia Gathering Conference. Then the pressure front tried to kill me! Even my super advils were not easing it. I couldn't sleep till maybe 4am... and even then it was broken sleep... yet another day of broken sleep, though at least the cats were not the cause.
Today was brutal. I was so tired. I left work early with the plan to work on my paper and make supper. I stopped at the grocers and got stuff. I was barely safe to be driving home, I was so tired. I struggled thru getting the new crock-pot going. Then passed out asleep for a long nap. Much much needed. I feel way better. Didn;t work much on my paper though.
What I did do was review my paper proposal and consider the revision the teacher sent me.
I made a list of the books I need at the library, which I will get tomorrow if I can.
Then I reviewed my Research Paper for Spring and sent the teacher a reminder that he has me this spring for this project.
All manegerial now have their roller skates! We desperately need it to be spring NOW! We want to be out roller skating!
Monday, March 17, 2008
* snarl *
The weekend was awesome.
This morning... I wanted to kill my cats. All of them. Over and over. Ever 30min when they woke me up.
This morning... I wanted to kill my cats. All of them. Over and over. Ever 30min when they woke me up.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Ritual Mania!!
I feel like I have been writing ritual for days and days!!
I have!
Over the weekend, I came up with my coven Ostara ritual, though that is less formally set.
By Monday morning, I had an incredible Formal Public Beltain ritual written (just needs the actual invokations and stuffs of the divine). That was maybe 7 or more and solid ritual writing.
Now I am working on the very complex 6-part 3-day long set of rites of the stages and gates of womanhood within the Baby Shower ritual that I am performing for my dear friend Marie. It is so exciting! I wish I had another couple days though. I will manage. I leave tomorrow and come home Friday.
Then folks... my time is LIMITED!!!!
I have to write a termpaper and it has to be spectacular!
I have!
Over the weekend, I came up with my coven Ostara ritual, though that is less formally set.
By Monday morning, I had an incredible Formal Public Beltain ritual written (just needs the actual invokations and stuffs of the divine). That was maybe 7 or more and solid ritual writing.
Now I am working on the very complex 6-part 3-day long set of rites of the stages and gates of womanhood within the Baby Shower ritual that I am performing for my dear friend Marie. It is so exciting! I wish I had another couple days though. I will manage. I leave tomorrow and come home Friday.
Then folks... my time is LIMITED!!!!
I have to write a termpaper and it has to be spectacular!
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Welcome to Hoth!
It snowed.
It snowed ALOT!
Looks like Hoth outside.
I did not sleep. I passed out from exhaustion in bed at 5:30am... which I now realize was 6:30am due to clock changing time. The very nice neighbor next door managed to be very quiet with his shovel eqipped pick-up truck as he cleared many people's driveways (those with no cars in them) and the street of our block all night. What kept me up was his flashing lighted that kept flashing in my window and lighting up my bedroom.
The wind has died to almost nothing now. Although, last night really looked like a scene from Star Wars on Hoth with the shnow and the wind and the chill.
My coven meeting is now shifted to an online MSN conference as it just is impossible to get around today.
After, I will have to get out and clear the car so it is easier to move tomorrow.
Oh... to my tea-drinking friends...
I am placing a tea order this week if there is anything you want. Get hold of me. I am out of Cream Earl Grey and will not survive! OH! I have some new teas I can try... they are in a box in the car still though. When M-SB gets home, and we dig out the car, I will get it. Still going to place an order this week. I know some of you missed ordering last time I ordered. And a reminder to those I bought to for... When will you be able to pick up your tea?
With the wind gone and the sun out, I have opened the windows and am airing out the house. The cats are glued to the patio screen watching the little hand snow blowers with awe.
Now that I am awake and have little recollection of what people said to me over the phone this morning, I think I will get something to eat.
Today's agenda of stuff:
- eat & clean
- clear desk
- coven meeting
- research and prep baby shower rituals
- call and apologize that I cannot go to another baby shower
- update website more (now that I can!!!)
- work on store web work (cuz there is SO MUCH)
- shovel out car and rescue the tea inside it
- supper
- laundry
- pack refundables into the car
It snowed ALOT!
Looks like Hoth outside.
I did not sleep. I passed out from exhaustion in bed at 5:30am... which I now realize was 6:30am due to clock changing time. The very nice neighbor next door managed to be very quiet with his shovel eqipped pick-up truck as he cleared many people's driveways (those with no cars in them) and the street of our block all night. What kept me up was his flashing lighted that kept flashing in my window and lighting up my bedroom.
The wind has died to almost nothing now. Although, last night really looked like a scene from Star Wars on Hoth with the shnow and the wind and the chill.
My coven meeting is now shifted to an online MSN conference as it just is impossible to get around today.
After, I will have to get out and clear the car so it is easier to move tomorrow.
Oh... to my tea-drinking friends...
I am placing a tea order this week if there is anything you want. Get hold of me. I am out of Cream Earl Grey and will not survive! OH! I have some new teas I can try... they are in a box in the car still though. When M-SB gets home, and we dig out the car, I will get it. Still going to place an order this week. I know some of you missed ordering last time I ordered. And a reminder to those I bought to for... When will you be able to pick up your tea?
With the wind gone and the sun out, I have opened the windows and am airing out the house. The cats are glued to the patio screen watching the little hand snow blowers with awe.
Now that I am awake and have little recollection of what people said to me over the phone this morning, I think I will get something to eat.
Today's agenda of stuff:
- eat & clean
- clear desk
- coven meeting
- research and prep baby shower rituals
- call and apologize that I cannot go to another baby shower
- update website more (now that I can!!!)
- work on store web work (cuz there is SO MUCH)
- shovel out car and rescue the tea inside it
- supper
- laundry
- pack refundables into the car
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Bursting with Glee !!
I am doing much better than this morning. Stupid storm and cats making me feel unslept and crabby and uncomfortable and just plain aweful... like I was hit by a truck. I slept and just relaxed and read most of the day away. I still feel a bit like a beached whale... but I will deal with that... somehow.
I am listening to a new Asian music group: Yoshida Brothers. They are amazing! I think I want everything they did. There are 4 CDs... hmmm...
Also thinking hard on those roller skates I was drooling over a while ago thanks to MaeMae for introducing me and thanks to RollerGirl who makes and sells them. I am ordering black voodoo kittens and praying they are not too wide for me. They might be ok with my orthotics inside. HOPING! Than I can do rollerskating with Mae and Roo. Maery already owns a pair from this company. Roo is ordering herself a pair soon. I can hardle believe I am going to buy a pair of newly custom made vintage roller skates. I used to love rollerskating. Rollerblades were too horrible and the stupid back break on those made me land on my ass and head too often. Ok... ORDERING!!! Voodoo Kittens here I come! Watch out world Girl on roller skates this spring!!
Ya... can you tell I am in a better mood than this morning?
Other exciting stuff that has me totally SQUEE... I now have FTP access to my webpage... HUZZAH!!! I can now make serious changes to it that I have wanted to do for a very long time, including make a site for my coven. I am so excited that I am not sure where to begin!! *heeheehee*
I am listening to a new Asian music group: Yoshida Brothers. They are amazing! I think I want everything they did. There are 4 CDs... hmmm...
Also thinking hard on those roller skates I was drooling over a while ago thanks to MaeMae for introducing me and thanks to RollerGirl who makes and sells them. I am ordering black voodoo kittens and praying they are not too wide for me. They might be ok with my orthotics inside. HOPING! Than I can do rollerskating with Mae and Roo. Maery already owns a pair from this company. Roo is ordering herself a pair soon. I can hardle believe I am going to buy a pair of newly custom made vintage roller skates. I used to love rollerskating. Rollerblades were too horrible and the stupid back break on those made me land on my ass and head too often. Ok... ORDERING!!! Voodoo Kittens here I come! Watch out world Girl on roller skates this spring!!
Ya... can you tell I am in a better mood than this morning?
Other exciting stuff that has me totally SQUEE... I now have FTP access to my webpage... HUZZAH!!! I can now make serious changes to it that I have wanted to do for a very long time, including make a site for my coven. I am so excited that I am not sure where to begin!! *heeheehee*
Ugh....
I feel like crap.
I feel sore and throat yucky and a little sniffly. A cold is going to hit me. I can feel it. I am achy and feel like my body is going to swell and explode. I know it is all in my head and mostly due to fucked up sleep, likely. I went to bed early with the plan that I would get up early and go to the gym since I missed it all week. My week's scedule has been STUPID!!! And it looks like that right through till April 13th. Well, my sleep was not good. I woke up for nothing at 4AM and again at 6AM and then the cats drove me crazy from then till now.
It snowed... again. Looks like it will continue thru the weekend. My ugh feelings could be just because of that too. I have MORE THAN FUCKING HAD IT with the bloody gods be damed snow!! It can go away now.
I am tired and cranky with a tummy ache and sore everything. I think I will go back to bed.
I feel sore and throat yucky and a little sniffly. A cold is going to hit me. I can feel it. I am achy and feel like my body is going to swell and explode. I know it is all in my head and mostly due to fucked up sleep, likely. I went to bed early with the plan that I would get up early and go to the gym since I missed it all week. My week's scedule has been STUPID!!! And it looks like that right through till April 13th. Well, my sleep was not good. I woke up for nothing at 4AM and again at 6AM and then the cats drove me crazy from then till now.
It snowed... again. Looks like it will continue thru the weekend. My ugh feelings could be just because of that too. I have MORE THAN FUCKING HAD IT with the bloody gods be damed snow!! It can go away now.
I am tired and cranky with a tummy ache and sore everything. I think I will go back to bed.
Monday, March 03, 2008
Home again from TO
SOOOO INSPIRED!!!
I love this conference. I get to meet people I don't see often who are doing the things I dream of doing for our sad and apathetic community in the hopes of fuelling it with the creative fires that are one of the four elements of our faith. I walk my talk... do you?
I made some great connections with new people and planned cool stuff for the coming years. Roo seemed to have also had a great time, also made great contact and did a ton of networking for her eventual purchase and leading her dream. GO HER!!!
My talk on the Handmaiden in History and Traditional Wicca went really well! Only 10 people showed but it was still a great time. Apparently my talk inspired others and I got really good feedback! I even got invitations to speak at two other events. AND I was asked to ask my coven if they would like to do the ritual for one of those events!! That I will have to ask. I cannot promise other people to anything. Still... EXCITED!!
It was a shame the snowstorm deterred a lot of people from the conference. Vending was very poor this year. I made about $100 but that did not cover the stock. Just the same, I did better than several others. So I shouldn't complain. melange should have been there... very few actually knew the store at all. We had the business card ont he table and talked up that we were managers there.... and that the wonderful workshops that people loved can be found there.
The store will not miss the next opportunity. Gaia Gathering is the next conference and it is a Canada-wide conference. That reminds me... I should send off that lecture list.
I am home now. I had a great time.
I love this conference. I get to meet people I don't see often who are doing the things I dream of doing for our sad and apathetic community in the hopes of fuelling it with the creative fires that are one of the four elements of our faith. I walk my talk... do you?
I made some great connections with new people and planned cool stuff for the coming years. Roo seemed to have also had a great time, also made great contact and did a ton of networking for her eventual purchase and leading her dream. GO HER!!!
My talk on the Handmaiden in History and Traditional Wicca went really well! Only 10 people showed but it was still a great time. Apparently my talk inspired others and I got really good feedback! I even got invitations to speak at two other events. AND I was asked to ask my coven if they would like to do the ritual for one of those events!! That I will have to ask. I cannot promise other people to anything. Still... EXCITED!!
It was a shame the snowstorm deterred a lot of people from the conference. Vending was very poor this year. I made about $100 but that did not cover the stock. Just the same, I did better than several others. So I shouldn't complain. melange should have been there... very few actually knew the store at all. We had the business card ont he table and talked up that we were managers there.... and that the wonderful workshops that people loved can be found there.
The store will not miss the next opportunity. Gaia Gathering is the next conference and it is a Canada-wide conference. That reminds me... I should send off that lecture list.
I am home now. I had a great time.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Day 1 @ TPC
The First 24 hrs...
We left Friday morning at 8am and could not get the croissants for breakfast that we drove out of the way for. We were not upset though, we grabbed McD's and were on our way! Gas was $50 to fill my tank. EEEEPP!! At least the driving was very smooth. We got to Toronto and hit traffic because some light flurries (a windy dusting of snow) scared the drivers. Silly Torontonians!
Our first evening consisted of an early dinner, prepping for the vending table set-up (read... Scarlet packed a shit load of tea with Robyn's help with her pretty writing on the labels). We attended the Opening Ceremonies and hugged and kissed folks I hardly ever see except for a few Ontario events. The ritual lead by Catherine Starr was lovely and fun!! Thank you!! Very inspiring.
Now that we are dressed and ready for our morning, we are going to set up out vending table. I AM SO F-ING NERVOUS! I have my presentation today. I hope it goes well. Wish me luck!!
We left Friday morning at 8am and could not get the croissants for breakfast that we drove out of the way for. We were not upset though, we grabbed McD's and were on our way! Gas was $50 to fill my tank. EEEEPP!! At least the driving was very smooth. We got to Toronto and hit traffic because some light flurries (a windy dusting of snow) scared the drivers. Silly Torontonians!
Our first evening consisted of an early dinner, prepping for the vending table set-up (read... Scarlet packed a shit load of tea with Robyn's help with her pretty writing on the labels). We attended the Opening Ceremonies and hugged and kissed folks I hardly ever see except for a few Ontario events. The ritual lead by Catherine Starr was lovely and fun!! Thank you!! Very inspiring.
Now that we are dressed and ready for our morning, we are going to set up out vending table. I AM SO F-ING NERVOUS! I have my presentation today. I hope it goes well. Wish me luck!!
