Off on an adventure

I'm leaving later today for an inter-tribal gathering in the Sierra's. Em, Eduardo and I, along with 3 of our 4 kids, are going. We will be gone for a week. Eduardo and I are going "out on the blanket" for a two day fast. I hope to strengthen my connection to Mother Earth, my real self, and to Spirit. Em was able to go last year with Eduardo and I in support back at camp. Now it's our turn.

I'm excited and a bit nervous. My new small tent that I bought for the occasion is setting set up in the middle of my small living room. I wanted to set it up once before having to pitch it in the dark tonight.

Food is prepared, supplies are laying all over and the mini van we rented is waiting to whisk us off as soon as Em finishes her classes.

Keep the good thoughts coming and if you are drinking some water Tuesday through Thursday, take a sip for Eduardo and myself.

Thanks!

Tarot Fortune

Got this from Daniel at one of my favorite blogs. Check it out for yourself.

You are The Wheel of Fortune

Good fortune and happiness but sometimes a species of
intoxication with success

The Wheel of Fortune is all about big things, luck, change, fortune. Almost always good fortune. You are lucky in all things that you do and happy with the things that come to you. Be careful that success does not go to your head however. Sometimes luck can change.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Can't say if this seems totally accurate but it beats getting the Grim Reaper. I'll be careful about the "success not going to my head" Mwahahaha

That's just me....

I left the wonderful coziness of an unhurried morning with Em and stopped by Trader Joe's to pick up a few things. I went inside and saw a woman about my age and build with the same natural graying hair; slightly boyish/athletic looking. I thought "She's seems a lot like me." Then I saw two women shopping together who looked like a couple, one of them also had hair like mine and I thought "They remind me of Em and myself." I looked around and it seemed I was seeing part of me in everyone. One man had glasses like mine, one girl in her early 20's walked like me, this older woman looked at me and smiled like she knew me.

I almost always bag my own groceries at this store. I like it. It gives me something to do and it's a bit nostagic because my first job was a box girl at Ralph's supermarket. I don't see others doing this very often but as I was leaving, another look-alike woman was doing the same thing and looking like she was enjoying it also. I got to the exit and looked back and thought all these people are me but in different circumstanses. It tickled my brain.

I carried this feeling out to the parking lot and amused myself by looking at everyone and saying to myself "There I am as a heavy set blond woman wearing a lot of make-up, there I am as a hispanic man dressed in all black, there I am as a loving, hand holding, really old hetero-couple." I laughed out loud when I thought "There I am as a boxer dog looking out of the back of a station wagon."

Not to sound all philisophical but I felt happy knowing that I am living all these lives and experiencing so many different realities. I realize I don't know all the details but somehow that doesn't matter. I'm also feel incredibly grateful that this particular reality, my own life, is the one I get to focus on, the one I have some control over. I have a really fantastic life.

Thanks to all my blogger friends who give me a glimpse into your lives that feels slightly like mine from another vantage point.