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monday, february 25

I broke down and got some cool shades like Mat has... these Smith Sliders. I LOVE them!! I have all different kinds of lenses for all of the different weather conditions. This morning, I sped to work with bright yellow vision! They make things so clear and defined, and yellow definitely made me happy this morning. I am going to order some pink lenses and see the world through rose-colored glasses.

I am not usually a gear person. Well, that's not really true. Whenever I go anywhere I do carry a lot of stuff with me, but I wouldn't necessarily call it gear. It is usually lip balm, herbs, vitamins, flower essences, always a book and a magazine, a journal... I do not travel light much to my and mat's chagrin. I am determined to get better about that before we go to Thailand. Why my attachment to all of my little trinketty things?
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saturday, february 23

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friday, february 22

I am back!!! Back from Mexico, back to my blogging, and back to MY LIFE!!! I feel so incredibly grounded from our trip to Baja. Sitting on the sand and letting the ocean wash you clean of worries, tensions, harmful emotions will do that for you. I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown when we left, and I felt like Mat had to practically hold my hand the whole way there and usher me around like some fragile egg who was about to crack or start hitting myself on the head and yelling "it's almost time for Wopner!!!" over and over and over...

We got to Tijuana and had a few beers in a quiet bar (i won't tell you which quiet bar until I consult with Mat as it is a little shameful, but that is another story)... As much as I don't like to rely on a chemical like alcohol to "make me happy" or make me anything but a little warm and toasty, the beers kind of loosened my grip on the first layer of The Tension Cage, and I started talking and talking and talking to mat about the most random topics but about things that bothered me. I didn't even realize that these things were bothering me, but I could just feel that by talking to mat about them I was melting into my vacation.

The rest of the trip was spent watching sunrises, doing yoga in our courtyard in the mornings, meditating on the beach, laying on the sand and doing nothing but listening to my breathing make a symphony with the waves crashing and birds singing, napping!, reading, writing like a fiend in my journal -- once the stopper got unstopped I couldn't put my pen down, eating incredible food, walking, running, sunsets, mat mat mat mat mat mat... boy, did I miss him. I needed some just mat and me time.

and the cactuses were way cool...
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