I knew I hadn't posted in a long time, but it wasn't until I signed in tonight that i realized just how long it's been...since around American Thanksgiving! I'll attempt to summarize briefly what's happend since then, but I'm not going to go back and fill in a lot of detail, at least not at the moment. There's a few things going on right now that I'll want to write about later, but first...the catch-up.
I finished my semester with a 4.0 for the fall...a cumulative GPA of 3.973 for my 3 semesters at community college so far. Finals were about average in expected difficulty and I ended the semester with grace.
I did a lovely celebration of the eclipse and the winter solstice. My roommate was outof town and I had the house to myself for a few days. I did get to see the eclipse through the clouds by going outside every 15-20 mins or so. I've always wanted to observe Longest Night by staying up all night by candlelight, working on projects, etc, and then to welcome in the light of the sunrise. I was able to spend some time in the quiet of candlelight without electricity of any kind, but I didn't make it all night. Turns out that it took me several days to recover from the disruption in my sleep schedule and it really affected my health. I'll do a symbolic but shorter observation in the future.
I spent Christmas here in Phoenix with my roommate, a couple other friends, and my roommate's parents. I had a lovely time and was grateful to be invited. t and I went to see HP on xmas day too. :-) I made a kick-ass curried lentil soup for a get together on Boxing Day, spent 2 days in Sedona shopping, eating yummy vegan food, and found a new stone or few for me to wear. I buried my older clear quartz that had beenwith me for 2 1/2 years at Bell Rock giving it back to the Mother, and shortly afterwards I found my new stone...a truly amazing amethyst chunk. Maybe I'll write about that experience as it was quite a process of letting go, moving onward, and of having the stones as specific tangible representations of those experiences.
I left for San Francisco on the 29th, had dinner with P, had a nice time connecting with M after I saw Further on the 30th at Bill Graham Arena...wow! what a show...wish I'd been able to attend the NYE show; maybe next year. I met Kris at Wicked Grounds on NYE then found myself at my first queer bathhouse party at Eros. Had a playdate the next night, and more connection time with M, then a quick 2 days with Kris in Davis, and I was on a plane back to Phoenix. I didn't have a chance to connect with much of my Tribe sadly, but it was a holiday afterall. My count for the 4 days I was in SF was 5 times, 4 days, 3 people. Pretty darn good for this slut. ;-)
Once I returned from SF it seemed I barely had time to finish the prep for the Dance of Souls at SWLC and to get ready for the start of the new semester and it was here! And SWLC is a whole post by itself, and so hopefully that will come later, with a couple pics too.
Yea, I've been pretty busy since tofurkey day, but it's all been good, good, and better. :-D
okay, time for this girl to get some sleep. On tap this semester: Philosophy 101, Eng Comp 102, Developmental Psychology, and Microbiology+lab. All great classes, but it's a full schedule when added to work and chronic illness. But I'm holding my own even if sometimes I have no clue how I'm doing it other than One Day At A Time.
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