I flew up on Saturday and moved into my new apartment. It is exactly like the pictures. It's nice and clean and perfect in size. I like pulling down the bed every night and then putting it away every day. I did purchase some items to make it more "me" -- a cool Buddha table from CostPlus, I have my Shiva statue, REW's gift to me before I went in for surgery on the entry table in the picture... pictures of my kids...

The job is interesting.. I don't want to blog about my work here though. Bad professional news I think so I will stick with how it affects my personal life. My job is challenging me... I have to think outside the box I've been stuck in. This is a super good thing and I will step up to the plate. In order to get there, however, I've discovered how important it is for me to be practicing, any type of practice - sitting or yoga... while I find the plate. I haven't practiced... but I am going to find the rhythm now that the real job starts on Monday (the past week has been filled with annual off-site meetings that start at 8am rather than being in the office by 9 every day). I have my kick-off meeting at 10 so I figure I can make an early practice and do half primary... get a shower and figure out how much time that gives me. Can I make it through a full primary and make it to work? Could I ever make it through my own practice if I didn't fiddle faddle around at all (you know, hem and haw over Kapotasana)?

I played poker last night... I have never played poker before. I got a cheat sheet on the iPhone... iPhones will take over the world (as a side note, yes, I have a MacBook Pro so I got an "I'm a PC" sticker and placed it over the apple ;) )... I did really good. I took a couple people out but then I got bored and I went all in on a straight and someone had a pair of aces and kings.

The lovely JumpsThruSomeday (who has been jumping through for a long time now) brought me a cupcake for a housewarming gift! I'm eyeing the last chocolate one now. I found a cool market and bought flowers and this amazing vegetable pot pie. I went out with my friend, the beautiful Trinity, to a small bar with some bands... we talked politics with the cab driver on the way home.

The world is an ever changing place. The mat, while it changes, is stable and steady and strong... I need that.