Monday started bright and early at 6:30 am after going to bed around 2 and not getting to fall asleep, just listening to the thoughts racing in the head and checking the clock every hour hoping by some miracle that time had not gone by and I had slept. I did get the blessing of my morning routine and headed off the the clinic to apply for county insurance benefits, only to find out that I could not qualify even with needing medication and having pre-existing conditions that need to be treated because I did not live in that county. They had previously extended benefits to other surrounding counties who do not have their own hospital/large health care facility(such as the town I am living in), and apparently were no longer doing this. I asked the lady why they kept pushing me to make that appointment if that was the case. Her response was cuz the workers did not know about that restriction. It seems to me to be information that should be shared so as not to waste time, mine and hers. Efficiency is not how they run things in that particular clinic. I notice that efficiency isn't necessarily how most of the world runs things. I digress, again. When I first arrived at the clinic I was informed that they were running behind. They were by 15 minutes but I was 15 minutes early so I was left in the waiting room for 1/2 hour with nothing to do. Having forgot to grab my book from the house because I had received a phone call from a friend while I was on my way out the door and was paying more attention to the call then to remembering to grab the book which had not made it to the pile of information I did grab, I just sat. After that appointment I was perfectly on time for checking in to meet with my counselor. After waiting 16 minutes past my appointment time, 36 total from check in time I told the receptionist as is instructs on various signs around the building. She paged him and he arrived shortly and apologized, which I accepted, although in my head prior I was not accepting of his tardy behavior. I did mention something about it while complaining about having been made to wait earlier that morning and he offered to make more of an effort when I have an appointment to be available. I like that! It was a very good session and once again I was sent home with an assignment, of my choosing. I left there and headed into town where I stopped at the grocery store, I decided I would try Albertsons this trip instead of Smiths and discovered that I really like the Albertsons here, so that is where I will continue my future grocery shopping. Fascinating, I know! I found some more new amazing foods that I can eat 2 things for which I am very excited granola cereal with chocolate chunks and a gluten free(and all the other ingredients I can't eat free) pizza crust! I have yet to try either of my new finds. I had intended on coming in and taking a nap, but after eating lunch(also necessary) I sat down in front of my computer and such nap never transpired. We left a little earlier than usual to make the meeting which she is doing the literature commitment for(hence the leaving early). The meeting, which is the 2nd best meeting in town, after the best meeting in the world, was excellent. We headed off to fellowship with a large group after the meeting to The Flying Star a short walk away, and had great food and great conversation! There was a friend of a friend in from La and I managed my best shameless flirting while still being polite. I imagine it was quite the entertainment for my table companions. Did I mention the food was great! After fabulous food and equally magnificent conversation we headed off to our favorite karaoke spot. There was a super-cool guy, more than likely gay, there just having a great time. There were a rotation of 5-6 singers, busier than their usual Monday night. It was a good time though. We called it an early night for the all-nighters, but the usual end time to our Monday night escapades and headed on back to the farm, where I honored my commitment to myself and my counselor to do 15 minute minimum journaling plus the other more specified work I am working on, which I was at a 1/2 hour minimum writing assignment. Exhausted I set the alarm, looking forward to trying Tai Chi in the morning, hit the pillow and slept soundly till the alarm told me otherwise.
I awoke this morning refreshed and looking forward to trying something new. I got up brushed my teeth, washed my face, threw on some comfy/workout clothes, grabbed a banana and a granola bar(your metabolism doesn't start unless you put food in it) and head down the road(only 6 miles) to the free Tai Chi! I arrived a few minutes late but only into the warm ups and was warmly greeted by 10 older ladies, making sure I was there for Tai Chi, instructing me on what to do, asking me questions about where I was from and how I heard about it, and so forth. It was a lot to take in so early in the morning(10am). One women whom I stood next to in the circle smiled and quipped that she was no longer the youngest person in the room. I would place her in her late 30s early 40s and she was being generous with her statement. We did probably 45 minutes of warm up plus I'm estimating a 10-20 minute meditation to relax you and prepare you for Tai Chi, which did you know is actually a martial art? Then one of the two instructors came up to me to let me know the format for the rest of the class. Everyone goes through one round together and then the beginners are shown by the second instructor the routine while those who know it do it while the first instructor watches for correct form, etc. She let me know that I could watch the first round if I wanted or just jump in and try. Well, of course, I had to jump in and try. When we broke into groups the class started asking if I was sure I'd never done any Tai Chi before and couldn't seem to believe that I hadn't. They seemed to be content that I followed along rather well because I had previous dance experience. Apparently, dance always stays with you in your movement. I really enjoyed the class and I'm looking forward to going back again Thursday, and all the rest of the summer. I came in fairly exhausted from having done seemingly little(thats what if feels like when you are doing it but it is an excellent workout) with intentions on cleaning or accomplishing something and ended up making a few phone calls, which took longer than anticipated. After lunch I brought in some poles, for the jumps, to paint. There was no way I was painting outside in the 99 degree heat of the afternoon today! I finished 2 poles with some time to spare before I needed to get ready to headed out to the local meeting. I filled the time with a phone call from a very good friend and then a call to my mom. I had intended the call to my mom to be fairly short, but that never happens with us. It's nice being so close with my mom. I just wish we could talk more often but neither of our schedules permit such time, at least we get to text often! After getting off the phone with my mom it was time for me to get ready to go. I shared experience on the reading, which was a tradition. And while its not a great meeting, its also not an awful meeting and it still does the trick for me. Besides I got a chance to talk with my new mechanic, who is going to teach me how to change my own oil on Saturday! I am really looking forward to that. After the meeting I decided to explore more of the neighboring town only to find that things close up early around here, stopped at the store to grab a few everyday things and found a supplement I've been looking for at a decent price for a while and was very excited about that. For my first time, I passed the house on the way home, because I was coming in from a different way than usual and there are no good landmarks. Although I saw it right as I passed it so it wasn't a total loss, just a mild amusement. I came in and fixed a bowl of yummy butternut squash soup and a small chicken salad for dinner, sat down and watched the last 1/4 of the blindside and looked into more acting stuff out here, submitted my headshot and resume to a few casting calls and honored my commitment to my counselor and myself and decided that even though it would be late going to bed and I need to get up in the morning to help build a fence I wanted to update my adventure blog because tomorrow will be another full day, and 3 days updates is just a little too much. Although I have been tired since I started my writing several hours ago. Now I am off to hopefully get some quality sleep in the time I do have so I can have some energy for the rest of my full week!
It's going to be an incredible summer.
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