it's the weekend!

what i enjoy most about getting off work on friday afternoons is that i have the whole weekend to call my time my own. kj is visiting friends in wisconsin this weekend, but even if she were here, i'm able to call my time my own. i putter while she writes. sometimes we both write, though she is much more focused than i, having agents interested in the memoir she's working on, and a deadline for sending the completed manuscript.

did i mention she was one of 20 writers whose manuscripts were accepted in a writing contest? they will critique each other's work and receive feedback from an editor in a one-day workshop. one manuscript will be selected for a prize of $3,000. will she win? i'll let you know! it's been eye-opening to see her process, especially when we did clean space for a couple of hours and she threw herself into a volcano! i'll never think of that lampshade in the same way again!

this weekend i will water katie's plants while she and keith are enjoying the gulf coast (and she can practice her swimming after taking lessons), and attend a dream discussion gathering at peggy's. those are my only obligations.

the rest of the time i imagine i will do some housework, run some errands, do my exercises, and putter around, wander, and drift through this precious time, the weekend.

time with no demands=my delight. time for allowing whatever to arise--knowing, curiosity, chaos, insight, beingness--all are welcome here.

i'm reading autobiography of a yogi, a book that's long been on my list of books to read, and enjoying it tremendously. today i received a gently used copy of alex grey's sacred mirrors. taking my time to really look at those marvelous pictures will be sweet.

maybe i will swim, bike, dance, meditate, work on my presentation of the 12 states of attention for the NLP meetup in september, spend time with lela, watch the diving bell and the butterfly on DVD, buy a swimsuit to replace the one with aged elastic, take naps!

life is very, very good.