5/5/09 NM

No sign of life next door.  No cars.  No people.  No dogs.  So we'll see.

The day is beautiful.  Spring in full blossom.  The flowering trees are still their vivid colors of white and pink and baby greens.  

The lawn guys have come and done their usual bad job mowing.  Their mowers aren't sharp enough to cut the stems of the dandelions.  So they mow and the lawn still looks awful.

I was supposed to have an appointment with a guitarist/song writer today.  I was thinking that I wasn't ready for this meeting and I was hoping that somehow it would be canceled.  Lucky for me Saul called and told me that he had to work.  He didn't know before,  or so he said,  because he shut off his computer.  I don't like to work with people who don't feel at home on the computer.  So I probably won't make another appointment.  And I was so glad that this one was canceled.  Thank you universe.

MKate called me.  She asked me if I wanted to work at NM.  With Greg sick,  and stock coming in by the box full,  they needed help.  MKate does a lot for me.  I was thrilled to be able to help.  NM is my home away from home,  and I like to be there.  Now comes the miracle.  I very rarely work at Nature's M on tuesdays.  If I do come in,  it's usually to help price and put away stock.  Today,  for the first time in my memory,  I was at the register and working with customers.  I met the sweetest woman.  She was struggling with menopause symptoms.  I felt so bad for her and wanted to help.  I think I was able to suggest a few nutrients that could help without breaking the bank.  

We talked and got to know each other.  I noticed that her hair rocked it out.  She used to be a hair dresser,  but she's gone back to school to change her career path.  I told her that I was doing that as well.  I told her about my gospel and praise songs.  It turns out that her brother is a singer and a music director at his church AND around the mid-west.  She thought we should get together and she gave me her number and his.  I'm excited that the universe is behind me here.  

And Luke has a name for me as well.  

My evening didn't go as well.  MKate was the only person to show up for class.  I feel that after I lose the cane,  my classes will build again.  I could have taught MK alone,  other teachers at Mindful Movement do.  But I was tired,  so we chatted for awhile and went home.  

What do I have to learn from this?  I'm not sure.  I'm thinking about it.