A Grand "Expotition!"

I don't have as much to say today. Things are winding down busy-ness wise. I mean, I still have a ton of things to do (mainly because I was useless yesterday.) I did unsubscribe from all the mailing lists I was on to make checking my email faster! There are a couple specific things on my list for today but I can't accomplish much with two precious sleeping babies in the house :) I suppose I could've gotten up earlier. Miss Maren is wearing the cute owl outfit I gave her but she's already getting too big for it! It's amazing how fast she's growing and how much she's learned and how clearly she communicates!!! Today she was trying to whistle with me and it was all too adorable.
Last night I went to tango in San Francisco and had a great time! There was definitely a bit of intimidation from not knowing anyone but my first dance was with a woman from the class I took beforehand (so helpful in terms of feeling comfortable in the space and with the people and warming up!) She led the first song but I finished the tanda leading. It was SO fun! I'm a good lead! :D I was impressed with me! That was followed by two incredible tandas with this guy who was traveling from the east coast or something. Best tanda of the night ;) The rest were fun and I met some cool people as well as the old creepers ~but that's to be expected I suppose. I met someone who is actually friends with Samarra and I felt safe enough to ask him to drive me to Bart (thanks for the $$ dad but I told you it would work out.) Anyway, I got home late and ready to sleep! And I did sleep in again.. Maybe tomorrow I'll have a productive morning.
I'm amazed at how many wonderful people there are in Ashland who I love and care about but didn't get to say goodbye to. It seems like every day I think of someone or they ask me, "are you gone??" It's so hard to say goodbye to the wonderful community I've brought my heart into (especially through my work with children and now through tango) but I know I can continue to hold them in my heart for as long as I like.
~~How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
- Carol Sobieski and Thomas Meehan~~
Tryin to figure out if I wanna try and get some babysitting gigs or side jobs with my dad while I'm down here to continue making money before we go, or if I want to enjoy this space between my old life and my new one! It's especially wonderful to be here, now. I'm kinda feeling like these last few days in the states are going to disappear faster than the way the last few days in Oregon felt. Though there still is so much to do, I know that things will work out, I'll find what I need when I need it and there will always be someone available to help me (even if that someone is Me) along the way. What a grand "expotition"! (In the words of Christopher Robin)