Ganb8te 3 - conquering crow pose

[gan]

Oh man. You guys and with all your posting. At this rate I'm going to have to up my game with the crow pose practice. Nearly at the end of this thread! (Which is a cheeky way of saying thanks so much guys for stopping by to lift my spirits - it has worked!)

So I think I figured out a solution thanks to Edz' reminder about text vs iMessage. Read receipts only come through with iMessage. Soooo...if we toggle from iMessage to text right before we send something to our WAS I'm pretty sure we won't get read receipts. Woot!

Feeling a bit better this afternoon. Good yoga practice tonight, and funnily enough my employer just sent around a recommendation for Headspace. I'm ahead of the curve!

Calibri - at this stage I'm not even expecting my H to reply to my texts. Thankfully I would still put us in the category of "still talking" since he does still reach out - even if on his schedule - every couple of months. I don't expect our next contact to be til February or later based on what he said last time. I have no plans to make contact. Must have faith in this process and leave him be… In the meantime I need to work on my validation skills. In hindsight I missed some opportunities at our last meetup.

In terms of GAL I've got a few things to look forward to:
- Yoga 3x per week - just signed up to a vinyasa party class with live music and drumming (?!)
- Music festival next Fri - volunteer gig, this festival just happens to include one of my favourite bands ;-)
- (New) friends bday get together week after next
- Spoke with a friend last night about going out to her place in the mountains for some personalised yoga training (sort out my downward facing dogs) and rock climbing
- Possible yoga retreat end Feb
- Must.finish.my.paper.mâché.moose.trophy.head.craft.project.that.I.started.months.ago!
- Need to book into a mozzarella or pasta making class (Xmas gift)
- Probably going to conference in Amsterdam end March - trying to tack on a week in London to visit sis after that
- Probably going to Tanzania for work in April/May - thinking of tacking on a safari or trip to Zanzibar (one of my favourite places ever)

One of my goals is to expand my social circle so I need to find a few more things that get me meeting new people. I found a kayak meetup group that looks interesting. I’ve also come across a women’s trekking training group which sounds cool - but I’m not sure if I’m ready to invest in that given that I have no immediate goal of climbing Kilimanjaro or Everest (still relatively early days DBing though so who knows!) Oh…that reminds me about Oxfam Trailwalker! 100km in 48hrs, teams of 4. Tried to get on a team last year but missed out, so need to start looking now.

Still toying with the idea of joining St Johns Ambulance as a volunteer (provides first aid at public events).

I also came across a nonviolent communication monthly practice group that I want to make some inquiries about. Not sure if that counts as GAL, but it is something to do nonetheless.

Wow. That felt good to write out! Husband Who?

[jim0987]

That's some serious plans...I like it a lot. Have you been to London before?

And anyone who is making a paper mache moose head goes up enormously in my estimation.

St Johns is really worthwhile as is red cross who will likely do similar stuff. My SIL does St Johns and loves it.

[edz]

Glad I was able to help ganb8te

[edz]

See if I made a papier Mache moose head I would have to say Mooosssssee every time I saw it, but thats just me obviously

...everyone backs away slowly smiling.



*In my defense I only slept 3 hours last night

[jim0987]

In fairness I say moooossseee quite a lot anyway without the moose head.

[edz]

Well thats good we can be quite bonkers together Jim

A FT quote I take it?

[gan]

What the heck are you guys talking about? I've been googling and can't figure it out.

Jim - yes, I've been to London a couple of times. Love it. I'm the only one in my family who hasn't lived there. It's a rite of passage for Australians don't you know? I instead fled the mother country and settled in New England for several years before moving back to Australia.

[jim0987]

I think we are just being very British

I'm sure I read somewhere that by population London is Australia's 4th largest city.

I've travelled a little bit, not enough though, and there aren't many places to rival London.

[edz]

Oh yes, people of a certain age in the UK grew up with the TV show Fawlty Towers (which is AMAZINGLY,embarassingly unPC now I saw it recently) one episode has, for reasons we wont enter into, a moose head on the wall. Theres a line "I am a moooooosee" so if you saw it as a kid, and copied it as a kid, you probably still say it now whenever you think Moose.

And yes, its both British and (at least for me) showing I'm quite, quite odd.

[Ggrass]

Australia imports bucket loads of British sit coms and comedy.

Faulty towers good life goodies dr who 2 Ronnies vicor of dibley
Red dwarf young ones the bill lots of others but they are the ones that spring to mind.

Wow gran,busy busy. I cannot be that busy, I need quiet down time. H wanted to rush about and do 3 squillon things at once. While fun, it wasn't that relaxing to be honnest, especially with h nagging me to do things at his pace.