sixty five degrees of separation

2-12-08
o.k., first i have to finish the rest of yesterday. i did go to jazzercize, and it felt really good. everyone was nice, and not blond, thin and young! a nice group. an easier workout, oddly enough. i got a brochure for "Laughter Yoga" which this center does on wed. at 11, which i want to check out. It's a senior center though, so it may be for seniors, in which case, i may not do it! But it is intriguing.
i left the class and then drove to Corte Madera, which took about 20 minutes. i went to hear John Grey talk about his latest book regarding his Men/Mars---Women/Venus theory. He was very good, just like he is on t.v. He said that men and women react differently to stress. i can't remember all that he said, it was this alleged scientific stuff about oxycotin and testostorone and how the sexes react oppositely to it. Men get sleepy and have trouble focusing when women can multitask. He said women need their oxycotin levels raised to be turned on, and to do this, they need to talk and interact to reduce their stress levels. If they don't get the opportunity to be listened to, or to talk, they stay stressed, which interferes with their sexual desire. Men get stumped by trying to find solutions, so when they look like they're not listening, they're really searching their minds for solutions. it wasn't that astoundingly new to me, and he went off into how to communicate, which was certainly not new, but it was interesting. This book store, The Book Passage, is quite famous, and really wonderful. They have all kinds of speakers there, and have a murder series where my favorites always go---Michael Connelly, John Sanford, etc.
i am sleeping well, feel much calmer than i thought i would. i just feel relaxed. i got up today, fed the kitty, had some coffee, then walked up the hill where there are newspaper thingies. this is my routine.
i have to do some work today for the bmtinfo net group, so i won't be playing til later.
more later!
o.k., it is now later. this is the second time i am writing this, as i got kicked off the computer before. Did i mention my technology crises? My palm pilot broke before i left, so i lost most of my address info, my cell phone has been acting weird before i left, and i don't get reception at the house, the computer has an ethernet connection and i keep getting kicked off, so it is hard to communicate with people i know! a challenge.
Anyway, there are workmen working on the house, and the contractor, Mel, has become my new best friend. He tells me stuff to do around here. today, i took a walk in the Pachero Nature Center right near the house. It is really beautiful, but a strenuous walk. Harder than Sugarloaf Mountain. i stopped along the way, and read from Jon Kabat Zinn's, "Wherever You Go, There You Are". He quoted a poem by Walt Whitman, which was lovely and i read aloud. On the way back down, right where i had stopped, i suddenly saw a beautiful, soaring bird with a huge wingspan, black head, and red beak. It was some kind of hawk or eagle, i thought. i saw several, they were so graceful, and it felt magical since it was the same spot i had read the mindfulness stuff. i later found out, from Mel, that they were turkey hawks! But, he said, that was still good because they had been scarce around here, and now are returning.
i came home, and then drove to San Anselmo, to explore it a little and to get my vanilla shower soap from Body Time, which has a store there.
i later did jazzercize. It's not that i'm so hyper and full of energy, it's that it's good to get out and talk to people. That feels very good.
i am happy!