The Yogini meets her Bear....

If there is one constant in life, it has to be change. Once again we find ourselves at a crossroads, which way do you go?

It has been quite the week for us. Last week while we were on vacation, Paul got an email to do a telephone interview for a University that was #2 on his list of places to work. Which is pretty good! The night before we went over possible questions they would ask. I said to him "What if they ask you to come out in the next week or two, what are you gonna say?". Next day was the big day. Paul did an outstanding job on the conference call, and I was loading up the car to go visit Mama Butler. I overheard, "sure my schedule is flexible!" I could barely contain myself. They told him they would call in back in the next two hours to determine when he could get out there for his face to face interview.

We were on the road to Mama Butler's. Paul kept checking his cell phone making sure the ringer was on. I told him "they will call you when we are two hours into the drive." Sure enough we had just hit the two hour mark and they called. They had made arrangements for Paul to come out there Thursday. Friday was the day they were going to spend the day in meeting with him. We got him a great new outfit once we found out what the weather was going to be like. We were both excited and nervous. So much to think about, and here it was finally the moment he had been working so hard for these past two years was about to pay off. Or so we hoped!

All day Friday I kept checking my email, and my cell to see if Paul had text me. I knew it was going to take all day. Finally about mid afternoon I get and email from Paul saying he has met with everyone and they wanted to deliberate before he left. Sure enough I get another email about 20 minutes later. They offered him the job on the spot! Which the president of the library told him that was the first time in 40 years he had done that. But everyone wanted him there! Why wouldn't they?! He emailed me the offer. I immediately called him and we both said "Well what do you think?" I said " Let's do it if you think you will be happy there?" He said we was really liking it there, and he found stuff already that we could do and restaurants to try. After hearing his excitement I was game to give it a try!

So we are off to Virginia! It is loaded with history and it's a small town but is located about an hour from Washington DC. Which I think makes us both feel better knowing you are not far away from an airport/major city. We are excited and shell shocked all at the same time. I don't think either of us expected it to happen so fast! Of course I have already started packing, mostly because we have acquired so much stuff, and we moved her with very little, and we all know how time seems to just fly by! For once in our relationship we will not have a deadline as to having to move or having to get something done, or not being able to fully unpack cause you knew you weren't staying. This is our chance to finally put down roots. If we like it great! If not that is okay to, we can stay as long as we want, make it what we want. Everything will fall into place.

Yesterday I headed to my Saturday morning yoga class of which there are only 3 more Saturdays. I am going to miss it. Our instructor is awesome. I love her. She is an older lady, and she is very nurturing. She is also all about making sure you realize the only thing that gets in your way of your practice is your own ego. Well yesterday I think with all the stress and excitement I faced this week finally just hit me in the middle of class. She said in the beginning of the class that we were going to focus on "spring cleaning" meaning we are going to "ring out selves of toxins and tension and our minds". It was the most intense yoga class I have had in a long time. It was very cleansing spiritually too. At one point I had tears in my eyes. No idea why, just felt them and let them be. She had us do a few poses and a few points I could feel my hips release and it almost made me ill. Just releasing more toxins and tension. As we were getting near the point to do savasana (corpse pose) my favorite part usually. Linda the teacher said to the class "Some people have different reactions while doing yoga particularly when focusing on cleansing. Some may find you have tears, or shaking etc. This is your body and minds way of cleaning up house and you are not along". All of the sudden I felt a tremendous sense of calm and relief. She is awesome. I realized on my drive home that I think that was the deepest "mentally" I have ever gotten in my yoga practice before, and I could tell because I struggled with poses that normally flow through easily. Mentally I was opening up parts that didn't want to or weren't ready to be open. It was a great way to end my week and start my weekend, and I feel a strong sense of "Yup this is a good thing".