Super Super quick Update

Just running into say HI to all of the nice people who sent friend requests and to try to respond to comments. I will get to more of all of that shortly- I have to teach in 20 minutes.

I had a very full, and very good weekend. One of my income generating activities is as a Tarot reader, and I did a bunch of readings at at Psychic Fair on Saturday, which went really well. I was really happy because all of the readings were positive and everyone I read for was really awesome. On Sunday, my coven hosted our Beltaine and it went very well except for one catch....

I managed to do something to my hip. It's been bugging me in a nagging "I'm getting older" kind of way, but on Sunday, I was about to carry a folding table downstairs in the venue we were using - it wasn't heavy... but I felt something POP in my hip. And it was soooo painful. Luckily, one of the 20 somethings walked through the door and she carried the thing and pretty much everything else downstairs.

It was pouring already, so the ritual had already been moved inside. I don't usually do rituals sitting down, but I made yet another adaptation so I wouldn't have to move very much. The very kind admin who keeps an eye on the venue on weekends brought me an icy hot patch, which I put on my hip.

So this morning, I was at the doctor's office first thing, as the pain was still pretty intense. He gave me a cortisone shot, which does seem to be helping, although I'm still feeling pretty sore. He said I somehow inflamed it, and to come back in two weeks. (He gave me the shot because I don't tolerate NSAIDs well, and I had already been in pain for about ten days before the "pop" happened).

And now.... onto one on one critiques with my students. WOO!

This was supposed to be about the weekend, but its a brain dump instead

It's the final week of class, and most of my students have completed all of their projects, so I am hanging out in the classroom with those who have not. We'll have finals week next week, where we'll do a group critique of their final projects. They've all been super sweet and kind about coming to me to show me work since my hip is still killing me. This group is pretty quiet, and enjoys just putting their heads down and doing the work.

Soooo...... the weekend. I've been teaching and holding classes on Wicca and Tarot at a fairly new Holistic Center in my area, and they've been really awesome about hosting Witches onsite. I have a small coven and we rent space there so we can keep our stuff there, and I am really hoping I can eventually move my entire art studio there. They have been building a really lovely community, and are mostly serving women. There's an occasional man now and again, but I like being around mostly women. I haven't determined that I would shut men out just yet, but I don't want to shut someone out who is actually a decent human being.

Anyway, I did the Tarot readings in the space the coven rents - we call it our "clubhouse," and was delighted that several of the coven dropped in while I was there. Everyone I have met there so far is really lovely. I was renting space at another holistic center prior to this, and everyone I met there was lovely, but the owner had some definite..... issues.

The need for space is something that is muchly on my mind of late, and it costs so much in my general area. I have been renting an art studio in the town of Phoenixville, and I love the community in the town, but the space.... is on the third floor of the building and there is no working elevator. I also love the other artists in the building. The issues I have are with the third floor - and also with the parking situation in Phoenixville. There really is never enough, and it is a huge problem. Also - the set up with my current space is very open - which artist studios often are. However, I'd like something more private for when I am actually doing Tarot readings, and I'd also like to be able to teach classes there. Space. I need space. Affordable space, with parking, and not too far from my house. I did a magical working with two friends who were also looking for space, and they both found places, but I have not.

AND.... I would love to have a larger space in the Holistic Center as well, but at the moment, one just isn't available. I am really trying to wait that out - there may be a tenant or two who will leave - but I'm feeling a squeeze here.

Thanks to the rain, we had to hold our Beltaine ritual indoors. I had initially planned for there to be a Maypole, and to be outside, but the rain was torrential. We managed to squeeze 16 of us into one of the meeting rooms, and it was a kind of tight fit. I think this is so much on my mind because with the semester ending, I am going to have more free time available, and that means I have time to teach more classes, do more stuff.... or I could find a better space for all of the things. I've been checking Craigs List and pestering the landlord at my art studio, but nothing has really emerged. With my current teaching job an hour from my house, I do want something relatively close to home.

No advice needed unless..... you are a realtor in my region or have a space to rent that meets all of my needs.