So the move is complete. I am officially out of my one bedroom apartment and I now fully inhabit one room (and a section of the garage) in my friend Sheri's house.

I'm just grateful that it's over and I can breathe a little easier now. I hate moving.

Nothing was as bad as moving from Los Angeles back to Austin with everything I own in my Jetta. Still, moving like that teaches you some good lessons. It teaches you to release the things are are superfluous to your life. It shows you what you're still attached to, for whatever reason.

For instance, I know that I have a death-grip on my art and craft supplies (most I haven't touched in quite a while). Of which, I shipped 15 rather large boxes back to myself to my dad's house from LA. It cost me about $800 to do. But I spend much more on acquiring them in the first place, so I comforted myself with the knowledge of that....

So, of course, down-shifting to a mere bedroom -- when I used to have what was practically two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, and a small backyard -- sounds horrible, it really isn't. The financial savings is heaven, actually.

And having a plan on financial independence and having time and **energy** to work on the projects I have in the works makes it ALL more than worthwhile.

Speaking of...

I changed my blog name and my template to reflect my main project, which is "The Goddess Project". So this photo, above, reflects that. My thesis: That every woman is a Goddess, and can tap-into that part of herself.

So all of this transitioning in my life is about me being in the cocoon for a little while, while my metaphorphasis is underway. And when I remind myself and think of it in those terms, I am more than happy. And I *get* it.

I love it when I change my perspective and I see my life in a way that makes me get it.

There's this show on Animal Planet called "Meercat Manor." It's on tv right now, and I'm thoroughly addicted...

A group of scientists from Cambridge University have been studying this family of meerkats in South Africa for over ten years. They have all of these remote control cameras installed all across several miles of meerkat territory. The way they have the show set-up, they can tell what the family members are doing all of the time. It's crazy how intricate their little matriarchal society is, and there's a narrator (Sean Astin) who guides the viewer step-by-step in the goings-on.


Poor little meerkats.

There's life, death, family quarrelling, un-planned pregnancies (only the head meerkat is allowed to breed), oustings, joustings...you name it. It's a soap opera that's better than any daytime show I've ever seen (and at one time I admit I was a "Young and the Restless" junkie, but that was in college and that was a little while ago...)

Ultimately, it's a nice diversion from the craziness surrounding day-to-day life. I'm amazed at how a good story, no matter how or where it comes from, transports me away.

THAT is what I want to do.

Every day of my life, I want to make some kind of dent, you know? I want to move people with the things that I create, the things that I do.

Maybe I won't be successful everyday. But I can try.

Welcome to my blog. I've got my training wheels on.

~ Christina