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My quest to get back into Tai Chi has been diverted – by Qigong! I was cruising the web, checking out spring Tai Chi classes when I spotted it – a Qigong class. I couldn’t resist. My hand dove into my purse for the credit card, my fingers quickly but gently typed out my personal information and then…submit. It was done. I breathed a sigh of relief. Because I really enjoyed that last Qigong class I took. And I really want to get back to that place.

The Convio Summit was a success (yay!) but I am happy to no longer be in a state of intense stress. Yes, even an acupuncture treatment couldn’t relax me (insane, no?).  But it did take the edge off and gave me a little bit of clarity and breathing room in my own head. I heart my acupuncturist.

This week I will be staying in town for Thanksgiving – something I haven’t done in I can’t remember how long.  Ah wait, I remember the last time I didn’t go home for Thanksgiving. It was 2002 – Brno, Czech Republic. They don’t really do Thanksgiving food there (kinda like they really don’t do Mexican food there…don’t let the chain stores fool you!) so me and my fellow expats threw together a Czechified Thanksgiving. It wasn’t that tasty, but there was lots of delicious red wine to wash it all down with. Anyway, this year my Dad will actually be joining me and the twinkie in Austin this year. It is a good and unexpected turn of events.

In 2 weeks I will travel to DC! I haven’t been back in over a year and I am super excited. Funny thing is, I really want to go back to my old neighborhood grocery store in Falls Church and see if the same people are  still there. I miss them. I clearly remember my last trip to that grocery store. I didn’t say goodbye to any of them – only in my head – and made a mental note to think of them often. I hope they are all doing okay.