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Last night's dream was also in a classroom. I had been called in as a substitute teacher for a Science class. The students were more lethargic than noisy or unruly. They were waiting for me to come up with something that would grab their interest. Otherwise, they were content to just sit and wait for the bell.

One kid asked me a question regarding what we were going to do. I posed a question back asking them to demonstrate a simple experiment of making sounds with a paper clip. By straightening a paper clip and placing it on the edge of a desk, sounds can be made by plunking the end of the metal wire. By adjusting the length of the wire that's touching the desk, different notes can be made. I challenged the students to create devices that used the resonating paper clip in some way.

The students got interested in the paper clip idea and soon had devised all manner of sound-making devices. The classroom went from stillness to vast activity in no time. I was very gratified that I had been able to motivate the class into action. It was exciting to see them engaged.
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I punted on yoga class this morning. After a short Qigong session, I just felt like moving slowly and not having to rush out to get to yoga class. I can do some asanas on my own when I feel like doing that.

I'm thinking a lot about finding a place to live once again. I see my resources dwindling, not quickly, but surely. I also see the prices of places moving up as well. So, I'm feeling gentle pressure to find a place and settle down.

Was looking at the area around Pagosa Springs. High mountain region that gets some snow and weather. Something pristine about the region and there are homes there that are not too old and reasonably priced.

Have to do more research. Also, in some of the more reasonable areas, I can afford to rent a place and scope things out. But that entails making myself mobile, which is a whole other challenge. In and out, and round about. Meanwhile, the Qi builds and is expended.
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Counting down until this evening's sushi feast. RB is coming through town with his daughter and has invited the men's team and SO's to a sushi feed. Will be an extravaganza, no doubt.

Hot outside today. Made a short foray into the heat and quickly fired up the AC in my vehicle and hurried back to my cave. Cooler here, for now.

I'm feeling somewhat dislocated today. Like everything is on hold or in suspension. I'm reading and doing the mechanical movements, but feeling mushy and weak for some reason. Like last night, perhaps the arrival of the evening and the cooling down will help surge the energy levels.

Feeling like I want to take a nap as well. Just sit back, close my eyes and drop off into dreamland. Feeling lots of competing feelings and sensations. Feeling myself waiting--waiting for Godot. Waiting for the dough. Waiting for the snow. It's been a long time waiting, a long time been.

Wrapped in muslin sits my hopes, wrapped in garments, wrapped in jokes. I keep on rattling in the hope that a breakthrough will arrive, will manifest. Let it be so.