Welcome to my little cave. Come on in, grab some tea, and hang out for a while.
Tired, but happy Warm and muggy (ew!) Home
By the time I got home, I was just too tired and stressed to deal with them. Even missed my chiro appointment.
I've posted some pics of the last few sessions at http://www.lafn.org/~as730/New_Jewelry_2.html . And now it's late, so I think I'll head off to bed so I can get up at an ungodly hour (at least for a Sunday!) tomorrow so I can get the rest of the stuff done I need to do this weekend.
Really tired!
Mild and cloudy (cooling off!) Home
Tired Cool & Cloudy
Home (finally!) And I know it wasn't just me ... my boss was a little loopy after today too. It was just one crazy thing after another ... maybe when Mercury is back to normal on Wednesday things will smooth out.
At least I can go home and hide out with all my crystals.
I should clean my fish tanks, but they'll wait one more day. Think I'll go play with some beads.
Feeling silly!
~ 74% Water ~ 66% Wind ~ 77% Earth ~ 51% Fire ~
In your heart
there are flowering trees...
Hey, nice. It seems your personality is mostly balanced. You are likely intuitive, intelligent, and devoted.
However, if you ever feel like you need more energy to go on, try wearing a Fire Agate; it inspires self expression, courage and enthusiasm and thus help to balance out your somewhat shy Ground Chakra which is associated with the element of fire and represents our basic desires and driving force.
These are the results you will get if you score highly on...
None of the four elements: Balance Wind: Gust Fire: Blaze Water: River Earth: Valley Wind & Fire: Thunder Wind & Water: Clouds Wind & Earth: Canyon Fire & Earth: Lava Fire & Water: Tornado Water & Earth: Trees Wind, Fire & Earth: Storm Wind, Fire & Water: Stars Wind, Water & Earth: Forest Fire, Water & Earth: Avalanche All four elements: Harmony
| Link: The Elemental Balance Test written by Nitsuki |
You scored 62% Creativity, 59% Compassion, 51% Strength, and 56% Intelligence!
You are an Owl Spirit. You are very spiritual, and at wonder with the night. You think that the night is beautiful, and would prefer to be awake for it. You dream about flying, and your eyes are captivating. Owl spirits are very compassionate, and above all, creative. They are protectors of others.
| Link: The Spirit Animal Test written by sitakali |
Mellow
So I made up a little pouch for a bit of added protection.
Things went well on the trip … there was less traffic than expected and we actually got there in 9 ½ hours, including stops. The dinner train we like to ride on only runs Fridays and Saturdays in June, and since we were staying in Mount Shasta City (we usually stay in McCloud) hubby wanted a few pics of the train crossing one of the town’s streets, so we grabbed a quick bite at a burger joint and went to get him his pics.
) and I found a bunch of goodies for myself and my daughter. In my favorite crystal shop, I found a gorgeous chunk of epidote and a nice aragonite cluster. In another shop I found some tumbled celestite! 
I’ve never seen any celestite that’s been tumbled anywhere, so I was on cloud nine. At my last stop I found a bunch of gemstone beads to add to my stock for making rosaries, prayer chains and necklace/earring sets. Hubby wasn’t too thrilled with the cost, but he got over it later.
At one point hubby had been in the back of the train taking some pics and talking to the conductor, and when he came back he told me that we’d been invited (by the conductor) to ride up in the engine for a while. (we’ve been on the train at least 10 times over the last 10 years and most of the staff recognize us) Need I mention that hubby was like a kid in a toy store? The engineer even let him blow the whistle at a couple of crossings. 
I almost declined because of the heat (I don’t do well if I get too hot) but when they mentioned that this train was doggie friendly, I couldn’t pass up the chance to see what Cindy would do on a train. It was too much fun to watch her watch the ground or passing buildings … she’s very smart and has a lot of curiosity. This train runs from Yreka to Montegue, and at the stop for lunch they switch the caboose and engine at a switching yard. Well, the conductor (same fellow from the dinner train) invited hubby to ride in the steam engine while they moved things around. I asked him later if it was worth what I spent on crystals to get to ride in not only one, but two engines … of course he said yes! 
Once he was done, we went to the first of our interesting spots. Basically, we decided to FINALLY truly explore the Mount Shasta area. I knew it was a big metaphysical area, but I had no idea how big ... there are at least a dozen sacred Native American sites around there and quite a few have water sources, so all the areas I picked to go to were sacred sites that had bodies of water where I could scoop some up into little bottles to take home.
Our first spot was McCloud Falls on the McCloud River. It’s such a wonderfully peaceful spot. And the dog loves to splash around in the water, so she had fun too. We got a little surprise when we got back to the truck … there were three deer grazing near the parking area.
After leaving the meadows, we drove the rest of the way up (as far as the road went) just to see where the road ended and got some great shots of the top of Mount Shasta. Then we went down into the valley to see Pluto Caves. Very awesome … not so much their looks (I’ve been in much prettier caves) but the energy in them was fantastic. The hike in and back was a killer since it was between 85° and 90°, but it was worth the effort. Plus, we had a little visitor there as well ... a Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly was sitting on one of the rocks at the cave mouth.
I also grabbed up a few pieces of lava from the road up to the Medicine Lake area and found a small driftwood branch on the beach that will make a nice little wand. And when we got back to the house, I found that the walnut tree out back had dropped a branch I was looking at earlier, so I can make 2 wands.
Happy
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