Tribal Fest breakdown, or is it meltdown?
I should have posted this much much earlier, but I've had a severe shoulder/neck pain for the past few days. My head got kinda locked up for it, but the worst was the mental fog that accompanied it. It started Monday as I was getting some chores done. I kept trying to figure out what the hell I could have done to myself to get me feeling like that. Well, it suddenly occurred to me that it might be depression. Naturally as soon as I decided "Yes, that's it! Now you know what to do," the pain started to go away. But why in the world would I be that depressed?
I actually had a very good time at Tribal Fest. I rented an apt. that I shared with my hubby and meddevi . And I really enjoyed our time together. It was great fun hanging out with her, made more special now that we only see each other 2-3 times a year now. That apt. made everything so much more stress free. We could have a good breakfast and when we got back we had a nice normal meal, with meat. 127fascination did all of the cooking and he even did the dishes!!! And as much as I love Tempest, sometimes it's nice to be able to shut the door, yes?
The workshop with Sharon Kihara was really good. I met a gal there who I really liked and the Geisha Moth was there as well! Sharon had some really interesting things to say and I actually used a few of her ideas in my performance. Workshop was a win even though there was a whole lotta yoga. And oddly, I do not like the yoga. Makes me angry.
Met some new folks. They were science geeks, which was great!!! Nice to see my hubby being able to talk to bellydancers in some geek language. I hate to say it but I've trained myself to tune out when the geek talk kicks in, so I had to keep a lasso on my mind. Cause I just met them and it was too early to start floating off to faery just because I can't remember if it's C-T or A-G or some other such shit. I suppose Onyx goes through pretty much the same thing when the conversation begins to turn on oh, I dunno.... glitter!
And I was able to talk to some festival producers about teaching workshops and they were all pretty enthusiastic about it. That felt really good, lining up some teaching business. So from the festival alone there are opportunities for a workshop this winter, one next year and a mini-tour (to be named) this fall. The mini-tour will be on the East Coast and will involve Tombo Studio as well.
So why do I think I got depressed? I mean, it was all pretty much good. No major drama and in fact I got some pretty good vibes and lots of compliments on my dance. In fact, Belladonna let me know that I inspired her piece. She was so beautiful dancing about rain. It was lovely and powerful. So I should be up, right?
Well, I lost money this year, for the second year in a row. The first year it could be attributed to the fact that I moved. But the sales could have, and should have, gone much better this year. I had a strong stock and added my new line of slim and sexy skirts. But nope, I tanked again.
So I thought I would come home, cry in my soup, play the blame game and then come back to center. Instead I came home, my neck and shoulders seized up, and I am now coming back to center. But I am back to center and I'm ready to think and work a little harder.
I actually had a very good time at Tribal Fest. I rented an apt. that I shared with my hubby and meddevi . And I really enjoyed our time together. It was great fun hanging out with her, made more special now that we only see each other 2-3 times a year now. That apt. made everything so much more stress free. We could have a good breakfast and when we got back we had a nice normal meal, with meat. 127fascination did all of the cooking and he even did the dishes!!! And as much as I love Tempest, sometimes it's nice to be able to shut the door, yes?
The workshop with Sharon Kihara was really good. I met a gal there who I really liked and the Geisha Moth was there as well! Sharon had some really interesting things to say and I actually used a few of her ideas in my performance. Workshop was a win even though there was a whole lotta yoga. And oddly, I do not like the yoga. Makes me angry.
Met some new folks. They were science geeks, which was great!!! Nice to see my hubby being able to talk to bellydancers in some geek language. I hate to say it but I've trained myself to tune out when the geek talk kicks in, so I had to keep a lasso on my mind. Cause I just met them and it was too early to start floating off to faery just because I can't remember if it's C-T or A-G or some other such shit. I suppose Onyx goes through pretty much the same thing when the conversation begins to turn on oh, I dunno.... glitter!
And I was able to talk to some festival producers about teaching workshops and they were all pretty enthusiastic about it. That felt really good, lining up some teaching business. So from the festival alone there are opportunities for a workshop this winter, one next year and a mini-tour (to be named) this fall. The mini-tour will be on the East Coast and will involve Tombo Studio as well.
So why do I think I got depressed? I mean, it was all pretty much good. No major drama and in fact I got some pretty good vibes and lots of compliments on my dance. In fact, Belladonna let me know that I inspired her piece. She was so beautiful dancing about rain. It was lovely and powerful. So I should be up, right?
Well, I lost money this year, for the second year in a row. The first year it could be attributed to the fact that I moved. But the sales could have, and should have, gone much better this year. I had a strong stock and added my new line of slim and sexy skirts. But nope, I tanked again.
So I thought I would come home, cry in my soup, play the blame game and then come back to center. Instead I came home, my neck and shoulders seized up, and I am now coming back to center. But I am back to center and I'm ready to think and work a little harder.