It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. And, a very full week.

I’m writing this post in the world’s hooptiest rental car, outside of Pam’s house.

Now, I’ll go through the hard stuff in the week, and the cool stuff, because rituals are big, big agents of change and healing and growth. They act as static reminders that we are always in motion, and where that motion is heading. And stuff.

You can join me in this one if those are things you’re wanting. Though, to be honest, if you’re not into exploration (of the world, of stuff you like, of your wonderful self) this blog may not exactly be your thing. But you can still hang out here.

If you ARE into that stuff, hooray!  Welcome. Stay as long as you’d like.

Hard Stuff

• Tapped OUT

I did a one-day workshop with Koelle, basically learning to make things happen in life by making things happen with horses.

It was ALL DAY, and I subsequently slept for 12 hours straight. And then worked today only to discover myself drained dry again.

INTENSE days of energy-using and horse whispering. This gal needs to be comatose for, like, one full day.

You know, veg out. Lay like broccoli. Because my head is full of dust and clerical errors.

As I write this, I’m muttering and drooling. I mean, not really (well…) but figuratively.

• Travel + Work

I gotsta make time for blogging and my itty biz while traveling. Aaaaand that means being a whip-toting task-master with myself.

As in, [whip crack!] Self, I know you’re tired, but you have emails from glorious clients! And blog! And don’t do a crappy job just ’cause you’re beat.

Look at me when I’m talking to you, Self.

I don’t love this.

But, travel is one of my things and I am in process with how to do that plus work in a way that really works. Hm.

• I hate my rental car.

It is a death trap. There is some conference here with 20,000 people, plus NASCAR, and there were no more rental cars in PHX, Scottsdale or Mesa — translation: No rental cars on the planet.

Except for this one place I found, which is listed under many different biz names (I know, I called most of them and talked to the same guy each time) and I didn’t have to sign anything to get a car.  Eh, really weird.

Plus, don’t tell my mom but I think there are no airbags. I’m paying for a death trap.

I feel okay with none of it. Well, it is kind of funny.  But only when I hand over the piece of metal that passes for it’s “key”, alive.

Very Cool, Cool Stuff

• Pam and her family of Slims!!!

I’m staying with Pam, who is amazing and wonderful, and I am sooooo juiced and jazzed and all of the words the kids use that mean that same thing, about being here.

Her kids are awesome. I click with them. It’s just cool.

And her mother-in-law is peace embodied in person form, and she’s teaching me Navajo, and I’m not awful at it! And Sessie (sp? sorry, “Sessie”) the nanny is like love and warmth on legs.

And, I’m about to meet her hubs. I can’t wait. I’ve totally lost my cool and am fully into the tizzy of excitement of it all. Yay!

• The Horse Whispering!!!

I love it. I learned the secrets to the universe and mined acres of luxuriously good stuff.

I’ve got to process it all, but the bottom line is that if you want to work on your boundaries, your leadership and being in a good “place” no matter where you are physically located, it’s your bag. Baby.

I will tell you all about it next week in my Newsletter. My Newsletter!

• Koelle!

She is so part of my posse. You would love her.

Koelle and I had a great day with the horses. She and I have crazy amounts in common, too.

She’s one of those people that I liked instantly. I wanted to run home and make a mixed tape for her.

Seriously, you would love her.

• Tweetups? Who knew!

You know Sparky Firepants? Or @Kinche? Well, heh, I do. Brushing dust of my shoulder.

Because Twitter makes the world of cool people the size of walnut – no, a small culdesac-ed neighborhood – I got to meet ‘em both.

Check them both out, they do cool stuff. And David (a.k.a., Mr. Pants, as I like to call him) has the coolest wife (Hi, Jenny, most excellent to meet you – congrats on your work with the alpacas) and the 3 most perfect-seeming (and not in an annoying way) children.

Who are all very stylish kids — adorable.

That’s all of the battery power my spaceship computer has to give me…

SO! Tell me about some of the cool stuff, and the hard stuff in the comments.

And go! Have a glorrrrrrrrious weekend!! See you next week.

If you liked this post, take a look at these posts.

1. Friday. #13: Get SHUCKED UP edition.
2. Friday! A Review: Horse Whispering Edition
3. Friday Review #2: dead sexy edition