it was the best of times... it was the worst of times

We all have moments like these, when everything goes how we want it to. On the one hand I am so grateful and feeling wondrously good, and here are the reasons why:

1.  After giving my first class at the yoga studio where I do my teacher's training, my teacher has now put me on permanent "on call". And yes, I am the only 1st year that she currently calls, because apparently, I am a natural and she loves my classes, and second because I am also the only one that will always say yes when she needs me to teach (this is how adamant I am about this yoga thing). So far I have filled in for one of her teachers twice, both times at rather short notice, but both classes going very well.

2.  Then, she received a request for a yoga teacher in our estate at the gym. I went for the interview class and got the job, despite not being qualified yet (which they are fully aware of). Now I am giving 2 classes at the gym: one on a Monday morning, and one on a Wednesday evening. Great test to my ability to deal with less than perfect circumstances, people that have never done yoga before and are much more into the physical aspect of it, than the lifestyle aspect of it. And of course, once more, it is experience for me. Oh, and I get paid. Meagerly of course, but still.

3.  I am allowed the time off from the office to teach the Monday morning class, without having to put in leave or such, which is such a blessing.

4.  Gentle Trader (my organic gifts, skincare , etc. business) is suddenly quite explosive and I am booked for 2 markets during August, getting ready to advertise hugely in several (fairly cheap) spaces and looking forward to the boom. The only product that I am struggling to get is eco-friendly yoga mats, which is essential to what I want to do.

5.  I am getting all sorts of hints form the Universe about things that I should be doing and places that I should be teaching and I am hoping to be able to attend to this matter as of next year (most of these are teaching at schools, one possible retirement home, which I am qualified to do already and which would be wonderful if I could attain jobs like that because they have no overheads besides petrol).

A marvelous 5 point blessing list, which could probably become a lot more if delved into.  There is only one reason that things are feeling not so good though: TIME.

Once more it seems that there is just never enough to do all the things I need to attend to. These include, but are not limited to:

Getting my personal daily yoga and meditation practice in.

Getting the table accessories done for the markets that I will be attending.

Attending the necessary classes for my yoga teacher's training, for which I am already behind, but not too much. Yet.

Studying.

Creating a website for Gentle Trader.

Added to this, I have a birthday party coming up (which will be catered because, although it might cost money, I just don't have the time to cook), I have my best friend's stork coming up, coupled with her son's 1st birthday party. And guess who is hosting? Of course me. Like I said: BEST FRIEND.

I am seriously hoping to get a semblance of a peaceful life back after the 6th  of August (on which date I am doing both a market and, like I said, my birthday dinner). 

Of course, often times the best meals are delivered from a little pressure, one could say.  And those ones would not be the current object of such pressure, so perhaps they should just not say anything.  Things always look rosier once you are on the other side of the due date. 

Goodness only knows how I get so tied up in all of these little things, but as you can see, it is all very essential ;p