So Goodbyes said and things packed I decided to go to the farm that night. No need to draw this out any further. Alicia drove me over and I was well received. Sunday night is potluck night so I thought that would be a great time to show up. Wrong. I was in such a crazy mood having just left the kids I was on a completely different wavelength than everyone else. Oh well I just tried to blend in. Then Shahar said he was going to lead an impromptu theater session. Great I am so shy with impromptu stuff I wasn’t going to go. Then EVERYONE else went so I did to, I also didn’t want to be alone. Well that helped with my mood. The theater thing was way more interactive than I expected so there was no real audience we were all just moving and acting with whatever request was offered. First was: Everyone is a monkey and A snake just got in and no one knows where it is. Then we made this human knot and tried to untangle ourselves. This was all fun and I could get in to it. Then we had to find a partner who we were comfortable with. This was crazy for me because I had literally been there for one hour. Luckily Christian came over and asked if I was comfortable with him so I didn’t have to choose. We were trying to work through our latest personal problem or concern. As we started meditating on our issue, mine of course feeling bad for leaving the kids, I actually started to cry. So that made the decision of who would share first. We talked through my problem and I cried. It was nice to be able to really talk it through, get a hug, cry and then let it go. I felt much better after that. I hope Christian felt better after sharing his concerns.
So now I am a new woman living at the farm! I have a lot to learn as almost all the chores are new to me. Even if one knows how to say water a garden, I still need to be taught which garden and where the water is and so on. I am trying to take some notes on my learning as well. In addition to the chores the other day we worked on a foundation for the new building. We had about 10 people and everyone took turns carrying buckets, mixing the concrete. It was great and very physical. Again I have been soar for two days but that is fine.
The next day Valisa showed up. Great! She met Josh an intern from Pun Pun in Laos and decided to visit him as I went to the other farm 50m away. So we have spent some great time together catching up and loving this wonderful earthen community. Nice when old friends and new friends all get together