I love my job. I love, love, love it.
But there is part of me that is longing to bring my life a little closer to home...to Santa Monica. I don't know what I have to do. What floors I have to clean or clothes I need to sew to get a class in this darn part of town. I've spent 7 years establishing myself as a teacher in NY, LA, even China...and You Tube.
I forgot about Coldwater today.
I forgot about school getting out.
I forgot about the traffic in LA.
Everytime I leave a client, I feel good, like I've done good. When I teach my public class in Hollywood, I am home (like NY and the city I grew up in) and I know I do good...so good that I lose my correct grammar. I do well.
Like I've done pretty for someone.
I feel pretty, oh so pretty. They feel pretty, oh so pretty.
When I cross the threshold of 405 meets Sunset, I feel like I am human again, like my clothes are a little brighter, like I have glitter on my sleeve, like life is sweeter, like the squirrels and birds talk to me, ok, that's Snow White, and I remember how to curl my mouth into a smile.
No offense to any other part of the city.
I bet you I can tell you the best gas station to get a good deal, the best restaurant to get a quick meal, yummy salad or delicious soup, cookie or coffee. I know where to stop in and get a great card or gift.
There are people in Toluca Lake, Beverly Hills, Studio City, Santa Monica, W. LA, Venice, Bel Air, Santa Monica, that know me by name and greet me like I'm their old friend. I am comfortable in LA. I know this city like noone else I know.
I'm like my dad in NYC. He was a driver. All along the westside and east, uptown and down, he had his peeps. He had dry cleaners, bodega owners and coffee shop baristas know him by name.
I'm happy to carry on that legacy.
But, when he came home to my mom, to Daisy the dog, to his collection of books, to his palace, he was truly home.
I leave the black and white and return to my technicolor dream coat of Santa Monica, where everything is candy and yummy and happy and I feel enveloped in the hug that is my home (like NY, my mom, sisters, the dog and cat).
But, I am in rags, trying to make a name for myself.
I feel like I'm starting over.
In a way I am.
I want what I want. What I want happens to be what a lot of people want, but I know there is room for all of us.
My dad taught me that.
So....
while I know my teaching is like being at the grand ball, I know that I will feel truly complete with both glass slippers, one that places me freestyle throughout the city of LA, the other, here in Santa Monica, with my prince, Sir Yoga, at my side, gliding me along the studio floor, leading me through blissful classes with inspiring students in colorful (and expensive, no doubt) clothing.
Blogging...I can do anywhere. Love that.
I'm so grateful that I get to do what I love.
Now, let's go home.