High/Low 1.17.09

Hi there..

Saturday evening.... It is FREEZING!!! This is honestly what I consider HELL to be.. Biting Stinging... a definite slowing of my mental faculties as the ONLY thing I can think about is HOW I am going to get to a much warmer location... and NOW!!!!! UGH just heard tomorrow going to be coldest in DECADES... ICK ICK!!! Just sitting here right now...it's cold in here now... My nose and hands wish they were warmer and I am dreaming of a Lounge chair by a pool somewhere Tropical and SPF 50 and a margarita.... Ahh...

I was in DC today... my favorite Secret Haircut/color/Highlight (Don't worry Matthew.. I barely got a trim) and I can tell.. I can FEEL the energy of the City... getting prepared.. Not to mention that I park in the Parking Lot at the National Building Museum, where am proud to have been volunteering for 5 years now... and they are getting ready for the Admirals Ball there.. tents.. trucks.. backup generators....all the barricades lining the Streets.. ..more people walking around than usual already.... you can FEEL it... it's coming!!!! (And Thank God that the weather is supposed to warm up by Tuesday!! AMEN!)

So I am kinda glad that this weekend is a low key one.. cause as of 5pm Monday I am going to be ON THE GO!!! After work I find my way to Chant for Change for 5 Hours of Chanting/Singing and Communing with others that want to give their energy toward the Inauguration and the Hopeful CHANGE that this country will hopefully go thru!! I'm very excited because one of my favorite Spiritual Singers, Jai Uttal will be performing!! THEN I leave there at 11:30pm and go home for like 3 hours of sleep and get up and BE at Kristys house at 3:30AM to BE on the Metro when it opens at 4AM so we can be at the Eastern Market at 5AM and check in... It's going to be a LONG (and MISERABLY COLD) DAY... I plan on working from home on Wednesday so I don't have to worry about putting clothes on or getting up early to take a shower.. so I can just relax and work in my PJ's....

I am SO excited to be a part of this experience... I see the Images when Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech... all the people.. yea I feel like this is going to be comparable... and I can and will be telling my children about being a part of this day..... I WAS THERE...

I'm reading this awesome book that my Auntie gave me.. called "The Shift" about how we need change on this earth and a story about how Politics in America need to change... it somewhat parallels what is happening with this future Presidency and Administration.. I find I can't put this book down.. I want to give as much as I can to bring this change about...I have never been more excited or interested in the current state of affairs...

Let's not be afraid and FACE THIS.. WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD..

BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD - Dali Lama

Much Love!
Kerilyn