Sunday mornings
I love Sunday mornings. They are absolutely my favorite time of the week. To me, Sundays are best spent with football on the tv (even tho I don’t really watch it, the sounds of foorball just scream Sunday morning, don’t they?) brunch, the newspaper and blogging on the couch.
This week I’m housesitting for my friend’s Leah and Jason in Lakeview; it’s nice to be back in the ‘hood. I’ve been staying in Bucktown with my friend Emily, and while I love it over there, nothing feels quite the same as Lakeview, which is where I’ve lived most of my time in Chicago.
Yesterday was a crazy busy day for me; in the morning I gave a reading to Byl, and I think he had a really great experience. I don’t know that he expected the reading to be about deep, personal stuff. I love how it can catch people off guard that way. Generally, when I start a reading, I ask if people have ever had one before. They often answer with, “well, I’ve had my palm read a time or two…” and I’m like, “this is going to be very different.” and it is.
After that, I skidattled over to the Life Force Arts Center, where I participated in their Valentine’s Psychic Fair. It was the first time I’d participated in a multi-reader event like that. The set-up was pretty great; I bought a table for a set fee and then the readees paid me directly. I charged $1 a minute, in blocks of 20, 30 or 60. There were 6 readers all together, everyone practicing different reading and healing modalities. It was interesting to talk to the other readers and see where they are working from. Everyone was really nice and it was a pleasure to share space with each one of them.
The afternoon got off to a slow start, but by 3 o’clock I had a waiting list. I read from 3-7pm solid, which was amazing, but exhausting. I’ve done three readings in one day before, but never that many people in such short blocks. By far, most people purchased a 20 minute reading, tho I did a few 30 minutes. I was so thrilled that people chose me for their readings. Lots of people commented that they just got a “good vibe” from my name and how I described my readings on the form in the lobby. One woman even said that she picked me because I had “rock-star hair.” 
The experience of the fair really made me appreciate the gift that I have to “see” people’s true spirits – I read a woman struggling with some serious abuse issues, a young woman with cerebal palsy looking for love, a father worried to death about his college aged children, an artist who works in every modality possible, and another woman just ending a marriage. Each of these people needed urgent communication about the energies in their life, and the messages that spirit had for them. It is a gift to be the messenger of these messages.
After that, I needed to blow off some steam! I met up with my friend Sean for a beer, and then we went to Sidetrack. After that, I rolled in to go dancing at my favorite chicago club, Berlin. It’s dark and seedy and oh so much fun. Even psychics need to blow off some steam, and yes, even psychics need a drink now and then.
Today: watching movies on Leah & Jason’s ridiculously large HDTV, having dinner on the couch with this guy I’ve been seeing a little bit of, and sllllllleeeeeeping. Sounds like a Sunday morning to me.
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