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But really, the only rocks I want are the kind I can climb. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
And finally, a new disclaimer for this site.<\/p>\n
I recently took the Meyer’s Briggs personality test<\/a> again. And although my results have been steady and solid (ENTJ) for over ten years, my final results show that I’ve been foolin’ myself all along. Turns out I’m an INFJ\/INTJ (“Counselor<\/a>\/Mastermind<\/a>“). The biggest news being that although I’m the first person on the dance floor at party, I’d be just as happy doing my jiggy in a cave. Yes. The introvert in me has emerged! And although she still salsas in bank lines and rolls in the dirt with street kids, she’s living in her own world for which she can be quiet reserved with sharing permissions. And in that little world of mine, according to my “type analysis,” I also quite actively integrate the imaginary into my reality…<\/p>\n Wait, wait. I can hear people laughing. Okay. Okay. So YOU already knew that! BUT I DIDN’T! That’s the very thing! I see, hear and feel things (and then I write about them), that I thought other people just couldn’t be bothered with. But as I’m starting to suspect, perhaps I AM a CIA agent. Perhaps I AM muddling fact with fiction and submitting biased reports of my worldly probes!<\/p>\n So there it is; my disclaimer. What you read on this site, which is by ALL and every account, in PERFECT alignment with the personal truth of the author, may very well be a smorgasbord of fact, fiction and fantasy. But as far as I’m concerned, I’d much rather my life story read like a fairy tale than a dictionary. So disclaimer disclaimed, we continue!<\/p>\n Leaving for India in 10 days and counting!<\/p>\n (One last misperception correction; a few have gotten the odd idea that I’m paying to go on these organized semesters abroad when actually I am the Trip Leader. I actually guide the groups of college students on 3-month experiential learning semesters (community service, environmental conservation work, local family home stays, foreign language study, spiritual self-exploration, long-distance trekking and other adventure activities) for a BRILLIANT company called, LEAPnow<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Our India Itinerary is as follows…<\/p>\n LeapNow Spiritual Semester in India, Spring 2004<\/a><\/p>\n Date:\t        \t\t Itinerary:<\/p>\n Feb. 26\t\t        Depart San Francisco for Delhi<\/p>\n Feb. 27\t\t        Day Lost in Flight<\/p>\n Feb. 28\t\t        Arrive Early AM into Delhi<\/p>\n Feb. 38 – Mar. 1\t     Semester Orientation in Delhi<\/p>\n Mar. 2\t\t\t        Travel by train to Varanasi (15 hr Overnight)<\/p>\n Mar. 3\t\t\t        Arrive in Varanasi<\/p>\n Mar. 3 – 19\t\t     Varanasi Homestay, Yoga, Hindi Classes, Vounteering,<\/p>\n Mar. 20\t\t        Travel by Train to Gaya (5 hrs)<\/p>\n Mar. 21\t\t        Transport from Gaya to Bodhgaya<\/p>\n Mar. 21 – 28\t\t     Study Tibetan Buddhism & Visit Temples<\/p>\n Mar. 28\t\t        Travel by Train to Haridwar (26 hrs)<\/p>\n Mar. 30\t\t        Arrive in Rishikesh<\/p>\n Mar. 30 – Apr. 14\t    Work at Ramana’s Garden Orphanage, Reiki Initiation<\/p>\n Apr. 14 – 18\t\t     Trekking in the Himalays<\/p>\n Apr. 18\t\t        Night in Rishikesh<\/p>\n Apr. 19\t\t        Travel by Jeep to Uttar Kashi<\/p>\n Apr. 19 – 30\t\t     Yoga and Internships in Music\/Art\/Cooking\/Dance<\/p>\n Apr. 30\t\t     Travel by Jeep to Dehra Dun, Overnight Bus to Dharmsala<\/p>\n May 1-17\t\t     Dharamsala Homestay,Volunteering, See the Dalai Lama<\/p>\n May 1-12\t\t     Optional 10-day Vipassana Meditation Course<\/p>\n May 17\t\t        Travel to Amritstar to see the Golden Temple<\/p>\n May 18\t\t        Transport to Delhi<\/p>\n May 19\t\t        Visit the Taj Mahal\/ Semester Wrap-up<\/p>\n May 20\t\t        Fly from Delhi back to San Francisco<\/p>\n (*And after India…I’ve got another rabbit to pull from my hat!)<\/p>\n (sol’s travel photogallery<\/a>)  (some sol stories<\/a>)  (sol’s work; LeapNow.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I always keep on mental-hand one really laugh-worthy idea. This way, anytime I start feeling annoyed, hurried or hurt, I can whip it out and smile the stressor away. And my new imaginary clown is… <\/p>\n