Pressed myself to get up and out after a long sleepless night. Jen and I talked out/over some disconnects from the night before which was a valuable use of time but still, tossed and turned and had two too many dogs with us. I grabbed eggs, coffee, cream and bread at Safeway so as not to show up empty handed. The Zazen had not started on time due to a tea ceremony running long but I waited and got some reorientation time in. It was a good start to my day as was the usual Monday meetings. Light presence - Just Judy (her birthday), Karm and Cade. In conversation with Cade it came about that his father has a winery and teaches viticulture through Davis! How amazing that timing is. I looked things up later and it could work to take an initial course in January. Hmmmm. Jen got things coordinated for my mom to take her cat to Acadia Vet so I went to help her do so. It ended up being a bit of confusion and she could have just gone and gotten the meds and returned home but, it was fine, I was glad to be available and won't be for her 11/06 appointment follow up. I met with Frank and Benny from Deepbows earlier after Jikoji to talk about my involvement in their efforts and they want me to write for them. I got and quickly turned around revisions for a newsletter that went out tonight nad I'm pleased with how I was able to reconstruct the content without dramatically changing the original words while putting a more compelling tone to the communication. Jen got a late-night craving for Happy Hound so I took her there. We discussed her Intel offer and she's awaiting details on benefits and such. It sounds like it'll work well but she's not thrilled about going back to work and I get that. I on hte other hand have several doors waiting for me ot walk through them and I'm working on taking those steps more aggressively in the coming weeks. I felt a lot of synergy today, all day, from the outcome of Jikoji, the conversations with Deepbow, the consciousness I felt when the colors of the tree outside the Zendo gave me cause to pause and just be present, and numerous other things just continue to feel like puzzle pieces I'm finding, some of which I have been looking for and others I don't recognize at all beyond knowing there's a place it's supposed to go and my job is to find that space and fill it.