beads and massage

No, this isn't a naughty post,despite the title. I worked until one a.m. last night on my agent letter and the stuff I'm going to send with it, and then remembered that I had to be up at eight-thirty for a jewelry-making class. I tossed and turned until three, then finally fell asleep and did manage to make it to class--of which my daughter and I were the only two members, other than the teacher and her two very active toddlers (apparently the babysitting arrangements fell through). It was a fun class, though, and I made a very pretty,delicate necklace, consisting of a silver chain with rose quartz leaves and peridot Swarovski crystals dangling from it, plus a matching pair of earrings. Emily made a very complicated wrapped-silver moonstone drop necklace. We decided we could do this kind of stuff for Ebay, at least. Then I went downtown and got a chair massage on my shoulders, neck, and spine from Reggie, one of the massage therapists at Community Bodyworks. I usually go to women massage therapists for the naked-back/legs/feet thing (very shy person), but the chair massage is done fully clothed and Reggie specializes in releasing the neck muscles. My neck and shoulders are chronically tense and sometimes my shoulder will go out,as it did last night (the reason I was tossing and turning). Reggie helped work the tension out--I have knots of incredible, painful tension all through my shoulders--and showed me an exercise I can do to help relieve stress in the shoulders (raising my arms and breathing slowly in, then out while lowering the arms). I've gotten pretty sick of treating my body like crap--let's just say I GOT sick by treating my body like crap--and I now get massage and acupuncture on a regular basis.

As for my book , I am sending out my first agent query tomorrow, on the full moon (howl). Blessings to all on this solstice evening.