Love Letter

I can't believe that all I wrote about last time I was in San Diego was the KOA!
This time I was flown down for an interview for a Kindergarten job, something I had definitely not seen myself doing, but somehow it was worth looking into.
When I stepped off the plane and into the covered walkway (what is that called?) the ocean soaked air wrapped me in a delicious embrace! There was a little fog, but sun filtered through and eventually burnt it off. I was taken to a funky little coffee house for lunch. I had a curried chicken salad on a bed of greens and sprouts on a table covered in Mediterranean tiles. The whole visit I was waited on by one parent after another. My lunch hostess took me to the beach after the meal and we had a long walk, barefoot in the silky sand. The waves made infinite patterns of black sand on tan; stripes, spots, argyle! Next we strolled around botanical gardens, complete with a Hawaiian-inspired waterfall-scape. Then I was dropped off at my host family for the visit. They are yoga instructors and the house was full of beautiful Eastern treasures. Their daughter, who is in the class in question, and I became instant best friends! We played with her dollhouse, until a delicious supper of home-made pizza.
The visit was a whirlwind of meetings and class observations, but in between, they were careful to give me moments of tranquility, like an hour or so at the Meditation Gardens. The children were loud, but lovable, the parents were gracious and warm, the faculty was tiny and spunky. Thursday night dinner, hosted by a family the father of which is a pro skateboarder, was Caribbean burritos atop a mega ramp out in Vista, watching the sky turn purple over the inland hills. This is not something I would ever expect to do while visiting a Waldorf school, but it was perfect!
Everywhere I looked were vivid complementary colors, turquoise ocean and orange tile roofs, exotic red and pink blooms emerging from spiky green foliage. My feeling throughout the visit was that I was in paradise and elated! Whether they offer me the position or not, I belong in North County! I'll be there in a matter of weeks...or days!