Current mood:adventurous
Well, it's here, I'm finally counting down in single digits how quickly this trip - no, this journey - will arrive now. And I started thinking about travel. Here in Ohio, I've met several women who have rarely been outside the local county, let alone outside the state; several who don't, or won't, drive on the interstates, some who have never been on an airplane. As one who has always traveled interstates, taken trips and flown a bit, it was a culture shock for me when I first arrived. Now that I've been here nearly 10 years, I can understand it ... sort of. But that doesn't mean these women don't have dreams and fantasies of taking off to foreign places, distant cities, indulging in their wildest dreams.
I want to encourage those women, give them permission to indulge a little! Take a risk, say yes instead of no. There's an expression that we've all read... "the independent woman" or "a woman of independent means" and we usually associate that with women who can take care of themselves financially. But money isn't the only thing that makes women independent any longer, and lack of it doesn't prevent us from being independent. What makes us independent is our imagination. Give your imagination some respect. Your fantasies of independence, if only for a short while, are like holy whispers of what's Possible. ..... Turn your ear inward, and lisssssten .....
PS: on a more personal note, if you don't think there's a bit of fear in this journey of mine, in starting a new life, in a new city, think again. It can be scary, but the other side of the coin is that it can be a beginning, a new chapter, a real excitement ...... I took a risk, and said yes!
THAT kind of day - Feb 11, 2008
Current mood:distractable
Four days to go, and a million and one things to do ... so when I arrived home it's like, OK Son, it's supposed to snow tomorrow, so let's get some stuff done... Laundry first. We each grab 2 loads and head for the laundry room, get them started in the washer. Then, because he was out, jacket and gloves on, I convinced him we needed to go 'round the back gate into the patio and pull the weeds that is required by our lease "to take with us" .... (lol yes! it totally says that!) But the back gate won't open; send him 'round to the front to get his crowbar, and we finally get the gate unstuck, but it won't open all the way. So there we are, trying to crack the frozen ground and loosen some rocks so the gate opens. AHA! we got that, and got in, pulled a few weeds, took a load of loose boards to the trash.
By that time, the washers are done, and we go in to get the next loads, hike them over to the laundry room and load them into the washers, moving the washed stuff to dryers. Darn! We ran out of quarters, so I hiked back to the apt to get more, toss them into the machines and .. whoops! who has the soap? Back to the apt to grab the soap, and finally get them started. Heavens, but its been THAT kind of day. Same with work. I figured I'd feel like I was more on a countdown, but it was business as usual. Which is a good thing . . . no time to think, no time to worry, just getting things taken care of like any other day. The only minor exception to that was I forgot to check my schedule? I showed up 4 hours early for work. Yep! its been THAT kind of day! Hopefully, yours wasn't quite like that!
. . . . . . HAPPY MONDAY! Hugs
3 Days & Counting - Feb 12, 2008
Current mood:anxious
Each day passes, and I'm that much closer to loading truck and heading out west. Today, I made all those phone calls that take up so much time... shutting off the utilities, --- and making arrangements for the same at the new apt. In addition, its required that I have renters insurance, so a phone call to my auto carrier, and adding that policy costs $100/year. Ok, I can handle that. But, by combining the two policies? I save $74 on my auto. hehehe go figure, for once I get a break! Now, if only I can figure out what to do about internet services there..... *sigh* It's all complicated, and crazy. Right now, I'm paying a total of $35/month. Can't find much to replace that. Yet. But I'll keep looking. 
It's getting to be a drag looking at all the piles and piles of boxes here .. nothing is where it belongs, and I keep worrying that I'll forget to do something, or misplace something that I'll need right away, and not be able to find it. Then I keep telling myself that .. things work out for the best .. they will on these things too.
My folks are driving down from Calif and will be there when I arrive. I'm sure my daughter and granddaughter will be there, too. I haven't seen everyone in a year. So I'm looking forward to this "reunion" of sorts. HUGGGS to everyone!
just a PS from 2019 .. .we used the dining room to stack all the boxes as they were packed. Some had been packed and stacked for nearly a year! As the date got closer, the less things we would need and more boxes were added. Except for my son's room. He *told* me he had been packing ... *sigh*
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