It was so nice to nap yesterday evening, then get up and go back to bed. I finally feel rested and caught up on sleep, and the constant cough is finally better! No inhaler today! I woke to a very windy morning, and a huge rainbow out the back window. The coffee maker and coffee were unpacked, so I had a nice little breakfast.
Today has been good. I drove over and signed a form for the electric. I thought it was taken care of, but I guess not. No big deal. They have a cool automated kiosk with video phone, so I got to just take stuff off the printer and lay it on the scanner. They do the rest remotely. Pretty cool! I went and got my Colorado drivers license! Woohoo. Now I feel like it is official. I have moved. I am Coloradan! I registered to vote. I don't have the license yet. They mail it. Which reminds me, I need to find out about the mail box situation here. I saw a bank of boxes here at the entrance to the neighborhood, but I have no key or box number. Have to check on that. Ah, details. It will be nice when it is all settled. But then what will I do with my time? Anything I want, I suppose.
I tried the mexican place everyone says is good, and it was good. Nice to know. I had just finished a coffee and got too full, but other than that I really liked it.
I came home and put my bed together. It's hard to do by myself but I got it done. It's amazing how much I can accomplish by myself. I would never have known it if I hadn't traveled alone and been living alone for so long. In a way it's kind of cool. Help would be nice, but being single has its perks too. I enjoy coming and going when I feel like it. Eating whenever and whatever I want. Keeping the temperature where ever I'm comfortable. Napping at the drop of a hat, because I can. Sometimes it's so great! I don't get lonely that often. Sometimes I get bored. Sometimes I just want someone to talk to, or to share things with. When I see something really beautiful it would be fun to say --hey, check that out. Did you see that???---
I've been thinking... (that's what I do when left alone). What is success? I guess everyone can define it differently. I've worked hard for years, and yet I moved here with very little. I don't own much. I've made money, but spent it along the way without a lot to show for it. But I do have other things I wouldn't trade. I have the memories I've made along the way, the lessons learned, the experiences working in different places and getting new perspective on the same job. I've made friends, I've met people I don't want to see again, I've learned who I want to be more like, and who I don't. I've seen those who "have it all," some who have lost everything, and everything in between. It's been an interesting ride. I'm so glad I keep in touch with old friends, old co-workers, and people everywhere. I hope someday people will come visit me here. I'd love to share what I have found that I love. It's not for everyone, but I feel a sense of peace with all the beauty that is! I have had a dream of living out here since I was about 13 years old, and I am finally here. I finally made a move for myself and no one else. It is so exciting, and now that I'm here I hope and pray it works out and I can stay a long, long time. I'm trying not to have too many expectations on how things will go, but just to enjoy the ride. Appreciate what is here, what I can do, and roll with it.
Right now I'm walking around in my hiking boots so that soon I can take some long hikes up in the mountains. Maybe this weekend I can go hike National Monument, or Grand Delta (weather permitting). I really want to go back to the hot springs, but I should let the sun burn heal! Maybe by saturday or sunday I'll be okay, and wear sunscreen. The altitude makes the sun worse than living in Florida!
And God bless all you Floridians. I may come visit someday, but I have found where my heart belongs!
another day. more later.
No comments:
Post a Comment