Touching Base

It seems all I do these days with this website is try and catch up. I wonder if I'd even post if I wasn't so obsessive compulsive about having all the months lined up so nicely in the Archive section. You know if you don't write for a whole month, they won't put the months name up and you CAN'T have October touching December!! It just isn't right! So, here I am. There have been quite a few interesting things happen this last little bit. The best of which, I got to fly home for a weekend. What a wonderful, marvelous trip. I got to go home because MY FAMILY WANTED ME. What a nice thing to be able to write AND to have it be true! I got to spend some time with everyone and had such a nice time. The big suprise was that I even got to go down to Portland and see S and A and their kids. Ahh, what peace, what joy, what a cold I got! I blame sweet little C. She better watch it. When she's 16 and comes and stays a weekend with Dear Auntie Maija, she's going to hear about how sick she got me. Sweet little thing.
So, I've been trying to decide my fate which has led me to a couple of decisions. I'll list them as they come to mind but that's not necessarily the order they belong in. It's all so interconnected now I'm not sure which came first. Alright, it starts with the assumption that because I can't have The One that I want then I want to plan my life with all the control that I can, which means I'm doing it solo. So, because I've just condemed myself to a lonely life all by myself alone with no one around, I might as well have a little fun. So, come May, if all goes according to plan, instead of moving straight to Oregon, I'm going to buy a Honda Element and move into it for four months. I'm going to spend those summer months touring the Nat'l Parks. I'm going to head East first, visit some friends out there, spend some time with my own dear Auntie and then hit all the sweet spots on my way back to the West Coast. Now, with that trip in mind, I've decided to take a Jui Jitsu class. I want to do it for the confidence it will give me to be by myself. And if that doesn't work, I'm also going to get my concealed weapons permit and a big gun. So, also with this trip in mind... now, this really cracks me up... but I figure if I'm going to live alone I might as well make myself laugh... I'm practicing not washing my hair. I mean, I'm going to have to figure out how to get showers at gyms and things like that but I doubt I'll be washing my hair everyday as I've previously been used to. I'm already up to going 2 WHOLE DAYS!! I'm well on my way and very proud of myself. And then, I guess lastly because this post seems long, I'm practicing living a life of Voluntary Simplicity. To me, mostly that means I'm getting rid of a lot of stuff I own and not buying anything more. Also, I'm recycling more. And saving water. And eating fruit. And wearing Birkenstocks. Umm... don't worry though, I already got rid of my hemp necklaces. Mostly.