I’m safely back at my sisters house on the island tonight. It’s good to be back. It feels familiar, like home away from home. We had a margarita in the hot tub and talked about the house I like, the offer, how nice it will be to be close to each other. We have never lived close in our adult lives. Never to any other family. What joy that brings us both, to be 45 minutes apart after all these many years.

I went to brunch with my friend today, and met two more women who live in the area. It is a small little cafe with some outdoor seating, and live music. A husband and a wife, he plays guitar, they both sang. So nice to sit outside, with good food, and good conversation, and live music.

They had me laughing, they wanted to know if Mystic Connecticut is a real place, lol. Yes, I said, it’s the biggest tourist attraction in the state. “Is the Mystic River from the movie real?” Yes….”Is Mystic Pizza a real place?” LOL. Yes, I’ve eaten there a few times, lol.

I jokingly told them at one point when we were discussing men, “I want to hang around the marina and find a rich guy with a yacht!” (I suppose I wasn’t completely joking, lol.) They were laughing but then one of the women said, “You should join the yacht club! It’s only $150 a year, and you get to go to all their functions, and use their sunfish out in the bay, it’s great! I used to go all the the time!”

Then she went on to tell us about the casino that’s on the beach. A small-ish structure, for a casino at least in my eyes. I’m used to the two ginormous complexes in Connecticut owned by the Indians, Native Americans, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun. Which are full fledged Las Vegas style resorts. But she said they have dances there that cost $12 to go to, and if you like to dance, it’s a blast. There are men then who love to dance, and love new faces. They have lessons, in ballroom, swing, and then you can just “hippie” dance, lol, that’s what we were calling it, since we were all old hippies.

There’s also a local theater, a great senior center, a beautiful library in town. Today there was a class doing yoga or tai chi on the beach. They had set up about 6 or 8 volleyball courts, for a beach volleyball tournament. So so much to do. So many ways to meet people. I’m utterly excited to think about moving down here. Soon. This summer. Maybe in 3 months.

Haven’t thought much about the drama of last week, and really the last 2 months, since I got down here. Maybe the first day, I had to purge it out of my system. I find myself at times missing him, a little, because he was so funny, and outlandish. I have some good stories to tell. But I have way more bad stories, nightmares really. And they always follow pretty quickly in my mind. I don’t get hung up on it. I think it’s just that energetic connection that we have, and probably always will. I know better than to act on it, it will only bring me pain. My life is moving in the direction of my dreams now. All of them, lol. Life is good.

I think I’ll go to bed. It’s been a busy couple of days, with late nights and crazy food schedules.

Love and light, all.