I dropped Susan off at the airport and was pleasantly surprised at the ease with which I was able to get in and out of the Tampa  airport. It was so good to have her here with me, making this transition from my old life to my new.  She’s such a good friend.  

After I dropped her I came to my house and sat in the lone chair there and just looked around, trying to assimilate that it was mine. For about 20 minutes. Then I decided to go to town hall and get my water turned on. It was on shortly after I paid it. I set about organizing my spice cabinet which i brought with me. Cleaned off all the kitchen counters. And took a picture. It’s small but perfect. 

By then it was 4, so I locked up the house and went to the post office to get the postal money order for the movers. And then headed back to my sisters place on longboat key. I stopped for a few groceries on the way.

Once here I put the stuff away, put on my bathing suit, poured a glass of wine and went out to the pool. The air had cooled from 97 to 88. Still felt pretty much like an oven. The pool is lovely at about that temp. 

I ate a freshly made salmon burger and an arugula salad with onion m, carrots raspberries and felt cheese. For dessert I had a small piece of key lime pie.  Delicious. 

Don’t know what’s up for this week besides moving my stuff in. My friend Pat will help. And I’ll probably go watch her do karaoke on Thursday night. I’ll be the clapper. Lol. But it will be fun. 

There’s a lot of stuff that needs doing around the house and yard. I’ll be busy for awhile, but will follow my sisters advice and finish at 5 and pour a glass of wine. 

Not eating a lot lately, just kind of forget til my sugar crashes.  The pie is an anomaly. My sister always used to buy one when the family came. So good. 

Trying to slow down th spin I’ve dealt with since this whole ride started.  Need a good long meditation to bring it all home. 

Gonna try to get back to sleep. Got a lot to do tomorrow so I need a few hours of sleep. 

Love and light, all. 

Gentle easterly

From the sea, from distant lands

Sky glows pink sunrise

Tonight. Well, tonight we went to my favorite restaurant called The Beach House and sat at a table in the sand, watching the sun set over the Gulf. It’s was spectacular. 

A slight sea breeze, a pod of dolphin playing offshore, an incredible sky, great food and awesome margaritas.  So relaxed and happy.  I miss my peeps back home and I know I will miss them more tomorrow when my friend leaves to had up north. But I’ll be fine. I have a lot to do this week. 

I met my neighbors this morning and they seem really nice. When I got here there was a note on my door from someone who said they loved my house and wanted to buy it. Would I contact them and left his phone number.  That’s a good sign I think. 

I’ve met a few people already through my friend who lives here. She knows so many people, and never fails to introduce me. I feel like shortly I’ll know a lot of people and who knows what may happen!  

It’s time for bed, end of another busy day. I’m sorry I’m so behind in blogs, I need to get internet set up this week, it’s too cumbersome to use the phone.  Hopefully by the end of the week I’ll be all set.  If not I’ll head for the library or a wifi hotspot. 

Love and light..

We walked the 1000 feet from my sisters house to the town dock this morning to see the sunrise. There were a few people there, a couple dogs. It’s my favorite way to start the day.  I think we’re going to walk over to the beach, then come back and jump in the pool.  Then go get brunch at the Mangia Cafe and sit outdoors listening to music.  Tonight we want to make sure we see the sun set over the Gukf of Mexico.  Maybe have dinner at a restaurant on the beach. 

It’s a rough life but someone has to live it. 😄 Feeling so utterly blessed I can’t express it. 

Lovr and light. ❤

I drank a couple glasses of wine last night, just 2. But it distrupted my sleep and I’m exhausted this morning. Thank God Susan, my friend, likes to drive, because I may need to sleep on the road. It’s early morning now, and I would pay money to be able to sleep another hour, but sleep is going to evade me for awhile I think.

It’s so good to be at my sisters. Just to feel wrapped in her care. I have to write a check to her today for the loan for my house. 🙂 So happy to do that, she and her husband are such blessings in my life.

We had a blast on the drive yesterday. We are such good old friends. Our first leg was on the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut, which is known for horrible traffic. It’s an alternative route to I-95, but not much better We meant to miss it, and leave very early, but we didn’t get off until about 6 am. So we hit the rush hour toward NYC. We moved about 10 miles in an hour, if that much. I kept apologizing to Susan, because she was driving.

So, the GPS comes on and says, in it’s sweet, kind voice, after an hour of stop and go and mostly stop, “Traffic is getting worse, but you are still on the fastest route.” We both went hysterical, like “ok, bitches, there’s no way out of this but it’s still the fastest route.” Like GPS thought it would wait an hour to tell us this. WTF. We were wondering if we’d be stuck there all morning, and really kind of bummed out. But then a minute later there was no traffic. Thanks GPS.

Later in the day, we thought we smelled something nasty. Susan was obsessed apparently with identifying the smell, and rolled down the window. And filled the car with the smell of cow manure. LMAO. I was like Good job, Susan, I guess you identified it.

We listened to an audible book for awhile, and music. But mostly we talked, we just never run out of things to talk about. So we got to my sisters before we knew it.

Today we are going to try to get to Jacksonville. Not sure if we’ll get quite that far, it’s about 600 miles I think. But if we can get that far, we’ll get to my house in Fl by late morning on Saturday. I am so psyched to get there. And have most of this journey finished.

It’s been a long road, from last March when I bought this house, to selling my house and packing it up, getting my son to Denver, and finishing the house and now driving another 1500 miles. I’m ready for it to be over. So tired or not, I’m pushing onward today.

I won’t have internet when I’m down there for awhile, so I’ll have to be posting from my phone, which means, they will probably be short posts, lol. But eventually, I’ll get back up to speed. Can’t wait to be sitting on a warm tropical beach listening to the waves. Two more days.

Love and light.

I am at my sisters in VA. It’s the first time in weeks I have felt like I could take a breath. All the emotional overload for the last few weeks is dissipating. 

Exhausted, I woke at 4:15 this morning, when I intended to wake at 5. We drive 400 miles and got here about 4 pm.  Susan, my friend, is so much fun to travel with. Laid back, loves to drive.  I have a few stories about today but I’m too tired to write them now. So think I’ll just turn out the light and go to sleep. 

Love and light. 

Well, I’m about to head for bed. My house is no longer mine. I’m ok with that. I went to my bff’s to say goodbye and barely cried. I know I will miss her. I left a HUMONGOUS pile of trash for the garbage man tomorrow, lol. I hope they take it all. If they don’t….well, I’ll be on my way to Florida so I don’t know what would happen in that case, lol.

I’m sitting in my friends spare bedroom, and really really tired. So many errands today, but at the end of the day, it’s all done. All the documents signed, the money squared away, all the odds and ends tied up. Tomorrow I start the last portion of this journey and I’m excited to be underway. I am feeling a little homeless, lol, So it will be good to be in my own place soon, fixing it up to be mine. Unpacking my stuff. It’s all happy stuff now. I told my friend tonight, “I know I have some emotional stuff headed at me. I’m just going to lean into it, and get through it.” And I did.

Hopefully I’ll be back to writing in a few days, when my schedule loosens up some. Til then, I’ll post when I can.

Love and light, all.

It’s so weird. To look at your house where you lived, and laughed, and loved, and played, and see it completely empty.  Like the day you moved in. 

So busy today, I’ve had no time to reflect, and probably won’t really, until we’re on the road before dawn tomorrow.  Right now I’m running to my BFF’s and then to my other BFF, who is going with me. Then back to my house for the cooler and snacks I bought for us for the road. Then back to her house for the night.  It’s crazy. 

I got to my friends last night and said, Don’t EVER move. Ever!”  They laughed…  I was so beat by then. I probably looked like a homeless person. Which in fact I feel kind of like. Lol. 

I signed all the closing docs today. Found out I’m getting a nice rebate on the property taxes, YAY!!!  That will help me. I’m getting anxious to be underway.  I have some emotional stuff to deal with and I know I have to actually deal with it.  But then, it’s on to a new adventure.  

Still feeling blessed.  Very blessed. 

More later. Love and light all. 

The movers are here. I’m watching my life go out the door into a truck.  My dresser just came down the stairs all wrapped in blankets and plastic. 

It’s weird. But I oddly feel better, forward motion, than I did this morning waiting. I don’t wait well. I grow impatient easily. 

This move seems like it’s been going on forever. Like it started months ago and now is happening. I will miss this place and people so much. But I’m on the last leg now.  Or almost anyway. Over half way.  

Just an update. Passing time while my life passed in front of my face. 

Love and light.