terrain

snippets:

• releasing things to goodwill.
• boxes, packaging tape & labels.
• two piles: things for temporary storage & things to travel north with me.
• filling up the u-haul & the u-haul not starting (all that was required was a jump - thankFULLy!).
• two + weeks of training my replacement at work (as of july 29 that "work" became "my old job").
• selling my gym membership.
• changing my address (to my temporary "northern" address, while i look for more permanent housing).
• attending a surprise dinner (coordinated by my parents) at a favorite italian restaurant with oodles of my beloveds in attendance - lucky, lucky me.
• before leaping north guests from out of town, lunches, dinners & tea dates.
• a farewell party for me & my co-worker, who was also leaving the organization we've been working at for years - me, 5.5 years; he, 3 years.
• feeling sad, so very sad about leaving my "work" family. i heart these peeps. they are the best kind o' peeps. funny. intelligent. committed. generous. spirited. lovely. sigh... i miss 'em.
• receiving flowers & the warmest handwritten & e-mail notes.
• making a gazillion decisions each day - day after day...
• exhaustion.
• deep breaths.
• a new laptop. LOVE her!
• 3 visits to the dentist & 4 phone calls to the dentist in 8 days for 1 broken tooth.
• went to see (500) Days of Summer.
• witnessing & celebrating - how i've grown & how i've learned! the whole of this was relatively easeFULL & i kept relatively calm & carried on...

the journey continues.

tomorrow i travel north to create new work & home.

i will connect with you from there.

how i wonder how you are?