Life has begun again for me and I thought I would do a blog
refresh since there are a whole lot of possibilities to discover and share with
those I left back home.
New Life
With just one week, two snow showers (they tell me they were
just small things) and three layers of clothing, I am adjusting well. The
highest temp in the past 7 days was 43 degrees and the coldest had a Real Feel
of -4. The night I arrived, Paul, Guy and I took a walk in the beautiful snow
up to the Tiger’s Den, a local pizza place. My hair and shoulders were covered
in snow and the crunch beneath my feet provided the orchestra for this magical
night.
Our town is only a few square blocks (like a neighborhood
back home) and I try to change our dog walk each time. It’s all so new with charming
houses dressed in quaint beauty, old stone buildings that creek of ghostly
life, maple trees giving up their life-giving sap so I can enjoy sweeter
mornings and the quiet stillness where only the wind interrupts my thoughts.
The silence is only broken with a random passing car,
barking dogs and the whiny of horses that are our neighbors a couple doors
down.
New Home
The house is coming along with boxes diminishing on the
first floor and moved around a bit on the second. I unpack a few items, reflect
on those put away for a couple months, as well as those recently re-discovered
from a decade of newspaper wrapping.
Greeting me in the dining room were around 10 boxes all
labeled China and Fragile. Only one casualty in this whole mess, a single
blue-stemmed wine glass which saddened me for a moment or two. Like Christmas
morning, I unpacked treasures I hadn’t seen in years including my mother’s
china sets and tea set.
All in all I am finding myself to be quite content here. I
miss some things from home, but not as much as I missed Paul and the puppies
the time we were parted.
-Patricia
What I Miss Most About My Old Home: Having people to share
with every day. I miss my friends at work who I could banter with in between
projects and learn from throughout the day. I miss my long-time friends even
though we didn’t see each other too often, I knew they were always there to
have a meal with or share an experience.
What I Love Most About My New Home: They encourage recycling
by making people pay more for trash pick up, but nothing for recycling pick up.
All our paper, plastic, metal and glass are recycled from crossword puzzle
pages, to the plastic bags we use for storage to the metal lids for our yogurt.
Very little is put in the trash – how wonderful!
3 comments:
You're already missed in Florida. Glad to hear you're adjustment is off to a great start. Keep warm!
I am missing you at work! Found out my friend is actually 75 miles South of you, but I will still try to find out more info. Stay warm.
I miss you at work! It's not the same with you gone. My friend is actually 75 miles south of you, but I will try to find out more info. Stay warm.
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