Oh no. I am totally feeling it. I can feel the approaching of our home state... Washington. Friends back home are complaining on facebook about the rain. That's when you know that things are not just wet, but really wet. We are still in California (Sonoma to be exact) & have a few more days left before we start to plan our trek home. It's warm and sunny with some clouds. The flowers are vibrant.
Steve said I was acting 'off' last night... I had a headache, was tired, crabby, and honestly think I was feeling a bit bummed to leave the desert. It is A M A Z I N G to be in the sunshine everyday and to be dry and warm and happy. I love the sun!
We have seen incredible things in the last five weeks. I cannot believe it has already been that long. Seriously feels like we've been gone for a week or less. The rhythm of life on the road is a constant smiley buzz. Ok, sometimes it's not so happy but those moments are far and few between.
What I'm reflecting on tonight is the experience of being human. There is so much to learn in our life. We can listen, watch, try, hopefully learn, reflect, change, and grow. The adventure keeps going as we age & truly we cannot predict what will happen in the next moment, even though we try.
Back home, I can fall into a rut of routines and happenings. I can predict, fairly accurately, what will happen in a typical day and suddenly my life has been a series of days strung together. Costco, errands, shopping, laundry, school work, house stuff, etc. And, at times, I ask myself what I am doing. Doing in the sense of really, what, am I doing here? I hope that when we transition back to life in a house again, I will continue to live as we've been doing on the road. Adventuring. I may not be going as far as we've journeyed, but I sure can explore and play and live life more fully.
Tonight, I spent time with an old friend of mine. We go back 20+ years and met at Prescott College. The moment I saw her waving at us as we pulled onto her street, I cried. It is so good to have old friends to connect with. We haven't seen each other for over ten years and it feels as if time hasn't passed. Love that. ♡
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