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It's my third Spring here. Holy moly. Things are so beautifully familiar.
The wind has picked up a bit, so while there's an hour more of daylight, it is still hard to get out the door. But these days I force myself to go to this secret Inverness spot that I am quite enjoying.
The nettle are are out. The strawberries bloom is daintily painting the forest floor.
I could see myself getting old here. Walking these lands, picnicking on the ocean, having these friends that I have known for so long.
I had stopped hiking as it made me long for companionship. Solace is key but one can overdue it.
As an an extroverted introvert, I have the perfect balance between meeting amazing people and chatting with them all day long but then when the sun sets, let me retreat to my sanctuary to rebuild for another day. The balance is the golden ticket of being with people and being with oneself and I believe I have found that golden ticket.
One of the long time residents recognized me as local the other day, that felt nice. I have definitely come out of my shell since I have moved to town. I enjoy community. And that's what you never got by traveling.
I love my job. Sometimes, on a day off, I don't know what to do with myself, because I'd rather go to work, I guess that is a good problem to have. But, now I am working on hobbies, time to write more and explore with the camera more. I have lost my love affair with my camera. Taking pictures has never been something I felt an uncontrollable urge to do. By default, I'd much rather enjoy the day but I like taking photos and I am good at taking photos. And I am out of practice on taking photos.
Last week, I had the loveliest opportunity to meet Gillian, a fellow blogger. It was some 10 years ago I was about to embark on being an au pair in Belgium (but really wanted to be in France) and she had started a blog about her experiences as a nanny in Paris. I religiously followed her blog. We ended up having so much in common, with our interest in health, to our curiosities and our love for travel and food. We followed each other for 10 years and last weekend she was in Marin and came for a visit! Oh my goodness, I saw her and ran to her and wrapped my arms around her. I had never met this woman yet felt like I was reunited with an old friend. She was such a doll. Such a lovely woman.
And these are reasons we blog and these are reasons why we open our hearts over the internet, to connect with humans, to be there for members of our tribe, stranger or not. Her honesty on her blog made me feel human many, many times.
Life is pretty amazing like that.
I have a friend who pursued a girl for 1.5 years. Told her how he felt for her almost daily. She always rejected him. Then one day, she said yes. Life is funny like that...nothing is ever final. I find this is also like sales. They may say no now, but there will come a day, when they are ready... (and Tori says, "of course, Lace, you would relate love to sales...")