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Today I hung out with Patty. I had so much fun! I will post more photos soon.
We took a walk in the urban trails of Flagstaff. She is an ethnobiologist. She showed me some new plants, and had me smell some great plants too. She was fascinated with the snowflakes, about 3 or 4 inches fell overnight and this morning. We began eatting snow by picking it up with our hands. Then we walked up to a fallen tree amidst a large secluded area of the park. I bent over and started eatting directly, no hands involved. She looked at me and said, "I like your technique there." and we both started laughing really hard.
It was a soul soothing morning.
Earlier in the week I came home feeling disjointed and ill at ease. I felt like I needed a job at that very moment and allowed the ambiguity of this time to overwhelm me. David said something that clicked, "We are putting just too much pressure on ourselves. How long have we been here? 6 weeks?" and I allowed myself to calm down.
Angela later said, "you need to foster your inner Erin Brockovich. Walk into the place where you want to work and tell them to hire you. If they don't like you, tell them they can fire you".
I like this advice.
It is time to reinvent myself, ourselves. This is the awesome thing about living in the United States. We have the ability to move. To make things happen for ourselves.
Our closing date on the house is scheduled for January 23. Excitement.
So walking with Patty, talking, being outdoors for so long was good for me. Allowing myself to relax was what I needed. And then all of the sage words of advice I have gotten this week settled in.
Thanks folks.