Changes

I was nervous to move. I cried often as I said good bye to something I loved. I truly sat in two emotions at the same time. Is that possible? They say not but it sure felt like it. Excitement for something new...sadness for something past.

I moved on June 25. So far I have loved it!!

There are many little shops to sit and eat or drink while reading a book. There is a bike trail that extends way north to downtown Indy that runs right through broad ripple. My office is a 15 minute walk (at my slow leisurely pace). The house has these great mature trees and I am so a forest girl. The backyard is/will be beautiful. It is a little garden. I love to sit there and read a book or meditate. Honestly, I feel like I am in a little European city where I get to walk to everything and sit in cafes.

Get this...friends actually just stop by. They are walking dogs or just out and decide to stop by because they live so close. And the neighbors actually talk to us.

The pace suits me. The environment suits me. Funny...for years I didn't want to come down to Broad Ripple because everyone else was doing it...I wanted to be me. The truth is I probably would not have enjoyed it the way I do now. The journey of life lets you appreciate things much differently at different stages of life.

Even with this, it still doesn't feel like home...I feel like I am on a great vacation. Hopefully 5 years from now I will stink'n love this vacation.