I'm a comin' home, but I'm not there yet. I'm spending my last days in
Oz in Noosa Heads, the Sunshine Coast resort town that's kinda like
Rehobath Beach in Maryland, Malibu in Cali, Seaside in Oregon. It's
summer weather here during the day - tons of people in singlets and
shorts, and people swimming! I watched two young boys playing in the
waves last night, just lolling about in the water while I sat and held
off the shivers in the wind. Australians are a hardy breed.
I thought I would do some processing of my time at Chenrezig while I
was here, and maybe that's happened, but for the most part, I eat,
think about eating, read and watch waves on the beach. It's pretty
good. Lately the book is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and I
wonder if JK Rowling put a witching spell on it because I can't put it
down! It is sooooo good! I'm so glad I'm at a point I can laugh out
loud at burping slugs and misbehaving leprechauns. Last night people
asked me what I was reading to get such a response.
I guess the one thing I have done is sign up for Facebook and learn
that possibly everyone I've ever met is on there. Wow! Imagine how
many people I'll know once I get a photo posted to it. It's like
having community available all the time. Wow.
Pretty much as soon as I get home, I'm leaving again for Texas, to
meet Bree and see some of those things called relations, and to road
trip home through the SW and I guess the North central part. I'm
aching to see mountains and I hear the Grand Tetons are spectacular.
One of the vollies at CI is in love with the U.S., and the way she
talked about being there helped me to see what an amazing country I
live in and how lucky I am to be live there. I'm quite excited to be
coming home, I can't think too much about it or I'll implode. One
moment at a time...
So, Aug 4 home, Aug 8 Texas, after that, who knows?
People ask me if I know what I'll be doing when I return to the states
and to be honest, I still don't know. No great career path has
blossomed in a dream, and I was told to let go of having one. That's
pk by me! The big difference is that now I'm ok with not knowing. I
know where I am right now, and maybe I know my next step and that's
all I need to know. I've spent too much time beating myself up about
not knowing.
