Redirection Road

I started the new year off by looking over my trip across the country. I love having the availability to check in with the past through my meanderings and videos on my blog. It was actually fun traveling cross country, even though it was stressful too. It was the first moment when my divorce became real. There were good moments for both me and the pud, the major stressed out rescue pud.

Also, this is the first week where I feel like I am home, even though I don’t have a physical home yet….. Virginia is my home and it does feel good to be here.

Beautiful foggy morning…..It snowed last night. It is only 31 degrees so most of it melted by morning. There is a little on the decks and speckled through the yard. The temps are dipping again so I may see more soon.

Split Block

I started this post at the beginning of January and so much has happened. It is weird how positive I was at the beginning and then the walls came tumbling down. I had an insanely horrible week of hostile realtors, bad news from the court and more hostility from my landlord’s ex wife. Who, I might say, is an absolute horror of a human being. Mostly my excessive bad news was all in one day, which just was too much after everything else. …… So……..! I went through this dark period, but am slowly digging my way out of this mess.

Surely I am being tested!

I found a new place to live, not ideal and I am being so taken advantage of, but I need the stress of possible homelessness removed. Lots of new expenses and moving stress. I had to take a year lease so there is that. I have absolutely no idea of where my divorce is going in the CA courts. It is a wonder anything gets done there at all. I am so glad I do not live in California anymore. It really pushes home the point of dysfunctional bureaucratic institutions. One thing about Virginia, the courts here are organized and get it done in a reasonable amount of time.

My experience of people in Louisa has not been stellar either. I was looking for a home here, but with everything that has happened, I have decided not to look in Louisa. I am not sure where I will be moving, but I have a year to work that out. Who knows, I may go to West Virginia?

Anyway, I try and be positive here and look for the good so I will get back on that track. The mantra for February is to work on my internal peace. Some old sage said, “as within, so without” so I will work on that.

I leave you with this video of the pud. 🙂 Circe has such a lady-like swish when she walks. It just cracks me up.