Transition
It seems that I am not really using this space right now. I just haven't had time to read or write here. I rented the house I was living in within 2 days of putting it on the market. I moved out of there and into a spare room at a friend's place temporarily. Then I got sick again. These things have all kept me very nearly 100% consumed.
Otherwise, I have been using a paper journal. Growth and movement in the last 6 months has been too vast to encapsulate, and trying seems trite next to reality. As I've worked my way through the darkest, ugliest parts of my past, I've found myself more deeply introspective and somewhat discrete about it. It feels like I've been kind of in another incubation period.
At present, I've been well for 2 days, and working my butt off to get ready to leave in what is now less than a week. I'm leaving Chico May 18 to go to San Jose, CA, where I will stay until May 27, when I leave for Peru.
My plane ticket is long since purchased, because I actually borrowed money for the first time in my life (*gulp*). The deposit for the program is paid, because I used what would have been rent money (very purposefully planned that way). I've raised about $400 to take with me to Peru (the whole thing is costing about $5k). I still have supplies to purchase, and am using a credit card for it, which isn't the most pleasant feeling, but I'm doing what I have to for this to happen. It's too important not to. I'm still trying and hoping to raise funds, but I'm not counting on that, because I suck at asking for help, especially money, so we'll see how everything works out.
I've been using Facebook for very short updates, and for keeping in touch with others at a level that time allows for. (Call me a traitor, if you must!) If you have a Facebook page, and we're not friends, let me know.
Once I leave for Peru, I won't be using my regular Facebook page or this blog much, if at all, for the duration of my trip. Internet access will be available, probably around every other week, and I have special sites set up for that. In case you're interested in following the journey, I'll be using a Facebook page called Healing Season, and a blog here.
I hope everyone is well.
Here we go again.
Otherwise, I have been using a paper journal. Growth and movement in the last 6 months has been too vast to encapsulate, and trying seems trite next to reality. As I've worked my way through the darkest, ugliest parts of my past, I've found myself more deeply introspective and somewhat discrete about it. It feels like I've been kind of in another incubation period.
At present, I've been well for 2 days, and working my butt off to get ready to leave in what is now less than a week. I'm leaving Chico May 18 to go to San Jose, CA, where I will stay until May 27, when I leave for Peru.
My plane ticket is long since purchased, because I actually borrowed money for the first time in my life (*gulp*). The deposit for the program is paid, because I used what would have been rent money (very purposefully planned that way). I've raised about $400 to take with me to Peru (the whole thing is costing about $5k). I still have supplies to purchase, and am using a credit card for it, which isn't the most pleasant feeling, but I'm doing what I have to for this to happen. It's too important not to. I'm still trying and hoping to raise funds, but I'm not counting on that, because I suck at asking for help, especially money, so we'll see how everything works out.
I've been using Facebook for very short updates, and for keeping in touch with others at a level that time allows for. (Call me a traitor, if you must!) If you have a Facebook page, and we're not friends, let me know.
Once I leave for Peru, I won't be using my regular Facebook page or this blog much, if at all, for the duration of my trip. Internet access will be available, probably around every other week, and I have special sites set up for that. In case you're interested in following the journey, I'll be using a Facebook page called Healing Season, and a blog here.
I hope everyone is well.
Here we go again.