Shore Me Up!

[wicce]

I finally have plans to get to the shore this year. Friends of mine know that I need to get to the ocean at least once a year in order to feel connected, grounded, sane. It's kind of a spiritual retreat thing for me. Last year (2006) I did not get to go at all. I went to Florida to see my parents in the spring, but did not get to actually go to the shore while down there..... and then with the whole problem with Ed, losing his job, getting arrested, etc, ALL bets were off last year. This year I did not even have the money to go to Florida, much less anywhere else.

But this coming September, I am going to spend a week down at the shore with my friend Kelly Bean! Yay! I think we will have a great time. We have all kinds of common interests and everything, but the number one reason I think we will have a good time is we both respect each other's need for space, so if we need alone time away from each other, neither will get offended by that!

I finally feel like I can breathe again. Just *knowing* that it's ahead of me, I can be happier. Just *knowing* that I will be going, even though it's in September, three months away, hell, I can take anything if it's only for three months.

I have survived Ed's house arrest..... it's over in two more weeks. If I made it through this, I can make it through anything.