Day 67 Aug 17 work 3pm-11pm
Day 68 Aug 18 Headed out at 8am with the roommate to Vegas, stopped at every Native gift shop along the way only to be a 1/2 hour late to the women's meeting(and had a blast), then headed to my aunts to get my hair cut while she and my mom and the dog headed to the house, he wanted to play with my mom's cat, who wasn't having it. It was entertaining to watch. Spent some time with my mom and dad and got to sleep late and woke up very early the next morning for the drive into Cali!
Day 69 Aug 19 Left around 5:30 in the morning, dropped off the dog, headed into Simi, stopped at the recycling center to drop off the bags of bottles my mom saves for me to recycle, then headed over to the Dmv to renew my drivers license. Was met by my friend who was driving me around for the weekend. After the Dmv we headed off to the committee meeting for the upcoming retreat and had a good time catching up and finishing the gifts for the retreat. Then got to hang with my other friend for the evening, catching up, talking, packing, drove out to Ventura to drop off school clothes for her grandson.
Day 70 Aug 20 Retreat Day! Last minute change of plans with my ride, but stayed in the solution and got to hang with my girls. The committee plus a few helpers all met early at Costco to get food for the retreat for the weekend. Split up the lists and everyone took a cart and went. I packed the cars and fit most of it in the chairs car, so we had very little in the second car. We still needed to stop at the grocery store to pick up a few things that Costco didn't have, stopped at El Pollo Loco for some lunch and headed up to La Casa De Maria to unload groceries and set up and wait for everyone to arrive! I won't share the retreat secrets but it was amazing.
Day 71 Aug 21 Second amazing retreat day!
Day 72 Aug 22 Fina retreat day. Another change in plans. Headed to Vegas just wasn't working out and instead of trying to fight it, I just decided to stay in Cali with my girls one more night. Although changing plans for the next day wasn't much easier then trying to get to Vegas, but it all worked out anyway. We left the retreat and a few of us headed out to Carrows in Ventura for lunch. My friend and I stopped for a walk on the beach on the way back to her house. Had a wonderful afternoon, and was exhausted by the evening. Only got a little sleep, cuz I had to be up early again for the drive back to New Mexico(so do the last 3 days technically not count as part of my New Mexico adventure?)
Day 73 Aug 23 Up early for the very long drive back to New Mexico. Somewhere along the course of the weekend I realized I wanted to be back home. I've known for a while that Cali is where I belong, and I did promise that I would stay for 3 months so in October I take my September paychecks and have a months rent and deposit and a whole lot of faith that I will be able to make second months rent. Anything to be back home. The drive was long and even though we switched drivers many times along the drive by the end of the night we were exhausted. As we turned off onto the very last freeway and the last stretch of road to switch drivers an old beat up pick up stopped in front of us, and a very handsome tall dark mysterious stranger asked if everything was alright. I smiled the best kindest smile I could muster after 13 hours of driving and assured him we were fine just switching drivers, he got in his car and went on his way. A short while up the road he turned into an old warehouse type building that looked nothing like a house and was gone. Perhaps it was just an angel reminding me that I am always protected. At some point along the drive I had called to ask what time I was working the next day to discover I had the day off, which rocked. So we decided we would head to old town, where I would meet Pancho and Rosie. Yes, they do exist and soon I will post pictures.
Day 74 Aug 24 We headed into old town in the afternoon and explored some cool shops. We stooped for dinner at a very luxurious restaurant that was super delicious. It was a fantastic afternoon/evening.
Day 75 Aug 25 work 3-11
Day 76 Aug 26 work 3-11
Day 77 Aug 27 work 3-11
Day 78 Aug 28 work 2-10
I haven't done much the last week besides maybe a few errands. Didn't wake up to go to Tai Chi on Tuesday or Thursday this week. The more and more isolated I become, the more and more isolated I want to be. I missed out on Na's birthday celebration, and was completely bummed. I will also miss out on the party on Sunday. I actually asked my boss if I could switch to full-time grave, and she was thrilled to have me offer! In one week I get my life back, then I can do things like Na stuff! And in one more month or thereabouts I'll be back in Cali! Ever since I made that decision I've been wrestling back and forth with it in my head. Do I stay an extra month and save more money? Do I go in October cuz I really want to be back? Did I even try to get involved in acting here? I'm sticking with my decision to go back, but hopefully I won't be so spiritually depleted once I switch to grave and can get back involved with recovery.
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