After a 20 year hiatus, I returned to Pennsylvania this past weekend that we made a long weekend. It was strange to be back at first. There is simply so much that has changed, but duh, it’s been 20 years since you’ve been there. With the whole pandemic thing going on, we didn’t end up taking the anniversary vacation we really wanted (an all-inclusive, likely in Mexico) oh, and my passport issue, lol, but we still managed to get out of town and we had a great time.
See how nice I am? I even gave you pictures that you don’t have to work hard for. I give. What can I say?
I’d been hesitant to return. I had a picture in my mind that I didn’t want to see. The day that we were going to head out to the country, I was antsy as all get out. Basically, I didn’t want to be depressed by the area. Fortunately, it looks pretty good. I mean, I definitely stayed in the areas that I knew wouldn’t suck (so I didn’t go to Monessen, Donora, Smithton, Charleroi LOL) but I did drive past the old house. I was really expecting the nostalgia to hit me once we started down our road but there was nothing. It seems that I have fully moved past everything about being there. That chapter is closed. I didn’t even have a desire to have our land back. The whole book is closed and I might have thrown it in the fireplace. See ya!
Going back to PA made me realize that no, I definitely don’t want to live there, but visits are good. There really is a lot going on over there these days, but I just don’t think it’s enough to make me want to be there 24/7/365. That is NOT to say that I love it where I am. I do not. But it is where we are and it is where we’re staying so I deal with it.
After seeing all the everything over there, it has certainly made me want to see what the fuck is around here besides elderly folks. I think I’ve reached my limit of nothingness. I think that now is the time (after being here for like 2.5 years) to find some local parks for some morning grounding. Hopefully I can avoid fire ants. Ugh. I just. Ugh. I hate it here.
Anywho, it’s just a couple days into the new month and that’s always a good time to keep things poppin. Got my long string ready for lots of wand practice and a little hoop challenge thrown in there too. I’m feeling the flow arts I do believe. I gotta be feeling something, ya heard? Things have a tendency to go downhill fast (like I’m on roller skates….I have those too, lol) if I don’t have some sort of something to place my focus. I wouldn’t say I’m ADHD but I certainly have some focus issues. Case in point, I had this open in two windows and I thought that I lost all of this post. I was super mad and wasn’t going to re-do it. HA! Glad I found it.
Ok, I gotta go. I’m very behind schedule for my day and sitting here trying to pound out more words ain’t helping. Hope you’re humping on hump day.