Of course the snow storm hit Atlanta the day after our Free-cycle day and we decided to wait out the poor traveling conditions.  I made plans for “bowls of bliss” from Lemongrass in Annapolis with two dear friends as a good-bye lunch.  It was so heavenly!  I mean what is better than great food with great friends?  It’s something that is so important to me; it’s been on my vision board for three years in a row!

OK, so now in this story, it’s January 10th and night falls and I get the strangest sensation…  Utoh…  Watery eyes, runny nose, sneezing, and a fever…

It doesn’t surprise me, that after all that letting go of possessions; my body decided to knock itself into bed to rest.  I was in bed for roughly 3 days consciously focusing on (it’s OK that we haven’t left yet…  it’s OK we haven’t left yet…)  That time afforded me the opportunity to slow down and remember what this is all about.  We were blessed to be able to stay at my Stepmother’s beautiful home on the Severn River that she shared with my father.  Both of my biological parents have passed away and it was such a treat to be in her home feeling that comfortable even though my father is no longer there.

I took some time to go through some old journals and throw them away.  It felt good to discard that old, kind of sad – little girl and realize how incredibly blessed and happy I am!  Talk about a color shift!  Reading all that teenage/young adult heartache just made me diagnose myself as a dark/gray/purple mess.  And now I can look at myself and see those intuitive golden rays of sunlight and know that’s me!  For someone who has always sort of been turned off by yellow – that’s saying something!!!

Back to the story – I finally felt human again on Friday the 14th and we planned to leave Saturday the 15th.  We set about packing and getting ready and before we knew it, it was dinner time on Saturday!  “Sunday it is,” we said!!!  “We swear!!!!”  Well, it happened.  Maryland is back there about 350 miles away from this chair and we are here on our way to our new life!

We made sure we stopped in a hotel with an indoor pool, so it wasn’t just a rented bed for the night, but the start to our adventure!

This has been a great day, and I’m full of the hope and anticipation of all that is happening right here and right now!  I love life and I’m so happy to be sharing it with you!

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