Chin up, chest out, legs closed.

It's immensely easier to keep my chin up and chest out now that I'm not at the PooPoo's. Being away from there, ehh perhaps not so easy to keep the legs closed. But thank.god.I'm.not.there.

The Laud is an interesting place. Hectic and forever coming and going, but it has grown on me, just a bit; I don't have such negative connotations with it anymore. My course went well, it definitely wasn't intellectually challenging-- but hey, I learned how to survive at sea and fight fires. That's exciting. Quite the industry, feeling quite displaced in that respect.

AVH is back. I've spent four days with him and it feels like everything is back to normal. It's absolutely wonderful to have my "buddy" back. I'm still sporadically struggling with unease about the situation, but as the days (seem to) fly by and we have more opportunities to talk and "get to know each other again" the unease has dwindled. Trying to listen to my heart buried somewhere in there.

Tomorrow we begin the great trek to the land of snow and cold. Burr. A few stops along the way, but I am absolutely thrilled about seeing the Roni pony again...!

So, I can be found on the road.