Today we drove for about 8 or 9 hours and landed just outside of Denver. It was good restful drive (except the REALLY INTENSE driving back down the Rockies in the dark...geez). And the Rockies just looked gorgeous today. There were lots of animal tracks throughout the snow and many cross-country skiers as well. The trees were heavy with snow at times and completely bare at other times. We drove for hours and hours straight on one road that just never seemed to end, with mountains behind more mountains in the distance and tiny towns every 100 miles or so. And lots of furry cows. Very furry. They were grazing in the snow. So much snow.
I've not been getting better with this cold and it's turned into a pretty intense cough, so I actually made a doc appointment for tomorrow morning and I'm really hoping they can give me some antibiotics. Being sick while on the road is laaaaaame.
So, I'm 2.5 weeks into this 12-13 week trip. I'm not quite sure how to say this, but it's pretty great to get away from my normal influences once in a while. I mean, 3 months is a pretty epic "getting away," but in all honesty, I can already tell that it will be really good for me. I think a small part of that is that I realize that I'm really fine with just me. Before I left, I had a big fear that I wouldn't be very interesting to the people I meet and that no one would like me anywhere except Philly. I don't know why I think these things, but so far it's not been true and that's a relief. Ha!
This weekend we'll be staying with Squirrel's friend, and then all next week I'll be hangin with my Gram in Boulder. I look forward to staying in one place for more than 3 nights, having time to discuss many things with the mother of my mother, time to rest, time to read the literature I have to read for staying at Black Mesa, as well as reading the book that the Institute at Ched's is based on. And more freelance work. Hoooo... A catch-up week for sure! And hopefully a healing week. I can't have this cough anymore. It is the bane of my existence right now.
Next week I hope to also sort through some of my thoughts about where I'm heading next in my artistic career, what I'm doing in my life in Philly and at Cambria, and prep myself to open my brain to the new concepts and things I'll experience while on the Black Mesa, as well as at Ched's Institute. I'm a little intimidated by both of those things, to tell the truth. But i can't stop time. They will happen. :oD
I'm being beckoned to leave Panera Bread and make our way to our next host's house.
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