moving back to SD

Have I mentioned how I hate to move? Have I mentioned how I hate (or more like it, grow bored) with staying in the same place too long? (sighing) There is something definitely wrong with me... so we flew back on May 5th (Cinco de Mayo, dude!) and slept in my Mother-in-Law's house for the past week while I helped my dad travel the kidney stone procedure journey that he is currently on (and boy, I so do not want to walk down that path!), and finally moved the trailer with Heather's (another homeschooling mama) help this past Monday, the 16th.

So now, as I gaze on the clothing littering the couch (there is a couch under there, right?), and wonder what the heck needs to get done next so that I don't end up driving back to the same store over and over again, I sit back and notice that May Grey is the predominant feature of San Diego right now, and that my cozy little trailer is home to me, just as the boat is home to me. While I am not an interesting enough person who would be caught in a "torn between two lovers" scenario, I can't help but feel a wee bit like that over the fact that when I am at the boat, I love it; when I am in the trailer, I feel all warm and cozy and love it.

Yeah, definitely something wrong with me. San Diego! Here I am!

All Good Things...

The cruise has been great. Images from different islands, the cruise on the river in San Blas, have been flitting through my head. But we leave tomorrow to fly to San Diego to go help my dad with his health issues. Almost all the people here are just the best! Tami off "Andiama" and her kids. Andrea off of "Safety Cat" and her daughter Pari. All the kids here at Marina La Cruz & their respective families, all of them are such great people! I am so going to miss everyone. (but not the humidity and heat that is gradually building...)

I've packed. Leo has packed. I will get Teresa to pack soon (of course, knowing her, she has all ready taken care of it). My last yoga class with Lee leading was this morning. We will go out to breakfast tomorrow morning and I will say good bye to the boat for who knows how long... I am making lists of stuff that needs to stay on the boat, stuff that needs to be taken off the boat, and stuff that needs to be given away.

While I do miss certain things that I can only get in the U.S., and of course friends and family, I am really going to miss this place. Its hard to think of being away for 6 mos. or being away until Jan. (if John's work in Jordan flies us out there for 6 mos. starting in mid-Sept.), but there are so many people that I will get to see in Los Angeles, in San Diego and foods that I have missed (hello! Trader Joe's!), movies to see, and of course my Dad. I thought I was going to leave in sadness, but I can't. Not really. I have so much that I am thankful for, healthy kids, a great husband, a boat that I love, a lifestyle that I am always amazed at living...

I hope you take a moment out and think of all the good things in your life and just be grateful for that moment. No need to dwell on it, just be grateful and then keep on moving forward! Love my friends so much, both in Mexico, in the U.S. and all around the world...