Our minds are amazing. A quote that screams out to me is, "wherever you go, there you are".
We seem to have a natural setpoint for happiness and we can fiddle with our surrounding, buy a new car, etc., but eventualy we settle in to our original setpoint. The newness of AK is wearing off and I have settled at my original setpoint. I still like chopping wood, but it is a pain in the butt when you have other things to do....and I am a little frustrated that it is 77 bloody degrees in here right now.....a side effect of the less delicate controls of a wood stove. No fear, I can count on 65 degrees before morning! Hahahaha.
The newness of the relationship is wearing off and we are getting more real now. It is certainly more expensive to live here, but the air is clear and people are so darned nice. We still love it here, but we are tempering the reality of being up here, with the distance of family and the ease of life in Idaho...but we are adjusting. I' be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to spring! The weather is fine, but I'm looking forward to getting back on my bike and being free from fossil fuels for a while. My old hockey team played the first playoff game tonight and I felt a twinge of sadness that I wasn't involved. I miss my buddies. That was the best locker room I ever experienced and I miss it. I particularly miss Dan Burgett, Monte and Gary Brookshire and Ken Malach. It's funny how you take so many things for granted until they are no longer part of the norm. There is a price to be paid for a life of adventure. Business is good, but it remains to be reflected upon.....the truly most important things in life. Either way, there is plenty to learn and life is full of surprises. Live and learn! I don't know if it is the wine (Im 3 glasses deep) or just the mood of sentimentality..but I'm missing people right now. I love it here, but I miss my family and buddies. It will take a while to build that here. Come visit!!
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