I find myself here in Louisiana between NOLA & Baton Rouge. It's been a month since I've been here. It's definitely different, I don't live in the big city, rather a small everyone knows everyone's town. A car is absolutely needed to get around. Now what is my non driving ass supposed to do with that? I was good for the first two weeks but by week 3 I was starting to get beside myself. One thing I do know is I earned & paid for that 3wk Vacay. I saved $3,000 that year at FFA. It would've been more if I wasn't bothered beyond belief by my soon to be EX husband!
I was under so much stress dealing with that man! I didn't even realize how much until I was away from him. If I didn't explain it previously I'm in a bridge program to FFA. My host went out of her way to make sure I was able to get out & do something's. She took me to an open mic night. It was the last Ignite the Mic event. I really enjoyed it I hope it's not the last one forever. I also experienced my first Madi Gras parade. Not in NOLA in another small town. It was still wild, I almost got hit with a lot of the stuff they were throwing off the floats. I say almost because I caught most of it & dodged the rest.
In week three I got a job in retail. It seems to be somewhere I can stay for now. The job is a 6 min drive from the house, an hour & 14 min walk & a 30min regular peddle bike ride. I tried to order a Ebike to no avail. On an Ebike it would take 6 mins too. So until that is figured out my host brought me a peddle bike from Walmart. At first nobody wanted me to even ride it! I guess they felt it weird. I didn't, I couldn't wait to ride it! Granted I haven't been on a non Ebike in over 15 years!
Well my host's schedule changed at her job. She started working from 6pm until 2am not getting home until 3am. There was no way that I was waking her up at 7:30am just to drive me 6 mins. I just started leaving & texting her letting her know I arrived safely. Now on the way home there is a hill. A monster of a hill that I have a great time riding down but up is... Nobody wants me 2 walk my bike up the hill then ride the rest of the way. So I end up getting a ride home. Which is not a problem because by time I get off I don't feel like walking n-e-way.
My co-workers decided to reconstruct my bike into a Ebike, I just have to order the parts. All in all I'm good for now. I feel a little clearer in my head. I miss Los Angeles with my whole heart, but I will return. That's the first place my heart felt free. Especially when I didn't have to deal with that crazy mistake I married. Ok that was mean, my human slipped out. I meant to say when I didn't have to deal with debilitating stress. Until next time folks, as the journey to ion know where continues...
What about me !!!
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