Finally, a longer blog entry! I don't know where to start really. I have so many stories to post--all about the adventures my friend Katie and I had while she was visiting me in Vegas, the 24 hour bus trip home, and my while-away hours since I got here. I won't write them all now because I am still "catching up" on my sleep from the last week of city life, let me just take this quiet nighttime moment to say: I am glad to be home. Vegas was such a bloody nightmare that anything would have been a welcome change, but being home is really the best. My Mom is mothering me which is nice and welcome after really needing to be mothered earlier this year and having her so far away. The neighbor has a posse of cats--one of which LOVES me, one of which is getting used to me and two that I am still charming into letting me pet them, so I'll be able to get my fill of warm purring fuzzies. The air here is clean and fresh with actual moisture in it and it feels so good to fill my lungs with it. The other day I was walking to the store and a logging truck passed me and for a moment the air was filled with the scent of Christmas Trees. There are also these trees here that have this great spicyish scent. I have no idea which trees they are, but I love the way they smell. It's been cloudy the last couple of days which I Love. I love cloudy weather, it makes me skippy and light. So good air, good smells, good neighbors, good Mommy, just general goodness. The way of life here is SO DIFFERENT from the city life in Vegas. People here smile at each other and take a moment to chat. The cashiers in the stores ask how you're doing and actually care about the answer. People say hello when you pass them on the street and the car drivers actually stop in the middle of the road and wave you across instead of honking and trying to run you over. The pace is slower and gentler and I dig it. It's nice to be somewhere that it is okay not to rush. Tomorrow I have an interview for a local-ish bookstore (hey, I know books) so hopefully by next week I'll have a job. Knock wood superstitious stuff. I hope I get this job. I don't know if I'm ready to jump back into the fray yet, but I need the money and if I waited until I was super ready, I'd be on a permanent vacation! Okay I am off to bed. I am going to lay under my comfy warm blankets and breathe the cool nighttime air that drifts in through my window. Mmmm happiness. Good night!