randomly chaotic and frequently mundane

So, Gage and I have moved to New Jersey.  At least for a little while.  I’m gonna get into school and get myself a marketable skill so that when we go back to Colorado there will be some employment options for me.  That would be a good thing.  I’m also gonna work on acquiring a vehicle.  Nothing perfect, but definitely something that would be able to handle the drive out there.  Preferably without blowouts or an emergency transmission rebuild.  Although that particular trip WAS an adventure, it’s not an adventure I’d be interested in re-living without the previous company.  It just wouldn’t be the same.  Especially if I have that kind of adventure with a small child along for the ride.

Being back in Jersey is rather surreal.  So much is different, and yet the same.  Apparently the grocery store has been 3 or 4 different stores since I was last here.  Now it’s a shoprite.  I dunno what all it was before that besides an IGA.  The Peking Wok is still there, so my favorite place for scallion pancakes is still about.  Excellent.  There used to be a chinese place near here in another strip mall that I go delivery from all the time.  They had no minimum order.  I actually ordered 1 egg roll once, just to see if they’d deliver it.  They did.  And it was SO good.  One of the best egg rolls I’ve ever had.  I haven’t called anyone local yet, but we’ve only been here since Saturday evening.  The flight was… interesting.  I’ll post about that later though.  Not in the mood to get into the details at the moment.

Many years ago, I went to a restaurant in Philadelphia with my brother called Middle East. The food was good, but the thing that I liked best was the belly dancers. What can I say? The way they move is just so cool. Graceful, powerful, mysterious and incredibly seductive. I’ve always wanted to learn to belly dance. Not only for the seduction value, but also because it’s great exercise and a really great way to tone your body. Afterall, belly dancers use muscles that most of use don’t even know exist. I once bought one of those little kits you find on the “impulse racks” in stores but it didn’t do much good. I don’t think I ever got the leg movements quite right and I didn’t practice enough to get the hip motion down. Some of it I got pretty quickly, the arm movements didn’t come across on paper, either. I couldn’t do what the booklet told me to do and make it look graceful. Maybe I wasn’t reading it right. I’ve been thinking about getting some belly dance videos and giving it another try. After all, if I can watch an actual person demonstrating the technique, I’ll be able to match the movement and learn it better. Which, I think, would work better for most people. I’m not really one for doing classes, just not into that. I’d rather do it where no one else can see me, until I have it down and can wow them with my dazzling skill. Then I can get myself some belly dancing music, make myself an outfit and be inspiring like the women at that restaurant so many years ago.

Well, Gage and I are getting ready to move.  I’m of mixed emotions about it I must admit.  Because the move requires a LOT of paring down, I’m getting rid of a lot of things.  Selling or throwing them away.  I have to admit that it was difficult at first, but now every trip to the dumpster with another trash can of stuff I never really needed to keep holding onto in the first place is very freeing.  It’s like therapy.  I’m letting go, cleansing if you will.  It’s very much like therapy.  I’ll be honest, since I started this process I’ve been less stressed and thinking more clearly than I have in months.

Of course I do have boxes and stuff set aside that’s Woody’s and things that I think he’d like to keep.  There are those who would say that I’m way to nice.

Having a moving sale this week as well.  Should be interesting, watching some of the bigger things go away.  I’ll miss my TV.  I might cry over that.  It’s so perfect for watching hockey games.  Which is really why we got the thing in the first place.  I want to have everything I’m taking with us (or almost everything) packed up before the moving sale starts.  I also need to scrub down the couch tonight, which should be fun.

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