Its only money

In the process of moving, I must have left my car unlocked and someone helped themselves to so money that I had in there (Yup, I learned my lesson - no more leaving money in the car!). Its funny because there was other stuff in my car as well - some jewelry, my passport, etc. but all they took was the cash. While I feel violated - I also feel thankful that they just took the money and left the valuable stuff. In terms of money - the cash was probably more valuable then what they didn't take, but its replaceable, the other stuff- well that would have been a nightmare and while not valuable - I'd have hated to have had my stuff stolen as most of it has memories attached and was given to me by special people who have touched my life. And at least with the car being unlocked all my windows are still in there. For me its a reminder that not all people are to be trusted. Also, I'm lucky because I can say - its only money and move on to always double-check the locks. Its sad that this is this is the world me live it, but then again I think its always been that way.

I'm going to hope that this was someone who was really down on their luck and need money for food and rent. Also, Karma's a pain and what goes around comes around.

This of course happens in the middle of my quest to let go of things, reduce, and simply. I guess I needed to let go of some money and be reminded that I am truly blessed because I have enough to let go. In the future, I'd like to be in-charge of the letting go and the picking who it goes to though.

A year

Okay - sooo its been a long time since my last post so a quick catch-up timeline of the high points of the last two years:

Feb 28, 2010 - completed my first Marathon in under 6 hours and had a blast though it was rough at points.

May 7, 2010 - graduated with my MPH in Epidemiology (no picture because I didn't go to the graduation ceremonies because I was to burned out from trying to finish everything so I could graduate on time).

August 28, 2010 - Arrived in Augusta, Maine to start work with the state (I'd never been to Maine, so why not just move there for a while - that was my thought behind the move!)


Okay so we're all caught up and back to the present in July 2011.

Almost a year ago I move from Florida to Maine. While I knew it was going to be a cold, dark, long winter, I still wasn't prepared. I did make it, though not always as gracefully as I'd have preferred.

I did learn may may things:

- how to shovel my car out of 18" of snow (okay - maybe it was only 12, but it seemed like 18" to this southern gal)
- that downhill skiing is awesome and scary and needs to be done repeatedly!
- when you're ice climbing you must trust the ice tools and crampons to work and keep you stuck on the ice
- that good friends/roommates are recommended for survival, but are required in my case (I love you all!)
- that sliding down hill backwards in my car is NOT fun (it was controlled so nothing was damaged and no one was hurt, but still!)

And most notably - that I was not made to thrive through cold, New England winters.

While I called a truce with winter and Mother Nature, a Maine winter really isn't something that I enjoyed or wanted to repeat - therefore Arizona here I come!!


I will miss all the wonderful people that I have met here, but I'll be back - maybe for a ski trip or a cool week on a Maine lake. I'm like a bad penny - I always turn up!