Stepping Out

I made all my goals yesterday - booked the Weaving Class, booked trip to Australia, -- now that is huge... and now will finish that trip - by booking hotels and side trips. I have travelled to other countries, but never totally on my own - usually a convention and then once I am acclimatized I go off on my own... I have realized if I want to travel I need to do it on my own - I know I will meet people once I am there. I am thinking of booking rail travel ... have to do some more exploring... but would be a great way to see the country without driving... a very large country... takes 15 hours from Sydney to Brisbane -- so I may take rail one way and fly back... and I do have the time... so will now work on my itinerary - it can be flexible -- but I need to venture out. I can remember a time after my divorce when I had the boys that I had a hard time getting outside my boundaries - could hardly go to Vancouver alone - and would not take the boys anywhere I had never been... so I have come a long ways... I am excited that I am doing this... if I can go to Australia - next trip I can go to where the language is different. And it has taken me a while to get and learn how to weave - and today I will send the deposit... yahoo... I am excited.. and then will look into spinning next. I have two walls painted the other two will be done today... I am not missing work one bit.. hardly even think about it.. it took so much out of me that I had no time or energy for the fun things... and to be healthy I need exercise, nutrition, friends, and creativity... doing new things that I love that challenge will help my brain age.... The education environment robs you of being a healthy person -- and now I am moving on to health - with the small contract of 10 hours a month it will be enough to live on ... exciting steps forward... these are the years I need to create meaning and memories...