Serendipity

Coming from New York, where the speed limit is set at 65 mph on the highways, imagine my (pleasant) surprise upon seeing that I could make better time (though only by a few minutes over-all) heading for Wisconsin!  I had to snap a picture of it...just because it was something new to me!  LOL  "Chicago" 168 miles.  Seeing this sign brought a kind of apprehension because I knew this city was another big one.  Being a country girl and never having visited anything bigger than Rochester or Syracuse, NY...I worried that I might get my directions wrong and get totally lost in a strange city.  My fears were unfounded...I made it through without any problems!!! All I can say about seeing the skyscrapers buried in the clouds is...wow!  Little town gal sees a big city (in daylight...I went through Cleveland and Ann Arbor in a blur)...was amazing!   Another thing that was astounding was the amount of traffic that I was in.  I am sooo not used...

I've spent the last few weeks, packing a few boxes a day, sorting things between my daughter and I...splitting stuff that was purchased together to prepare for my move to Wisconsin.  And I am happy to say that the packing is almost done!  Tomorrow we load the uHaul truck and Thursday morning, I am heading off to a new life and new adventure. There was a time in my life that I was a big risk-taker...I didn't hesitate to take a leap of faith and just go for it.  As I entered motherhood, and being a wife that changed...it was no longer necessary to act quite so impulsively.  (That's not saying that this move is impulsive...it's been carefully planned over the last couple of months!) I quit taking risks, and settled into a life of just going with the flow that life was taking me...whether I liked it or not. Then, having the nervous breakdown in 2001...well, I didn't welcome any kind of changes, hated even having my routine broke up...let alone taking any form of ri...