Something a bit Tookish springing up

Hello friends!

Sorry I have been incognito lately what with the whole 

-driving 14 hrs to Florida from Memphis

-Settling in the apartment

-Trying to figure out life here

-Not having internet a la casa till tomorrow 

I am just now hitting up the local Panera for some internet time...

Greetings from Orlando OVIEDO!

Come, join me here. Grab a cup of joe and let's catch up.

I'll even invite ya into my new home to sit...

Today is our one week anniversary of moving in. Tez and I will prob break out the bubbly to celebrate making it, maybe put on a little Bon Jovi, Livin' on a Prayer and have a dance party. Who knows- anything goes in Oviedo!

I kidd...

Life has been good settling in here. 

A few observations:

-When they call FL the sunshine state they don't kidd!

-People in Oviedo are genuinely friendly and that's coming from a place that prides itself on southern hospitality

- If you are needing a little conversation, the college kids at Publix who are checking you out and the people behind the deli meat counter can be good conversationalist

- I have began to enjoy the little "Florida showers"

- Puerto Rican people are all around... it's probably what heaven will be like

- You know you are from Memphis when the fact that grocery store's sell wine throws you off EVERY time you see it

That's all I got so far....

And, yes, I do miss Memphis

But I am positive this is where we are supposed to be and that confidence makes things a lot better.

We hooked up with a local church that we are excited about getting involved in.

I am still searching for a J-O-B (why don't you say a little prayer for me now that I mention it)

And I have never felt so small before.

In Memphis, I kind of feel like I own the town. I mean, I literally cannot walk anywhere without seeing someone I know. Sally from the 2nd grade, old colleagues or co-workers. 

I felt like a big fish in a small town and there was a comfort to that. A whole lot less dependancy. 

Also never before have I felt the whole, biblical aspect of "leave and cleave" until now. I don't know why, maybe b/c I had my family and friends around, who are dependable. Not that Tez is not, but never before have we had to depend on each other like this. Tez is my only close friend here, right now and while I am hoping that will change, that we will add other friends to the contact list, I have never been more thankful that I have him.

So that's all I got.

And on a little sidenote, I am reading the Hobbit for the fourth time of my life and loving every second of it.  Is it weird to say that Tolkien as narrator is like an old friend??!

I end with a great quote that encourages me from LOTR

“He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.”