Saturday, May 31, 2014

Hey - what the hell are you doing?

Yeah, this is my first post.  It should have gone live yesterday, but I wimped out on hitting submit.  I agree, it needs definite refinement.  But I'll get that going as soon as I can figure everything out. 

I'm a petite divorcee, living in the "Inland Empire", as locals call it.  It is the largest area I've ever lived in.  I never planned on calling the Inland Northwest a home.  Growing up, once a year, we came to blow our babysitting savings at Norstroms, and swim in a pool that was actually inside a hotel, that had a elevator.   Honestly, it never felt like home. 

So what got me to come back?

Love.  Head over heels type love.  He proposed and I was filled with images of white picket fences, wine-tasting parties, tulips, and happiness.  The reality?  I was chastised from the words "I do."  Abused, admonished, and eventually left to rot.  But I pulled through.

More about that later, this post is about today.  Butte tough, I am.  Look it up, I don't know how to link it yet.   I'm getting my groove on, and finding new things to celebrate.  I still don't feel like I belong here, and that is the basis of this blog.  Fitting in.  I'm very single in a city that prides itself on being matched up.  I am childless in a city that proclaims to be all pro-child.  I have a 12.5 foot kayak in an area that boldly supports 9 foot whitewater adventurists. 

So for today, this is it.  Not my best intro, certainly not my funniest.  But I promise to give you more, just hang on.   

love,
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