happiness is a state of being … right?
My Sunday Funday Blog… and it is Sunday, March 1st
The time has come, the Walrus said, and I think I’m now ready to give up my southern home. The States have started a war, and I really don’t feel good about being here anymore. I need to be home in Canada, I just do. It’s not like I have a lot of friends here; I actually don’t. I like to speak freely and express my opinions, but I’m not at home, and everyone has a gun here.
Maybe that’s the reason why everyone is so closed-mouthed? It could be this, or is it just in the southern states where tRump has his disciples? I’m going to pay for this, I know, but I just don’t care anymore. I’m done, and I need to be back home where sanity prevails in our political world. I’ve tried not watching the news, but it’s just not possible for me.
I need to feel safe, and I like having friends who like me and not just putting up with me because they have to. My happiness is important, and why be somewhere that isn’t conducive to this? So, this is what I’m writing about today. I’ll actually list my place tomorrow and start making plans to go home. I’m booked into the Civic Centre at the end of March to sell my book at a women’s craft fair. So, it will be after that.
I’ll visit my friend Chef Nettie and her family on my way home, and maybe stop in St George, Utah, to visit another friend. This is a wake-up call for me, and I’m feeling better having finally made this decision. I love my place here, but I’ve been feeling fenced in and alone, so what’s the point? We need to have joy in our hearts and in our lives, and if that is missing, then … move on : )
I’m not a loner and never have been. I love people and places and my life. We only have this life, so we need to live it fully, and that’s not happening here for me. I also miss my family, even though they have their own lives and I don’t see them as much as I want to. We do what we have to do, and I feel a great weight lifted from my shoulders just from writing this.
It’s going to be almost 100 degrees here today, very unusual weather, but cooling off by the end of the week. I’m making borscht today, I know, but I had some turkey stock in the freezer I needed to use up. AND I want to eat some bortsch, so there’s that : ) I guess I’ll have to use up everything in my fridge if I’m leaving in a month.
We have a park-wide garage sale happening at the end of this week, so I hope to clear out a lot of stuff I’ve been hoarding. This is going to be challenging for me; I love hoarding stuff. I need my niece here, or my daughter-in-law, they know how to get rid of stuff! Fortunately, all my household stuff can stay as I’m selling it furnished, dishes, bedding, and everything, so that’s a bonus.
I’m feeling lighter already, and I haven’t done a damn thing… omg, I hope I’m not delusional. Old age is a thing, and I need to pay attention to what I need to do as well. Putting all this down in writing is making quite a commitment for me, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? So, if any of you reading this know of anyone who wants to buy a place here in Yuma, I’m selling!
I’m already looking forward to going back home, and it’s not like I don’t have a pool in my condo. Water is my happy place, and I use the pool most mornings. I get my best ideas while exercising in the pool, and I figure out a lot of stuff there as well. My trip to the pool early this morning was probably instrumental in helping me figure out what I should do here.
America is also a part of Canada and Mexico, but I don’t feel the same way anymore. We are being disrespected and selling our places and staying away in droves. I’m not alone, I know, but being here is no longer an option for me. I feel lighter and happier now that I’ve made this decision. AND may the force be with me : ) !!!!!!
Thanks to all who read my blog, I appreciate you.
OH… and my book on Amazon is also an e-book as well, as of today! I will be doing an audio one when I get back home.
And ALSO in the future: I have another book that is shaping up. It will be titled “The Happy Cooker.”
yep, life is good
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March 1st. 2026
Pic is of me in my twenties, and my first life. I’ll be starting my fourth life very soon