I'm making my new home in Seattle, more so every day. It's not exactly what I envisioned or even what I anticipated when I planned my move, but it's a happy life. I've started to craft my new routine.
It may not be so glamorous. Sure, I've been on business trips, which contrary to popular belief, are not really all that fun. You're working, you're just in a different setting. And there's the whole tiring aspect of travel. And there's my girl date nights each week, and my house's Mad Men watching parties every Sunday night, and the grocery store, and the laundry. It's certainly different to get up and go to a 9 to 5 job every day, or in my case, 7 to 3:30. But it's quickly become a routine.But a lot of that routine is about the unexpected - I'll think work will be slow and then someone shows up at my desk and I'm running around the whole day, or a random friend will be passing through town and think, Mary's here, we should get together. And I love that. I love not knowing exactly what's coming - having some cosmic universe decide that for some reason my world should collide with someone else's for a minute at Starbucks, for a day here and there...or for a lifetime. Sure, people come into your life and they go. Jobs change, heck, careers change, and if you ever think for one second your life has fallen into some dull routine, think again. Every day there is a whole bunch of things left to chance. Sure there's always the possibility you'll be miserable - but there's also a chance that you could be incredibly happy...if you just look at what's around you.
PS - If you haven't checked out the new Sarah Barieles CD, this is my shameless plug for it. It's really great!
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