Tuesday, June 24, 2008

My Life, the remix

Well gang, I am fresh back from a New Jersey trip which has breathed a tremendous amount of life back into this tired soul. I wish I had had a chance to do some west Jersey, eastern PA fun, but it was all centered around Bergen county and a bit of NYC. This time around we had no health crises or lost documents or major calamities of any kind.

(Well, in typical Liz Shaw fashion we did have a very bizarre occurrence the morning I left. I opened the garage to an almost infinite number of MAGGOTS on the garage floor that my mother had to rectify for me. At 6:30am that is really not a welcome sight, but there was a plane to catch and I wasn't going to let 1,000 maggots from dampening my spirits!)

Another beautiful get-away filled with great friends, good foods, lots of support, and a plethora of good vibes. I only cried once! I'm able to drive past my old houses and feel content with how I left them and happy for the people that inhabit those very special places. I think I have desensitized myself to these sights. I have driven past them so many times that I no longer feel the loss.

The places I hit: Lodi, Wood-Ridge, Rutherford, Hackensack, Englewood, Secaucus, Suffern NY, Manhattan, Brooklyn (especially Coney Island!).

The things I did: ate at Pizzatown, USA, Bonefish Grill, browsed houses to buy in Wood-Ridge, went to the Mermaid Parade, had margaritas, martinis, and beers, played around on Facebook, connected with some awesome people (you know who you are!!!), traveled by air with two kids, rode on trains and subways, and harnessed a lot of positive energy that I managed to bring back to FL.

The people I saw: JH and Mariela, family, LW, SM, KAS, NANA!!!, my sister-in-law and her husband, RAS senior...would love to have seen more but time only allows so much.

What I learned: that I'm totally going to be able to pull off this move, that something positive lies within me, that I don't need to hate FL to move away from there, that happiness isn't just right around the corner---it lives inside of me for ever and ever. There will always be good days and bad days, but that overall my life is composed of good. That it is perfectly acceptable for me to be content despite the crazy things that have gone down. That I am capable.

Whoever the heck has been praying for me and wishing good things for me, and I know that there are at least a few of you, THANK YOU! I am returning the favor. Right now, I have a lot to focus on, but I promise that I am wishing the same for you!

Also, anyone interested, please join Facebook. It is fun!

Love all youz guyz...