Who would have thought I'd find paradise in New York (state of course, I'm not a big city kind of gal)? It's beautiful here...well of course it's getting very wintered over, but there are more trees here, a LOT more, I thought there were a lot of trees in Illinois/Indiana area, there were three local nature preserves. Nothing like the area of New York I live in, I feel like I'm living in one of the nature preserves here, and no matter whose house I visit I feel like I'm in a house in the woods. Instead of all those corn fields and other crops there's more trees here, there's a tree everywhere there can be one, growing around the local structures, integrated into the city itself even though I'm in a bigger, more populated area with a lot more stores and such to visit and things to see, I feel like I'm in a wooded little town. It was absolutely gorgeous in autumn, all of the rolling hills and small mountains provided breathtaking sights from higher vantage points, you had the front tree line sights of autumn you got in the Illinois area which were beautiful, but here you could add looking from a higher vantage point at rolling hills and small mountains in the distance all splashed in autumn colors, hedged in the personal splendor of sugar maples of up close. I so wanted a picture of it, maybe next autumn *sigh* Definitely the stuff that nature photos are made of.

Meditation has taken a back burner unfortunately, so has exercise. I really want to get that back on schedule. Lately I've been suffering a lot more allergy attacks, cleaning things that haven't been touched for awhile, he kept a decently tidy place but didn't dust, etc. I think I might be developing asthma too but I'm not sure. I get moments where I cough and wheeze and it's hard to breathe, happens the most when I get down near remote corners and vacuum with the hose part, stir up dust, cat fur and more. I have all but one room finished, and half of that room is finished, the other half, with the two desks and table with all the computers on it is a day or two job in and of itself that's going to take some of Delos' time as well, which he doesn't have much off from work. I've just been taking the stance that as soon as everything is thoroughly clean and I do the upkeep the allergies and possible asthma will relax. They were relaxed some from late summer and fall until I started thorough cleaning again. And don't worry about my choice in fiancé, I insist on doing this myself, letting him help whenever he has the energy left over from work. I don't have a job and I know (and he's told me) that if I had a job he wouldn't hesitate to help clean and do theh ouse upkeep.

Pretty soon I will go back to the meditation and exercise/yoga, I promise, not just to you but to myself. I feel so much more unclouded and focused when I do those things, I need to go back to them and writing too! Damn these infernal allergies!

I found a new group website too! I found it from an enviromentalist website on women of inner strength and beauty. It's http://www.care2.com you give clicks to certain causes you want to support and sometimes people donate and sometimes you're just heard and you can socialize with the other people in the group too. Sounds like it'll be interesting ^_^

08/30/05 :: 01/13/06

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