On your mark, get set, GO!

After 22 years, and about 5 months, I am a resident of California again. My transition here has been an easy one, for the most part, and that is not a difficulty if you could see this place and know these people. I feel so much at home here with Kent and Jeri Rianda (my wonderful home-openers). Kent is the more driven, task-oriented, detailed entrepreneur, who is always full of stories. Jeri is more mellow, and probably less by-the-book I would guess. None of her recipes ever come out the same (she says), she loves to experiment and doesn't usually plan, though everything she makes turns out amazing (so I heard and now I know for myself). They have a golden retriever named Honey, who, needless to say, is pretty mellow, but man can get you all wet. They also have a chiwawa named Minny, who is adorable and surprisingly not yippy at all. My room is beautiful. The walls are painted a warm tone of yellow, and sponged over gold, the decor and furniture (I have a really cool sleigh bed with drawers underneath) are kind of victorian with this outdoorsy touch. The linens are shades of yellow, gold, and red in paisley and stripes. Totally me. Seriously, it is the most comfortable bed I have EVER slept in! I could write a whole blog about my bed - ha ha! It is a great room, and it feels like sunshine and I love it!
I had some good time with Matt and Abby today, and already they have things for me to do. Each moment proves my fears wrong, and my doubts are dissipating. My life is gonna get pretty crazy from here on out. It's funny cause I wasn't expecting it to pick up so fast so soon, its like on your mark, get set, GO! I love it. This week we are going camping for a few days with a bunch of other families in the church, then this weekend we are doing the clean-up for a big fare to help raise funds. That'll be over late Sunday night, and we leave at about 3am Monday to drive to LA, to fly to Mazatlan, to chill on the beach for a week, come back for a week, program starts, and the insanity begins for the next nine months. Its basically awesome. So y'all, I'm doing great. I am so blessed. I am getting a CA drivers license and gonna get my class B license so I can drive the van. Its gonna be a life-changing nine months. Like having a baby or something, I might come out the other end a whole new person.