This is time and time again another installment, of what has crossed my mind and what has transpired in the several months since I have been down in Boise.  I have finished my Spring semester Whoop!  I have learned a lot about the inner workings of Boise, and had my eyes opened to art, history, and the many perspectives of our city, state, nation, and world as a whole.  The many pints of Men's Room Red, and the longing's of the home brew from the north sometimes make me miss home. ah, home is where the heart is!  I have made a tent stake here as of now, and wait till the feet start to itch and I begin to wonder once again! ha ha   
I had a unexpected visitor this week, a partner of mine at work.  It was the best feeling in the world!  Whoever was ordering a permit for a super load that may have to bypass bridges...I'm sorry I'm on break!  LOL    

School is out for summer, and I came across a young girl in one of my classes. Just barely 18, saying she didn't know where to go or who to listen to on where about going after Spring semester.  Go Seattle, Go somewhere, blah blah join Military....  I told her, from my years of experience as a proxy Gypsy. (joke) , that the first step is always the hardest. If you believe in yourself, accept the consequences of your decisions, and take an exhale and make the first step, your golden!  Then I looked at myself , and at where I have been, and where I am going. 

I love it.    Just this past year.  Some memories stand out.   Xmas spent with Phil.  Met the Murphy's , again!  Ran my 2nd 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles) on a belly full of yesterday's beer and tasting the Ghost Pepper Chili. DO NOT RUN  ANYWHERE IF YOU HAD  GHOST PEPPER CHILI!!!    This has been tested...and a lot of blood and tears have been spilled! :)  Shot some guns....almost blew my finger off! Nah, just a flesh wound...just some powder tattooing .   Moved to Boise, and met my co workers.  All that came to mind is Mos Eisley.   Seriously.    Had Thanks Giving at Kevin's parent's house.  Most epic Thanks Giving ever!  Met Moxie Java & Boomer (Tooter) and it occurred to me.  Moxie remembered me.  If you ever want to see unbridled joy at missing someone so long, meet a dog, go away for a month or two. and reappear.  I think dogs know something in the universe about what's important than some people down here I've met miss out on every day. 

A full circle has been complete.  Next month it'll been a full year.  A year since I've been away in  CDA.  The pangs of homesickness have faded only a bit, but I hope to finish what I've started, and see again the people I miss so much!  Boise has been a blast, but just miss waking up, looking out on the lake CDA, and running around and biking around. 

As I train for the Ironman 2012 by next MONTH!  I hope to finish.  It's like climbing Mt. Everest on the 1st try.  It's what I need to do and I keep in my mind every day.   Why I do it?  Simply put, I want to see what I can do.  What I can achieve.  We have come so far, and I know good things are on the horizon.  :)