I am still job searching, but with the holidays, there hasn't been too many options I am interested in. Another blessing is I don't have to contribute to rent, bills or groceries (thank you Samson!) so the stress of being unemployed is not so stressful. I fill my days with cleaning, cooking/baking from scratch, lunch with friends, exercise, reading mass books, doing a 1000 pc. puzzle, painting, learning to sew, decorating, organizing and re-organizing, exploring and seldom relaxing by the pool. Much to what I used to believe, lying by the pool gets old fast. Fact.
Over the holidays I went to an island in Indonesia called Gili Trawangan and then spent a few days in Ubud, Bali. I will 100% go back to Ubud. Gili T. was a once in a lifetime spot and I am so thankful I got to see it. It was primitive in a different way than camping. The lights and AC would go off often and the water probably was contaminated, but I loved it. We rode bikes (there are only two modes of modern transportation on the island: bikes & horse) and ate tons of good local food, shopped and spent 75% of our time lounging on the beach listening to Bob Marley or snorkeling with sea turtles! Oh! And I petted a 4 month old baby monkey!
We spent a few days in Ubud, Bali (a few of them required me not leaving the room cause of a stomach bug) and I want to go back and buy everything in the streets to put in my future Bellingham house. I recommend everyone go visit Ubud.
We visited temples, hence the above attire...ate delicious food, shopped more, ate lunch in a rice field, got stalked by some lizard the entire trip and found really cool art.
Life is good. I am so thankful for this opportunity, I am thankful for my support system and the new people I am meeting from all over the world. I love my life, and I thank you for being a part of it.
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