Here it is almost two months (august 19th? - october 9th) since I came out here to the west coast and only now am I getting comfortable with looking back and wondering how it all began. Some days I feel just like Bob Dylan's Mister Jones.
I walked the beach the other morning and reminisced about my days walking Dante along the beaches and how my plans to move out here included taking the pup on walks along the Pacific coast, but life intervened and things are what they are. I hold fond memories of my past life with the pup, and I find as time goes by that I miss sharing my life with him as much now as ever. I have moved on without him physically by my side, but he is almost always in my thoughts. How strange that being as self-centered as I know I am and how cold I thought I was it took a dog/companion to teach this old dawg a few new tricks.
I've been thinking about what the pup taught me about myself and life and I feel like it was yesterday---how hopeless I felt living was way back when I adopted the pup/Dante. I had almost given up and then there was Dante. How can I explain what happened without going into far too great detail (to my liking) right now about my life at that time and the events surrounding my recovery from what now seems like a nightmare existence. How odd that part of my journey through life has been. Looking back on it all I realize I can never repay one person in particular---Joe B.---for his support of my choices and allowing me the free reign to do what I did for those years. Without Joe's understanding, patience and his steadfast belief in me I would not have been able to pull IT off.
thank you Joe.
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I've made a few new friends/acquaintances here and I am attempting to establish a few connections that were put on the back burner. Starting my life over and getting to the place I am now at has not been as uneventful or as easy as it could've been, but with all said and done I expect things could've been more difficult. I am a grateful man today.
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This is my first post from my new place and I plan on implementing a few changes of habit that should allow the time and state of mind I need in order to develop my site and web skills.
as usual
d.
Chrisy @ classmates.com
