Two Months in California

I had this really long post and then I lost it.  I don't understand this computer sometimes.  I have no idea what I did.

It's been two months since I moved to California.  It's still so surreal.  In one way, it feels like I've been here forever and in another it feels like I don't live here at all.

The loneliness has hit hard this week.  Work has been really overwhelming.  I missed Dakota Days.  Flako's been really busy.  It's just been very lonely.  It probably also hasn't helped that I haven't really left the city since I moved here.  I went to San Diego, but because of the traffic, it didn't really feel like I left.  I also didn't see anything really.  I just went to a mall and a movie theatre.  I'm hoping to leave the city but stay in California soon.  Maybe go up to Santa Barbara for the day.  That will have to wait until November though.  October is filling up fast.  I go to South Dakota in a few weeks and then I get my first visitor that isn't here to help me move the weekend after!  Maybe I'll actually have pictures hung by then...maybe not.

I've been trying to cook more.  I haven't been totally successful as one hidden part of moving is not having important ingredients like flour and sugar.  I usually remember that I don't have those when I'm about halfway through the recipe.  I think I finally have all the basics now.  I'm hoping to make myself do more cooking.  One, it helps with making lunch because then I have leftovers for the next day (or the next three usually).  Two, it makes me feel better than living off pizza.  While I adore pizza, it's not the healthiest when you eat it all the time.

Thinking of healthy, since it's not ridiculously hot out every day, running has been getting easier.  I made my route (very) slightly longer today.  I still can't run continuously for very long, but I can tell I'm getting better.  What I really want is a bike.  I think I'm going to go looking for one this weekend.  I like bike riding.  I would do it some in Vermillion, but never did in Bellevue.  I think I would do it a lot here.  The weather makes it amazingly easy to want to be outside.  Bike riding would be easier on my body than running is too.  I also want to get a hula hoop, but a weighted one.  I had a regular one in Bellevue and it totally helped with my waist.  I think a weighted one would be even better.  It's a surprisingly good workout.  I started looking for ones online but I got distracted by dart boards.  I also want a dart board.

I don't feel like I've been as good keeping in touch with people in the last few weeks.  I'm not sure why.  I think because I've been homesick/lonely and in a way, think that talking to people back home might make it worse.  I forget that it will probably make it better.