Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Getting back to Life American-Style

Hi all!
  I know that it has been awhile since I posted... Wow... life comes at you fast here in the States! I am struggling to reset my inner clock from "Tico Time" to "Rat Race", my head is spinning. It almost seems like I am going in slow motion and the rest of the world is a whirling blur around me. I know in time that the sensation will subside and that I will recalibrate, but it seems such a shame to lose the beautiful calm that came over me while we were gone.
 One real consolation is that now I am able to send and receive letters again! When I returned to the states and checked my P.O. Box, (not the very first thing I did, but it was one of the top 3), I found that it was stuffed full of mail goodness from my pen family...Sigh! It feels so good to be thought about... it made tears well up in my eyes. I have missed you guys! I am afraid that I have not had a chance yet to sit down and write any letters. I have been working on a set of postcards to mail out to everyone, so soon I will have something out to all the people on my mailing list. Then I will begin to work my way through the stack of lovely mail I have received. I want each of you to know how much you mean to me and how appreciative I am of your friendship. You are the best! Very soon I will see you in the mail!
 

6 comments:

  1. Welcome back to our crazy-busy home! I know the feeling you describe. Try to stay in the zone for as long as you can and enjoy your mail.

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    1. Thanks for the encouragement Pamela! I have tried to "stay in the zone", this week by staying home as much as possible, doing the list of "to dos" that I have after being gone so long... But I am enjoying the peace of being busy in my house, baking bread and listening to Pandora while I clean, straighten and reacquaint myself with my "stateside" life. Hope all is well in your world and that your mail box is full of goodies! Hugs! Elle

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  2. I sooo know about this, living in a hectic city I always feel so after coming back from Greece or Bulgaria which I fell in love with!

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  3. Hi! Cool blog! I just started one http://writing-letters.blogspot.com/ I never realized how many people are out there doing the same thing!

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    1. Welcome to my blog! I will definitely come check your out. Letter writing is such a great way to make new friends...do you think so?

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  4. Glad you enjoy my blog! Yours is entertaining as well. I will feature it on mine :)

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