Moving

Nothing exciting to report this week. Moving, packing, sorting,cleaning. Flooding due to my first experience with the Southwest monsoons - who knew? All week it's been raining off and on - what a pleasure! The high desert certainly needs the rain. Last night it rained so hard during the night that it came in my skylight window and soaked a portion of my comforter - but didn't wake me up.... Last night after I got home from Santa Fe from my last writing class with Natalie Goldburg the bathroom was flooded - oh well, I hadn't mopped that floor yet.

Everything smells great - the rain sets off the scent of sage which is wonderful. The flowers are in bloom everywhere and for the first time since I've lived here I feel like I'm in New England - everything is so green. The leaves are out, in the cottowoods, the bushes and evergreens are sparkling. The woman, Genny, who's living at the place I'll be moving to on 6/1 is a gardener and she's gifting me with alot of perennials, pansies and the like in the back yard of the new apartment. Now it will be up to me to keep them thriving. A bit of a challenge. I'm not gifted with a green thumb - although I do remember the window boxes I had on the deck in Meredith every summer filled with annuals. She also has a bird bath and two hooks for bird feeders.

For my birthday and as a reward for all my hard work this week I'm going to Ojo Caliente tomorrow - it's free on your birthday which is a great bonus.... Soaking all day in the hot springs, bringing a book, my cowboy hat, sunglasses and sunscreen. Maybe the mud bath will be open. And dinner with a friend at Graham's Grille ($15 coupon on your birthday) - the place of the BEST key lime pie. Then Friday I will spend the morning moving what I can to my new apt and then off Friday night to Durango, Co, to spend the weekend with Jenn, my daughter, a continuation of birthday celebrations....