Moving and facebook

We did it, we moved. On the 26th floor in downtown Minneapolis the views are magnificent. Sure I miss the old house, it was a good place for a few years but it is time for something new, I was getting bored. Thankfully Howard was willing. Now for the task of finding a new home. I have always had this fantasy of living in the sky with a great view so we shall see if I actually like it now that we have it or if a house is the next step. I am really fond of those mid century modern houses, unfortunately they are mostly in the burbs and I don't think the burbs are ready for me. It will be fun to find out what is next....

An old friend of mine from Illinois found me on Face book last week. Most of the time it is great to hear from old friends, I say most of the time because it is not always. This time it was great.

The last year of my high school days a new family moved to my boring little town. This was a rare occasion there because there was really no reason for anyone to come there unless they had family and to move there was unheard of. With me being the curious one that I am, I had to find out what they were like. Did they have horns, speak funny, eat funny stuff, you know I wanted to know what were they like? Paula the daughter was in my class at school and I found out pretty quickly she fun and exciting, she had actually been someplace other than southern Illinois, what a concept, there was another world out there and real people lived in it. We became pretty good friends and had some good times together, and I think we also did some growing up together, not all times were good but we were friends and that was what mattered to me. Then, off she went back to Texas where she came from. After that, life just got in the way I guess. I did learn that I didn't have to stay in that little town and that real people live everywhere so I decided that I had to see it all. I did see Paula and her parents once a few years later, in the 70's but that was the end of it. I often thought about her and wondered what happened, what she was up to, maybe I had a little crush on her, I am not sure but we were only ever just friends. Now I find emailing with her is a great connection with a good part of my past. I am sure glad to have found her or her me. So Paula if you read this, I am happy to have you back in my life.

What a glorious summer this has been so far.