SETTLING IN ... soon
Interesting is it not ... the way we make plans and then the Universe seems to have other ideas. Here i am sitting in the corner ... raising my hand but the teacher does not notice me. Though i do not want to be so ensnared in STUFF as previous, i find over the last month or so a desire to settle in one spot, at least for a time. The old bull nature is reasserting itself. Winter is coming and i want to move into a quiet and safe place. After 4 months of traveling i am ready to lay my head in the same spot every nite ... at least for a while... Maybe the hollow of an old tree ... bedding down with the critters (oh maybe not that, as i do like having a heater ... but it is a sweet picture isn't it??!!)
I have enjoyed the last 4 months. It has been a time of learning and growing up. Not one step would i change . . . it has been worth it.
I have been from Florida to Georgia to North Carolina to South Dakota to North Carolina to Georgia to South Dakota to Utah to California to Oregon to South Dakota to Colorado.... and of course all the states you drive thru to get to these states.
Simultaneously, since California i have been applying on line for work with Indian Health Services in South Dakota. To date, i have put the application in 4 times. After each of the first 2 applications i called the local HR office in PineRidge. Each time they told me the application had not gone thru though each time i got e-mail confirmation that it had gone thru. After the 3rd application i called the central office at Aberdeen and a hard working HR employee has been helping me. Together we put thru a 4th application which showed up as going thru on my end but not on her end. Then today she saw that there are 2 seperate applications for the same job. One to be filled out by federal employees and native americans and another to be filled out by 'others'. i am an 'other'. The HR employee stayed on the phone with me and attempted to walk me thru the application for non federal and native american ... and it would not even allow me to enter the application for this job. the HR person also tried and was denied access.
Winter is coming. You can smell it and feel it. The desire to settle in for winter is strong ... and i am still dancing on the wind.
Presently i am sitting homeless in a library, using thier wireless, to let you know ... "Oh my, not sure what is next." Optimism continues as i bought a new stethescope today as my other is in North Carolina.
....soon....
