in Ithaca

I'm trying to figure out Skype and it's not working, the internal microphone isn't hearing me :( I'm all alone and can't pretend. I'll be at this temp place with a couple my age until the end of the month, then finally Roman and I will have our own two bedroom. I'm excited, I've been traveling since end of April and miss having my own space.

After my dear companions left, I went with the person I'm staying with to a farm about 15 mins away (by car) and picked two pounds of blueberries. Of course by now I've eaten them all :) It's so nice to be able to cook my own food in a kitchen, finally. The coop is fantastic, I'm really impressed. Great, great selection. I have a membership already, a lifetime membership is $90 and you can pay $9 or less a year, depending on your income situation (until you've paid $90). 

I'm still having changes from the Amazonian medicine, slowly but surely; it's a distinctive feeling for me. I'm so relieved, my neck and eyes are getting a little bit better, which helps me with my biggest problem, a lack of awareness. I can move my head and eyes around better and find it easier to look up and around. I have an idea of the kind of movements and stretches that will help, I feel like something finally opened up.

The city is so small. But so pretty and much less stressful. I walked alone for maybe 45 minutes and no one hollered or whistled. My city instincts are still on, but I feel like I can relax a lot more than in Minneapolis. It's quiet since it's summer. The trees are beautiful, glorious creatures. They don't cut out the branches at the power lines here, like in Minneapolis, so they are much fuller and more vibrant than some of the poor ones at home.

Work tomorrow, I get to go to the research farm and measure soil compaction.

The guy that lives here just told me I fit in just fine. And the woman told me that, too. Yea. I sort of have friends. Moving is sad but I feel more connected to the people I left than I did before, I treasure them more deeply.