June - I totaled my car. Not cool. I'm ok. My car is not. I now have a new car. Thankfully, no one else was in the car, and no one else was nearby to be involved in the smash. So basically I spent most of June figuring out insurance stuff and buying a new car. I had the opportunity to face one of my biggest fears - car buying. I'm so thankful for all the people who helped me during this frustrating period of my life. Goodbye, gold 2004 Chevrolet Impala. Hello, silver 2009 Toyota Camry.
July - I spent the whole month in Maine. By Maine, I mean a very specific area of woods on the shore of Little Ossipee Pond. After only being able to spend a couple weekends there the past two years, being able to be there for a whole month this summer was an absolute joy. I packed all of the Maine things into that month:
- picking wild blueberries
- fresh blueberry pie
- eating lobster and clams
- playing SOOO many games
- swimming
- sailing
- floating picnics
- 4th of July fireworks (on the 5th) from the pontoon boat
- naps in the hammock
- reading lots of books
- stargazing on the dock
- canoeing
- ice cream
- seeing old friends
- volunteering at New England Camp Cedarbrook
- late night talks with my sisters
- dancing on the pontoon boat under the stars with my sisters to music from the 40s and 50s
- listening to the loons - and seeing their baby
- sunset boat cruises
- misty mornings
- rainy, thundery days
- singing with my family
- climbing a mountain
August - Now I'm back in Orlando with all the people and experiences that make living here an adventure. After being here for over a year, I'm glad to say that by the end of my time in Maine, I was looking forward to being back in Florida. I'm from Massachusetts and Maine, but now Florida is my home. If I didn't call this home, then I'd always be away from home and that wouldn't be pleasant.
And now I have a whole collection of lovely photos of Maine to look at whenever I miss that happy place.
