I left The Point Five in Plymouth yesterday and will be gone for a couple of months. I had a good three week stay in Plymouth but kept feeling the need to get back on the road. Spent time with people I love, met and made new friends, saw students old and new, played music in the street...
Last night I spent in the van in a WalMart parking lot in Keene, NH...you know, when you're sleeping, eyes are closed, it really doesn't make much difference where you are. Ozzy and I both slept well, even though I have been kinda under the weather the past couple of days...a chest throat kind of cold that hit me. But, it is the first time I have really felt sick in almost two years!! I think my immune system has been working really well because of my change in diet a year and a half ago. For those who don't know, about a year and a half ago I decided to lose weight...I thought to myself that I can't do anything about looking like an old man but I can do something about looking like a fat old man! I have lost 30+ pounds and feel great about it. (It's hard to walk down the street and be accosted by so many women because of my renewed status as eye candy, but, we all have crosses to bear). So, what I did was I cut food out of my diet that puts weight on!! No sugar, "white" carbs, processed food...I eat mostly fruits, vegetables and whole grains. What a difference...
Tonight I think I will park in a state park which is about 5 miles away from the conference center where I will be presenting tomorrow! Still need to find one more supply for the hands on section and then I'm ready to go.
So cheers to all who gave me support and shelter during the past three weeks...Tish, Jim, Peter, Mark (who offered me a place to park but I didn't), my students and friends, and Ciara, Aiden and Donna O'Brien who gave me a Bill Bryson Book to read and a gas card for Irving stations. Ciara and Aiden, don't get kicked out of school today!
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