The NRC and other occurrances

Well so far it's been quite the year. Ended up sick with bronchitis for a total of 2 months, then was ok for about 2-3 weeks and promptly fell a whopping 6" on my elbow and jammed my shoulder making it impossible to type, write or function for the past 2 weeks or so. Not a good start to the year!!

My mother came down. Suffice it to say she's not a stupid person and figured out that our path had changed pretty quickly! At first she thought Wiccan, but was delighted to discover I was studying to be a druid. Go figure, who'd have thought? So she asks me if I'll eventually be an ordained priestess. I cautiously answer that that's a possibility to which she immediately responds "Lose weight first!". Guess she was envisioning me dancing naked around a fire! Of all the possible reactions I have to say that wasn't the one I was expecting!

My druid studies are going well. I've also started a new project I guess you could call it. It's odd really, I've never felt "called" to do something until I came up here. I've come to the conclusion that I need to open a nature preserve and spiritual center in the area. While there are other nature preserves, there's no spiritual center at all. It's a huge undertaking and I'm not trying to do it alone, but I think we'll be able to get it off the ground. I just need to come up with a name for it (as well as a thousand other things).

This week is treasure mapping week. Can't wait, hopefully it will make a difference! In the meantime, I keep moving forward.