The Battle Within
I've lived in Arizona for about 6 weeks now-- the culture shock (really... more like the climate shock) has worn off. I don't exactly have a robust social life or easy way of making friends working at home, but it's been a fairly quick adjustment after 3 weeks of feeling a little lost. I've not had the chance to "set roots" in over a year, set up my own space, and truly feel like I can just... calm down for a bit. I had next to no control of what happened the last year. The result? A stronger, but physically softer and emotionally much more paranoid, me. My flight landed in Minneapolis last Wednesday night around 11 and I was instantly aware of the humidity in the air and could not believe how much colder 48 feels to me now in comparison to the last time I felt it. To be honest, being here the last few days has been wonderful for so many reasons, but it also reminded me of why I wanted to leave. The leaves are at full peak here in Minnesota. There's a mu