Trips
Lodi, California
So, finally, tomorrow is the day. For the BellaVita trip, that is. BellaVita is a lifestyle center in Lodi, California. Which basically means they use natural and alternative therapies to help heal health conditions. I have had sort of a spiralling down of my Lyme in the past months and so I am looking forward to this boost.
I’m there for 10 days and then come home; will be home for less than a week and then we go on our road trip to Kansas. I’ve had SO much to do to prepare for both trips, mainly the KS trip, and I’m exhausted, so good thing I’m going to go to the “sanitarium” tomorrow to get rest and hopefully some sanity. I’ve heard that’s a good thing.
Frankly, I have mixed feelings about the Big Trip to KS. No second thoughts at this point, but it’s such a huge change. I know some people there, and love the ones I know, but I don’t know others, and don’t know their microculture. You know what I mean, every place, every family, has a microculture. Which is part of why most of us act reserved in a new place because you need to observe and then find out how you can fit in.
The girls will have no such issues. Well, maybe for the first hour, and then they will be part of whatever group they land in. Especially Summerbug, the social butterfly. Sydney will be more reserved and then will end up in some leadership role.
The thought of the Big Trip is exciting in the way that I actually enjoy change and love an adventure. We Atkin folk have a lot of adventure in our blood. In my family we have the immigrants to America from Britain; Oregon Trail Pioneers (that gave birth to twins along the way, yes ma’am); my great-grandparents who were missionaries to exotic places; my grandparents who went from farming in Southern Oregon to moving to Costa Rica and farming there; my great uncle and aunt who traveled the world by sailboat for 20 years; and Dad who went back to live in Costa Rica and who would scuba dive in any handy body of water.
Kansas seems absurdly tame, now that you mention it.