Refocus

Okay, it’s really time to refocus. Things got a little carried away there. I moved up here and 8 weeks later an executive chef position was dropped in my lap. At the same time I met a truly amazing woman who took my world by storm. Not sure exactly what happened with the woman situation but it went south but I’m not going to launch into discussing that here now because it would just be counter-productive.

So it’s officially Autumn now. The leaves are falling from the trees, splashes of color in the forests, up on the mountains and along the roadsides. It’s cooled down a bit but it still has not gotten COLD yet. I’ve been putting up firewood. My neighbor Curt has been helping me out with that, giving me a kickass deal on wood. I’m giving him $50 per pickup truck load of wood that’s already cut and split. I’ve been working so much at the resort that I’ve just not had time to cut much wood myself. A lot of the projects I had planned got pushed to the back burner while I was dating C too. But now that’s over so I am trying to refocus on what I was up to before I met her.

I scheduled myself off Wednesday and Thursday this week. It’s been a while since I’ve had two days off in a row and even longer since I’ve spent them here at the farm working on projects. Time to insulate beneath the floor, put in windows and install the wood-burning stove I bought off Curt a few weeks back. There’s a TON of work to do. Also on my days off this week I need to get insurance and register my car in WV as well as get a WV driver’s license. Also gonna go with my sous chef to his aunt’s house to see about adopting her daughter’s dog. The pup is around a year old and a full-blooded german shepherd. Josh says she’s beautiful and really good natured. It’ll be nice to have a pup to come home to at night. Need a good companion.

Deer season is right around the corner and I don’t have a rifle so I need to get one of those. I’ve done some hunting in the past but I’ve never killed a deer. I’m looking forward to deer hunting this year and hope this is the year I pop my cherry.

Yes, a change of focus, a turning of the page. Let the heart heal and grow and ready myself for new experiences to come. That’s it. Peace.