Missouri to California: Long and Straight

My friend and fellow coven member Nicole, says that numerologically this year is a 1.  I don't know how high the numbers go but what she says it means is that all of us are collectively starting something new, something life changing and fresh.  It certainly seems true for the people I know:  divorces, moves, new jobs, Iphones. It is intense and exhausting.   Takes a lot of fuel to get the rocket off the ground.

Personally,I drove for many days across the country to a new/old home.  I don't know how the pioneers did it in those covered wagons without eating each other. Well, I guess they didn't always succeed.  I was never tempted to eat the cat (she was dosed on Benadryl most the time) but I do remember banging my head against the steering wheel a few times when the road was especially barren: western Kansas, eastern Colorado, the great salt flats....must I go on?

My friend Lynn, reminded me of this quote by Oscar Wilde and it ran through my head as I drove like a bad Billy Joel song.  It goes, "there are two tragedies in life, not getting what you want and getting what you want."  Every choice, every move has the bitter and sweet within it.  The things you look forward to and the things you will miss.  I had way too many hours in the car alone to think about this as I left behind a lovely home on my way to the Golden State.