Decisions and Contemplations

I feel like I am on a roll posting two days in a row. I'll try and keep up the pace! I felt like today was a successful day. I had my meetings in the morning and then this afternoon I met with a distributor to go over some of our new offerings, sold a gutter job and got in two more estimates that need to be worked up tomorrow morning. I feel like being on the road and having to juggle 8 things at once is going to take some practice, but once I figure out what works for me I will be just fine. Today was the gas light issue and remembering that the car won't go forever. I didn't run out, but that little light was on for at least 25 miles before I came back from my "working" mindset to reality. I have my little list created of what needs to be ironed out before I make the real move at the end of the month and then I will be all set based on the challenges I have faced on this little "practice" run.

The decisions and contemplations factor set in today when I realized that Jacksonville just doesn't feel like "home". I have experienced the feeling of home in both Denver and Minneapolis, but I'm not feeling it in Jacksonville. I know I will find a place I want to call "home" but this isn't it. I am going to check out Tallahassee on my way back and see if this does it. I don't want to get too far from the Alabama and Georgia borders for traveling purposes. Maybe I will just become a backpacker and do three month stints in different places...

Today the weather wasn't the greatest, but I did get down to Jacksonville Beach this evening for a few minutes before it started pouring. There were some surfer dudes out there and if it hadn't been raining, I would have made some new friends and asked them to teach me. I now know that they really do surf there (no matter how small the waves are) and hopefully this weekend I can learn how. Aside from the fact that I am scared silly of the sharks and sting rays, it is one of my goals and I will do it.