While in Iowa

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The time with A while she recovered was slow but I really enjoyed it. I like being in Ames where she lives, I like the life she has set up for herself. I like how she can walk to most things, shop minimally and locally. The little shops in the downtown are nice such as the art cooperative and the Ten Thousand Villages. She seems to live the values that I wish I could live closer to…I can do it when I’m here because I don’t have anything else happening (no other demands on me, such as work, cleaning, bills and etc.) I wonder if I could set that up in my life. I’ve attempted to do similar things, find a church community, find some friends in my area ie County group and M, D and etc. I wonder if she gets lonely, she seems to have a regular group of friends but living alone must be much different than living with someone even if it’s your own son. I sometimes think that if I lived alone, my house would be cleaner but then again, it probably wouldn’t. I’m sitting in Café Diem where A and I walked after we went geocaching. He got tired and left. I’m glad that I thought to put my sister’s house as a mark. This should help him get back easily, I hope. He’s got keys and he plans on taking a nap. I want him to get his homework done because he hasn’t done anything and he’ll be going to school tomorrow. I’ll be back to work. It was good to get caught up on sleep.

I feel like I’m too exhausted to job search. I don’t want to even put in the effort even though the couple that I should apply for are such good opportunities. I’ve got to get my butt in motion. I’ve been thinking about doing the one application for over a week now so I better get it in.