Hero.... or Hopeless

"Hold on," he said, stopping the car, "I'll have to open that door for you."

"Oh. It's child-locked." I said, simply, as I stared at the door, hoping it would reveal it's secrets.

"Well, kind of." He replied , opening the door for me to hop out of. "It's to keep people in  who don't want to come quietly." 

I nodded. It made sense for a police car. 

   I finally got my bike back today. It has been chained up for two weeks, but since I'm going home I kind of need it. There's no day like the last day to visit the local police station and see if they have a bike-chain snipper. I wish I could've gotten a picture of those babies. They were probably as long as my arm is from the shoulder to the fingers, and the head, the cutting part, was a little bigger than my hand. They were huge, and they cut through the plastic and braided metal of my chain easily enough. At least, it looked easy when the young policeman did it. 

           My next post will be from home concerning home (hopefully with pictures). I'l leave you with the knowledge that I have started a new sock project: pink and brown jaywalkers. 

Copeland

"Eat, Sleep, Repeat." 

That's not where I am. I saw it on the back of a car today and thought it was funny, but it's not where I am. I'm still in Focuscity. I've a lot, lot, lot to do, and very little mind to do it with. I'm moving! I'll be back here on this hill in a few months, but until then I'm going back to my parents home. I can't wait to take my baby sister in my arms and give her a great big squeeze. Then there will be the shocking flow of words form my other sister, and a calm steadiness from her older  brother. Or the flashy wit of his older brother, and the teenage confidence of the alpha brother. I'm looking forward to getting reacquainted with all of them, but I'll miss this place too. 

           I'll miss the way the sunset is painting the bottom of the clouds orange. And how even now, when I look over at the distant mountains, I can half believe there's a golden sea just behind them, complete with inlets and islands. The weather has been a little strange today, as it is most days here, but I say it all worked out for the best.