Settling into a new place in life

I’m pretty sure that most people who read my column last week were super excited about not having to read my nonsense anymore, especially my long ramblings about my cat and cell phones.

Well it turns out this column is going to have a little bit of both. Some may say I’m beating a dead horse, but I guess it’s probably best to write about what I’m comfortable with. I also can write about whatever I want. Someday I might have a newspaper that just caters to stories about cats and the excessive use of cell phones.

Last week, I purchased a newspaper in Montana and it has been a chaotic experience. I really hope I know what I’m doing because at this point I feel like I did my first day of kindergarten. I’m lost, confused, scared, and may have peed a little bit. Some people say they can’t remember that far back, but I do with vivid details. I can remember eating Rainbow Bright cereal and building forts.  As scary as it was, it was also an amazing experience, and I’m sure owning the newspaper will be the same. 

Within a span of four days, I’ve already met a multitude of people who are down to earth and have been nothing but helpful. I’m homesick already, but I will survive and will do it with somewhat of a smile.

I spent the first four nights here in Montana without my cat Peaches. Truth be told, I missed the little jerk and was super excited when he decided to make the journey. He had to do a lot of hitchhiking, but he finally made it here with a lot of stories to tell.

I don’t have a house yet, so Peaches Andrew Little Jim Marnich has been introduced to life in a hotel. He hates it. Some of the noises that are coming out of him are really starting to frighten me. He sounds like he is in a combination of heat and a voice change. It’s downright frightening.

He refuses to eat, and has spent the past few days hiding wherever he can. I can see some small signs of him coming around, but hate to see him in some pain. I care a lot about him, because he actually likes me unlike most people I deal with.

I think Wyoming is the most beautiful place on earth, but I’ve got to admit that Montana is pretty spectacular. The one thing I really like about the first few days being here is that the small town is not completely taken over by screens. Of course there are the naughty teenagers whose phones have become attached to their bodies and are trying to take selfies of themselves taking selfies, but the older folks don’t really seem to care about the joys and pains of technology.

It’s refreshing to walk into a restaurant and see people actually talking.

No phones to be seen. What a concept. I really missed seeing that and glad people can still do that from time to time. I’ve probably just had really good luck, because I’m sure outside of Siberia everyone in the world spends too much time on their phones.  But it’s nice to think this is not the case.

Go Pokes!

 

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