Well, after COVID so politely took 2 years from everyone's lives, I seem to lost all track of blogging. I still journal but blogging takes a little extra umph.
High level, I'm still in Colorado after 9 years. Talon is now 9 years old, I got married in 2021, continue to get promoted, though sometimes, I'm not sure I want to keep climbing the corporate ladder. I sneak away to the ocean every now and then with my brand new surfboard I bought with my trump money, although I definitely CANNOT surf the way I used to. Not having the ocean is a bummer, but I have rekindled my love with the lake. Our local lake is Lake Granby, and it's about 20 minutes away and definitely will be home to most of Talon's childhood memories. I've found myself approaching 40, feeling pretty content with everything currently. OH, I've also learned how to make sourdough bread at 8,600 feet of altitude and while not good for the waistline, it's VERY good for the soul.
If you care to read further, here is the long version... Tman just turned 9 on April 3rd. We moved here when he was just a couple months old and Grand County is still where we call home. We left our small little neighborhood of Tabernash into Fraser in 2021 just before Joe and I got married in September.
These pictures above in Fraser are a view of the house and from the bedroom window, and I never take it for granted. I wake up with coffee delivered to me in bed every morning (every man should do this), and I look outside and sometimes think I live in a picture. Joe bought this place in 2014 before Grand County was unaffordable. It's a small town which is good and bad, as small towns can be. We've got a great river, skiing, and tons of hiking. Only thing missing is the ocean, which I miss so much sometimes, I dream about it.
For Joe's 40th, we went to Mexico and he likes to tell the story where I almost drowned him in Rio Nexpa. I was introduced to Nexpa in 2012, and this was one of my favorite places in Mexico. The waves in particular were great for me, friendly people, easy atmosphere, and the choco banana smoothies you can't beat!
So we went, stayed at a little ocean front cabana, then one day, surf wasn't great, so we took the fins out for a swim. Before I knew it, we were getting swept down pretty violently with logs and never ending big waves. No idea when that happened during our swim but it was like one minute it's calm, the next minute it's victory at sea. And I love that about the ocean. In the book, "In Search of Captain Zero," There's a part stating, "the ocean is a constant respect of give and take. You take when the ocean gives, and you give when the ocean takes." We were humbled (and bloody) that day and still laugh til this day about it.
Honestly, I don't feel as I have much to report in the last 4 years, and I'm okay with that. People ask me how it's going, and my favorite thing is that my life has been very uneventful, just the way I like it. We have a lot of simple moments that I'm really enjoying. I got off social media after COVID because I was tired of hearing opinions, negativity, divisiveness in politics/vaccine, the list is endless. Instead, I've kept my circle small, and soaked in my family.
I suppose the biggest "event" would be my mom's partner of 15 years, now husband, is going down pretty quickly with cancer. This picture was them at my wedding in September of 2021. My mom FINALLY said "yes" to him after at least a decade of him asking her to marry him. Perhaps it took knowing she won't have him forever that made her say yes in the end.
I'm not sure anyone reads this anymore now that I'm not traveling, but if you're reading this, I hope you enjoy my life updates and some photos of the last 4 years in no particular order. :)
