Feeling a Little Crazy Right Now

Hee hee. I drove a total of 640 miles from San Francisco to Madera to San Luis Obispo to the LA area since Wednesday afternoon - woo! Instead of feeling jetlagged, I am autolagged - ohmygosh...where am I? Who am I? But it was quite an experience, and I wouldn't take it back for the world. I completely enjoyed driving along Pismo Beach, Santa Barbara and Ventura today on the 101 - such absolutely beautiful blue ocean fresh after the rain. As I drove by the UC Santa Barbara and downtown area, memories of my college days came flashing back.

At 22, I thought I knew everything and had it all figured out. Hehehee, yeah, uhuh, 10 years later I know I didn't know shit back then and I am humbled when I remember the person I was then to now. It makes me wonder what kind of person I'll be in another 10 years. Amazing how life takes you through its processes - ups and downs, breakthroughs, digressions, monumental personal growth, humbling, pure joy and highs, heartbreak and grades of depression and darkness. That's life and that's the beauty of it. If it was a plateau of plainness, it would be boring and growth would flatline. I am thankful for all of it. It's good to be Home safe and sound.
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On my trip down, I also passed by La Conchita along the 101 - a few weeks ago non-stop rain caused an enormous landslide there that overtook part of a line of houses and some of the residents' lives were lost. This is in memoriam of those lives - a reminder how precious life is and how it can all change on a dime.