I live completely on my own here in another country, but I still think about how busy my life was back home in the United States.
I also used to paint houses.
It was so hard to make that money that it’s a wonder I stayed in the business for a decade. Now I work online and make the same amount of money, but I don’t have to carry around heavy painting equipment or put my life at risk by climbing ladders or walking on steep roofs. I no longer have to spend three hours a day driving my work truck to do estimates for my local business. I can also now work in air-conditioned comfort while listening to great music on my earbuds. My work life is much better and life is a lot stranger than it used to be. My love life is even getting a little hotter because I met this girl who works at a local business and seems to like me… I stopped dating for more than a year to clear my head and find myself again. It looks like my heart is finally ready to love someone again. I needed time to work on my heating and cooling system and just relax in my apartment, where my air conditioner would keep me and my cats comfortable. I’m going to the beach soon to eat an apple and drink kefir while watching the waves roll gently onto the sand. The way Mother Nature controls the weather will keep me comfortable for the next month or so, until it gets hot again in the summer.