Saturday, January 19, 2008 - Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alamogordo NM
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Ah the luxury of sleeping in
My version at least - I was up a 3:30 am or so for a while, then back to bed until 6:00 am, and now it's 11:00 am and I've finally had my breakfast; soon I'll do my morning ablutions and get on with the day. It's so nice to finally have a slightly warmer spot, good internet access, and working email that I've dropped everything to luxuriate in the plenty. By the time you read this (posted on the 23rd - I've been lazy for several more of these nice days) I will have caught up on many days worth of delayed posts with just a few more to go.
There goes another credit card
I got a phone call from security; someone used my card to order something in Great Britain. Great. Now I have to deal with getting the replacement card sent to me here in New Mexico, in addition to the usual hassle of changing the card assigned to the various accounts I use for automated bill paying. This might be a good time to start using a separate card just for bill paying and see if that gives a clue to where the security breach is next time someone "steals" my card. I guess it's time to go get my free credit reports again and check for identity theft.
Today's journey: You don't think I'm leaving this good access do you?
Night camp
Site 8 - Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alamogordo NM
- Verizon cell phone service - good signal
- Verizon EVDO service - very good signal and access speed ( I have to qualify this - during my January 2008 visit the signal and access speed was excellent - in January 2009 it was practically non-existent during the day and slow at night with unpredictable short periods of excellent access)
- Go to Oliver Lee Memorial State Park website
- Go to Oliver Lee Memorial State Park on my Nightcamps map
- Check the weather here
Relive Your Traumas
I suppose you have to relive your traumas in a way that is somewhat controlled and contained in order to move on from them. Some things you can walk quickly away from and never look back and other things bid you look again and again until you see something of the truth of them. I believe you have to let yourself remember and relive, that you have to find a way to settle with your past because you and it are always going to occupy the same headspace - you cannot separate yourself from anything you have ever done or seen or thought. You have to be able to look at the elements of the past without flinching and I believe that sometimes takes a few kicks at the cat. Or it does for me, anyway. It doesn't change anything - but it makes it easier to be comfortable in my skin.
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