A Fresh Start

I have been thinking for some time that I would like to get back to blogging, but wasn't sure how I wanted to do it.   So in typical Carol over analysis fashion, I thought about it for months.  I'm not sure why but the time feels right to just do it.  Hopefully it won't be too boring (one of my deep seated fears) since I'm not doing the RV travel thing right now.

For readers of past blogs and by way of introduction,  a little bit of catch up.

I am officially single.   Long story, but suffice it to say I decided it was better to be single than continue as it was going.

I have landed in Mission, Texas at  Bentsen Palm Development.   I have a cute little 1 bedroom house in a RV park (Bentsen Palm Village RV Resort) that is primarily occupied by Winter Texans, so it's a little quiet around here this time of the year.   

Carol's Casita

 I work for the developer selling new homes and RV lots in Retama Village which is the community next door.  Basically I live where I work and the commute is a short walk or golf cart ride.  I've also reactivated my real estate license so I can list lots and homes for resale by owners.

Backyard

I work for the best folks on the planet and feel really fortunate to have this opportunity.  The team is great and I really love the communities which makes sales so much easier! 

So work stuff is all great.  I don't have an RV right now and I'm pretty much in one place, but I live with RVers and sell properties to RVers and the people are a big part of what attracted me to the RV lifestyle, so other than being stationary I don't feel like much has changed in that regard.

On the not so great side, I got a breast cancer diagnosis a couple of weeks ago.  One doctor here said it's stage 0 and they are not even sure it should be called cancer.  Of course the surgeon said I should have a mastectomy.  After some research, soul searching and prayers, I've decided to go to MD Anderson in Houston for a 2nd opinion and whatever treatment is necessary.  I feel pretty good about that.  It looks like the worst case scenario at this point is a surgery followed by a few months of discomfort and tiredness and then on with life.

I spent today gathering medical records to fax to them to MD Anderson.   They will review them and determine which specialist I should see and then we'll go from there.  Of course the first step is to actually have their pathologist confirm the diagnosis.   

This diagnosis is part of what prompted me to restart blogging.  I figure it will help me to write about what is going on and maybe along the way I will help someone else.

The other thing going on with me is as I mentioned I'm single.  It was the right choice for me to move on from the past relationships.  But that doesn't mean I want to be single.  Given that I moved to Mission, Texas for work and I don't know a soul other than the people I work with I decided to try online dating.  

When you are younger there are lots of opportunities to meet people.  You meet them at school.  You meet them at work.  You meet them when you go out with your friends.  As you get older, it gets more difficult.  You can still meet people at work, but dating them can be challenging because you worry about the implications of a workplace romance when it's a career kind of job.  Your friends are now mostly halves of couples so when you socialize there gets to be fewer and fewer single people in the group and for some reason that I cannot figure out, they tend to be of the same sex.  Unless someone is trying to fix you up and we won't go there.  lol

So I decided to give the online world of meeting people a try.  More about that in the next post!

Thanks for coming along for the ride!

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