Pinging

Larry and I have been in Tucson for a week now and are feeling more settled. We are sticking to our plan to check out volunteer opportunities early on. Larry went to an orientation for Habitat for Humanity this afternoon. I'm going to an orientation session for a tutoring program for schools next week. I also have a sit-and-sew session to attend this week, along with a yoga class at the recreation center that I signed up for. We want to make some connections here and hope that these things will help.

I've been trying to take care of some little things around the house and find that my mind is pinging away. I keep thinking of one more thing to do while I'm working on something else. I wonder if modern technology has made it more likely for this to happen. I keep looking up one thing, then another on the internet. I think once I'm settled in more and down to a routine that I'll become more focused.

We are trying to sell our big TV that we are replacing in the living room. A potential buyer came today and left a deposit. I hope he'll come back. We are going to have our faithful handyman reconstruct our entertainment center to accommodate our new equipment. It should be nice when it's finished.

Our big news, though, is that we discovered a new resident on our property, a snake! It apparently lives in holes in the ground in front of the house. We've seen it a few times. It is small and does not have rattles. I would like to know for sure if it is poisonous but figure it probably isn't. In the mean time, we watch our step as we walk on the path out front.