My New Friend

Well, two of the best weeks of my life just occurred. The first was spending time with some really cool people in the woods learning how to save lives in the wilderness. The second was with an extraordinary girl whom I met during the first week. This girl took me of my feet, completely wonderful. She is living in Roanoke for the summer on some land she bought a few years ago and works in New Hampshire at a boarding school teaching chemistry during the winter. We spent three days in Roanoke together walking around her land, drinking beer, eating wild berries and plants, and talking about all types of things. Simply sharing life and learning about each other. It was awesome. It feels like a dream. I know most of you have seen me fall for girls quickly and hard but this feels different then all those other experiences I feel like I am a more mature and self-aware individual and feel completely natural, in the pace I should be. A short synopsis, she plays the cello for weddings and plays at places like the homestead, lived in Peru for two years taught biology and was a sponsored mountain bike racer. She is the cycling coach at her school, wrote an awesome song on the guitar about us meeting, building her own house on 15 acres she owns outside of Roanoke, and tons and tons more. But most importantly our values, view on life, political beliefs, and spirituality match up very well. I do feel more informed in what I want and who I am and this allows me to make an informed decision about pursuing this, and it feels incredible. The only concern I have is an age difference, she is 32, comes across as 26 and is as healthy as an 18 year old, but it is almost a 10 year difference. I don’t think it bothers me but I am not completely sure. Well that’s about it although I could write pages and pages about these two last weeks.