It's been a long time. My blog is somehow symbolic of my life....moments of intensity followed by periods of transience. Anyway. What have I been doing since Alaska? Trying to get settled....not just in a place but in my life. Going up there for three months to work with Steve was an awesome experience that I will carry with me for the rest of my life, but now I must turn attention to what I want to accomplish in the southeast US, where my family lives.
In the past 2 1/2 months, I have run a half marathon, worked on a green roofing job in NYC for three weeks, and gotten a clearer picture of my life for the next year.
My green roofing boss, Emilio, and his wife, Kate, have offered me a salaried job in Asheville, and I have decided to make the commitment to the company and join them in the mountains. The decision was a hard one to make after all the work I have put into Fiddler's over the past 2 1/2 years, but the bottom line is: I love Kate and Emilio, I love Asheville, I love the job, I love the pay, and I will love being closer to my parents as they head into the next phase of retirement/aging. I will certainly miss Charleston but will never be far away because of Chris and Jackie and the fact that we have three roofs in the low country.
The pictures are from the job in NYC at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Hard to believe that I am standing on a building! This roof was about 10,000 square feet and was planted with about 50,000 plants! It was great experience for Emilio and I to work with another green roofing company on such an interesting project. It was also a perk to wear out my welcome with Paul and Laura (my brother and his wife) and close friends Erica and Timmy for three weeks.
We have two more jobs this fall: one in Lake Toxaway and one in Chattanooga. I will get pictures of them once they are complete.
