Homesickness

Something about Fall makes me REALLY miss North Carolina.  Fall is a beautiful time in Tahoe (let's face it... all of the seasons are beautiful in BOTH states), but it's nothing compared to the beautiful fall foliage you find in NC.

To make the most of our amazing fall weather out here, Mike and I decided to go paddleboarding.  I have been feeling stressed lately (changing jobs... getting ready to go out of the country for 2 weeks... etc) and paddleboarding is such a calming activity.  We hadn't been in MONTHS.  It was so therapeutic for me to be out on the calm lake.

Mike paddling by Homewood Ski Resort.  

After our lovely paddle, we continued our loop around the lake.  We decided to stop and walk around Tahoe City so we could see just how low the water levels are.  It was shocking.  And really sad.

Beautiful Aspens. 

Poor fish... they want flowing water... not stagnant water.  

This is the river that we floated with friends a few months ago.
Can't float it anymore.  Sad.  

Seriously.  We need water.  

And this picture, well it's just in here because he's so dang cute!!!  

Speaking of homesickness... many of you know that I recently changed my cell phone number.  And lots of you asked, "Does this mean you're staying in Nevada forever?"  Well, here's the answer: NOPE!  It doesn't mean that we are staying here forever.  We may very well move back to the East Coast one day.  Who knows what's in our future?  I have been trying to just live in the moment.  And right now, in this moment, it makes more sense for me to have a local number since I will be making more local phone calls from my personal cell.  That's all.

Although I was SOOOO sad to get rid of my 919 area code, I had no problem letting go of the rest of my old number.  It was FULL of 6's which always kind of bothered me and I was always getting calls from people in NC looking for various people, most often "Andre."  So, I won't miss seeing random numbers pop up and having to say "You've got the wrong number."

But, parting with my 919 area code... that was actually hard.  That was my last real tie to North Carolina and I feel like I'm betraying my state by switching.  As I was lamenting over my situation, Mike pointed out that we still own a home in North Carolina!  Duh!  How did I forget that??? I'm a homeowner in North Carolina.  This fact alone made me feel slightly less homesick!  And no matter what: Wendell, North Carolina will ALWAYS be my "HOME."

So to those of you who think we are giving up on NC and staying in Nevada forever, that's not necessarily true.  We really don't know what we're doing.  We're just living in the moment and trying not to plan too far into the future.  Having said that... if you are planning to come and visit, you should DEFINITELY do so!  Who knows how long we'll be here???  

In other news: tonight's Tahoe forecast is calling for SNOW!  But returning to 60 degree temps tomorrow so it shouldn't last long.  We are really hoping and praying for a good winter though.  We need the precipitation!