Chris and I have moved from Minneapolis to Mankato but we are in Vadnais Heights staying with his parents at the moment.
Our lives are weird.
The complications come from him having to train in a new guy at his dad's work and our car not working. We have not working car as of right now.
Anyway, I did get to spend some quality time in Mankato getting unpacked and set up more comfortably and although it's no Minneapolis I'm starting to like it. Among my experiences: a traveling hippie artist lady gave me an amethyst after she found out I was new to Mankato because she had just taken it from the ground and it was fresh and so was I. :o) That was really a blessing to me! I also got to go to the genuine "Mutch" Hardware store in North Mankato via bike and I watched 8-10 year old boys skateboard in the back "parking lot" as I wrote a letter. They asked me if they could skate there and all I said was it was fine by me as long as they didn't hit the car.
In a lot of ways, although Mankato is certainly not free from the big city woes, I do find it's small townishness regenerating to my spirit. It's a little more innocent a touch more naive than Minneapolis. It makes me also love Minneapolis and have more compassion for those at Jesus Kitchen especially. Yes, this move is likely a good thing.
