My what a week..or two..or four

I'm not exactly what is going on with me lately but since I left New York I have been unable to hold onto the things I need to hold onto. Less than one week after arriving in Florida I lost a folder that contained all of my important financial information (tax returns, bank account info, retirement accounts, etc. etc.). This caused me about two weeks of daily phone calls to financial institutions to change account numbers, add security passwords, alerts and/or shift funds around. Now nearly a month later I'm still not done due to some very old-school (and possibly incompetent) institutions (*cough* MetLife *cough*).

Now I've lost my phone. A phone that I've had for over 5 years and I was planning to get rid of........when we left for China. But not NOW! Every phone number I have, lost. Pictures that are 4 years old, lost. Txt messages from twitter,lo.. wait, who cares. I've been phone-less for about a week now and it feels like a throwback to the 80s. How did people live without cell phones? really, how? I guess I'm going to find out. We're in the U.S for another 3 weeks and there are no plans to get a new cell phone. *gasp*

Despite losing a folder that is an Identity-thief's wetdream and losing my cell-phone things in Denver have been going pretty good. The weather has been amazing. The mornings start out around 70 degrees, reach a high of upper 80s to low 90s and then cool back down in the evening. Afternoon rain showers are pretty common but they go as quickly as they come and the water dries up within the hour. There has only been a single large thunderstorm that sat on top of Denver for about 30 minutes. It woke me up at 2am and had me a little fearful of being hit by lightning. What is life without a little fear though, eh?

We haven't had a chance to do much in Denver yet due to varying circumstances. Our first week in Denver Diana went to California and I stayed behind to do work. The second week was filled with planning our trips around California and China, determining dates where to stay, etc. as well as starting our Chinese studies up again and getting acquainted with our surroundings. Finally in our third week we have plans to really explore Denvey by leaving it.

Tomorrow Diana and I are picking up a rental car and heading out of town. We're not exactly sure where we're going yet but there are a few possibilities. Garden of the gods, Pikes Peak, Mt. Evan, Colorado springs, or heading to Wyoming to meet my good friend Ryan.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring...