A night in a hotel room.

I was in the process of writing a post about saying good-bye to Abby, which would have tried to put words into the process of saying goodbye with all the thoughts, feelings and emotions that accompany it. Then a few days later while I was in the middle of it, I get a phone call.
"Where are you at?"
"Nebraska."
"Nebraska !?!?!. What are you doing there?"

It turns out that instead of making it to Eugene, Oregon as planned she was heading home to Ohio for no particular reason other than it was home. During the course of the conversation, I asked her, "What are you going to back to Ohio for? And who are you going back for? Yourself or others? And is that what you really want."

It turns out that she didn't really want to go back to Ohio; instead she just needed a few days away from Mammoth. So now she's headed back to Mammoth, back at her Old job at June Man. and she will be able to figure out what's next in a safe and healthy environment. And I think by the time June Mtn closes in April, things will be a lot clearer.

And what do I make all of this. From throwing her goodbye party to talking her back to Mammoth, I’m still trying to make sense of it. And I'm just amazed to think that I help change her direction dramatically and helped prevent what was looking like a really bad decision to go home for all the wrong reasons. Now that she is going to be back for the rest of the season, I think there is going to be some amazing and awesome things happen to her in the next couple of months. I know there was a reason that she stopped at that hotel room in Nebraska and also a reason why she's coming back to Mammoth. It's no accident that either one happened. I'm just amazed that it's always when you don't think anything is going on, is when the major stuff is really happening. So till next time, I've got some cooking to do.