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now that I'm not obsessing and worrying about everything I find my creativity has gone through the roof and I'm wanting to do a lot of things.

So....this week I decided I wanted to get back into metal dectecting. It's something I used to do about 10-15 years ago but quit.

I live in an apartment and there is a guy who litterally lives next door to me and he has one and I mentioned it one time in passing but he didn't give the time of day so that went no where. That was about 8 months ago.

Well yesterday, I did some research on the internet about detectors and decided on one. I found the only dealer around was about 30 minutes away in another city. So being the slightly less anxious and paranoid person that I'm becoming set out for the shop. I get there about 30 minutes before it opens and feel a little anxious from the drive, but I busy myself with a phone call. Then the shop owner gets there and there's a lady that pulls up while we were waiting. Anyway she motions for me to go in. I'm on the phone so I tell her to go ahead. anyway, I go in after the phone call and she was so nice and we talked for a bit while we were waiting to get waited on. that put me at ease big time. Then I talked to the shop guy when everyone left. I mentioned in passing about the guy next door and he asked me to describe him. and he said he thought he knew him! Well anyway, we talked and I went back home after purchasing my detector, some 20 miles and 30 minutes away. next thing I know I get a knock at my door. It's my next door neighbor who I don't think has ever spoken to me. He asked if I was the one who bought the detector from his friend and brought me a magazine to read on the subject.

Very funny how things worked out. My first excursion outside of my comfort zone traveling and it was a great experience.

That sounds like a cool experience! Congrats on getting out of your comfort zone and for acting on getting back into something you used to really enjoy! Let us know if you find something cool. Take care!

Wow! That is pretty neat. It's amazing how small the world is sometimes. But you know, God has a neat way of doing things for us like that. It happened for a reason! Everything does work out and I think you learned that today.

Hi Whispers65,
Congratulations!!! Yes, It is a small world....
Nice going and Keep up the Good Work!
We can overcome this - in spite of the obstacles in front of us...
Though we may feel overwhelmed by our obstacles, we can continue to progress in a Positive Fashion! Good for You!!!!
I look forward to hearing more from you in the future. The Good times have begun!
My Friend, with his detector at the Park, just found a very Large Silver Ring w/a Precious Stone in the Dirt! He said I gave him good Luck, just because I stopped to talk with him. Good hunting to You!!! May your future be full of Positives!!!
Seadog...

It's amazing isn't it how much time worrying and obsessing takes up and when a lot of it goes away we have so much more time to fill our minds with something creative and positive.
Whispers65- I see you made it thru the last storm.

Well I like Saturday's outing so much and it gave me confidence that on Sunday I went hunting for a book. I had ordered it because the closest place was yet another city about 30-40 minutes away. I ordered the book on Saturday but after having such a great outing I decided to drive to the bookstore on Sunday. I was a little bit anxious as before but it wasn't as much. I'm looking forward to other outings now.

NBGuy - Well I haven't found anything yet but it is fun. I've been exercising for about 3 weeks now, cardio anyway. After metal detecting Saturday my whole body aches. Guess I wasn't using those muscles.

Karilynn - I really do believe everything happens for a purpose. I've been wanting to talk to this guy for a quite a while now. I like older people and really feel comfortable around besides I don't have near enough guys in my life so that made this event even more special.

Seadog - Found nothing but junk so far but it's way fun junk. The more I get used to this detector the more I'll know what I'm probably going to dig up before I dig it up. right now it's more of a guess. I think it would be great to find a ring or something like that. I really like old coins so I'm hoping for plentiful amounts of those.

Mary - Thank you! Yup, I did make it through the storm. it wasn't fun but I did get through it. it's amazing how much my brain is just going beserk now with creativity. it's sad to think how much time I spent on worry and obsessing.