The other day I failed to mention that I met my neighbor who lives above me. He is a little older than me and super friendly. Let's call him J. J is a very social, talkative guy; he's really nice and easy to get along with. Now I have been without internet since I moved to Asheville, so I've been traveling to $tarbucks or like yesterday, the public library. However it was my goal to get internet in my own place. The problem is that I am gone for more than half the month, so what's the point in paying so much money if I'm not even there?! I thought that perhaps I could get to know one of my neighbors and offer to pay some money in exchange for their wifi password. So this afternoon J was out working on his car. He told me that I could come hang out with him if I wanted to. So I told him that I had some things to do and might be out later. While I was munching on a poptart inside trying to scroll through facebook on my phone and getting increasingly more frustrated with things not loading, I made the decision to go and hang out with J. I was pleasantly surprised. We had good conversation and had some laughs. He told me about some cool places in Asheville and I got some insider information. The one of my other neighbors came out (with an awesome looking dog) and asked if I was from IL (she had seen my license plates). We very shortly found out that we are both from Hoffman Estates. WHAT?! How crazy. She seems like a really cool person and perhaps someone who I could hang out with. If not her, perhaps her dog. Then out of nowhere, J offered me his WiFi password. It was like a gift from God. I explained my situation and offered to pay him some money, to which he declined. Wow! I am so grateful. Then some time passed and soon J was finished working on his car and offered to take me on a short sight seeing trip. I wasn't super inclined but the man just gave me his WiFi password.. so I agreed. And the sights were beautiful! I was shown literally hundreds of trails that I can go exploring on and views that were nothing short of stunning. I am so excited to get back out there and check out some of those trails!
Today has been a good day. I am excited for all the adventures that continue to unfold. Who knows, maybe I'll actually have some cool friends soon. Also, tomorrow I'm excited because I'm going to be going back to that church I tried, and hopefully getting more connected there! Here's to hoping. Regardless, be prepared for some sweet pictures when I start hitting up these trails!
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