Three weeks in ...

and it feels a bit like this ...  you're walking down an unfamiliar path in the forest ... the trees have delicate leaves, the warm sun is filtering through, the path is soft, you're happy to just keep walking ... it is as if you sense there is something just beyond your point of vision that is amazing.  As you progress it occurs to you that you've been walking for quite a while and haven't looked back.  Just at that moment it starts to darken a bit, a chilled breeze begins to blow.  You look back.  You look forward.  Behind looks sunny and warm.  Ahead looks mysterious and unpredictable.  You look back.  You look ahead.  You decide you must see what is just beyond your point of vision and surge ahead ...