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| even though I hear New Haven, my future home, lacks in the bike scene, I bought a bike. I'll be damned if I don't make this experience what I want it to be.
So buying a bike from BNB was one of the best things I did today. the coolest thing I did all weekend? I assisted my roommie in making a fort. Actually, we just call it Fort. Yes, Fort is made of couch cushions, sheets, tacks and chairs, just like you used to make when you were 5! And it covers our whole living room - which means I need to crawl on my hands and knees when going to and from my bedroom, but I don't mind. Mr. Z helped in the construction, but mostly as comic relief.
And that is my life. buying bikes, building forts..... a combo of movement and security.
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| the adventure begins with strong coffee, lots of laughter, and a feeling like home. but something feels different this time, and I can't place it.
ahead of me today is a 7 hour car ride with some of the most amazing people in the world (including a stop to buy dresses for tomorrow). then a picnic with the other wedding guests, then finally checking into our hotel and crashing. crashing. that is what sounds so good, crashing into my girls, into the ones that have looked at life with the same sense of adventure, love, and humor that I have. maybe that is what is making me nervous, that the fortress that we as a group have around us is no longer there. a simple sign that we are growing older and apart, an event that I can usually handle without a feeling of loss. but why would this time be different? why would this affect me differently? | | |
| I added another helping to my plate today - signed up for Anatomy and Physiology at Roxbury Community College. Part of me is giddy to be starting school again - even if it is just one night class. I loved A&P in high school, and this should give me a preliminary feel of this path I'm checking out. But then there is that other part.....
The part that really wonders if I can manage a class when working two jobs. The part that knows how cranky I get when I don't work out every few days, the part that needs 8 hours of sleep a night, the part that wants to live these days with a bang and intensity and a force, the part that wants to take weekend trips to Maine and New Hampshire, you know the part.
All of this structure, all of this planning, might drive me crazy. I am looking for some more joy. I want to look with gratitude on something else, I want to appreciate something that is new. I don't care what - if I can find an event, a person with sincerity and strength, a joke, a religion, a book, a feeling that is mine, a feeling that is shared.... I'll even settle for a sunset with colors so intense that touch me like I am being smacked by heaven. I don't care, but I want that joy.
This may be the weekend I find some of that joy. Dear Jessica's wedding to Mr. Paul Vig. The third close friend of mine that is getting married, but this one feels different. I am truly thrilled to be a part of this event, and everything about it makes me excited.
Time for me to go to bed. Thanks Molly, for starting your blog again and inspiring me to write.
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| Diamonds, Spotted Cows, surprises, lake water and fresh watermelon. Sail boats and power lines. Bridesmaid dresses and Brandy Old Fashioneds.
Oh, and I saw the stars.
Part of the family that came for mom's surprise b-day party.
The terrace! Jessica, this is the beginning of why you should go to Madison for law school....
sunset in Madison
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