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April 28, 2004

sometimes life takes over. time passes and you don't realize it, or you do, but there's nothing to be done but go along. washing dishes becomes a love letter, empty boxes are bouquets. in a way i miss the grandness and the ache of 4 hour conversations, late at night, long distance. (note to powers of the universe, pay attention - i said IN A WAY).

but life settles down to grocery shopping and car repairs. we don't joke about names for the kids so much - neither of us want them, dogs will do. we talk instead about which weekend to go camping, our days. b. is pretty patient with the skyrocketing stress that i've felt lately. that too is dying down. we don't really argue. and as long as we're in the same room when annoyance happens, it all passes over quickly.

i'm extrordinarily lucky. on a thousand levels. b. is my magic. i have the best dog in the world, two wacky cats, a great place to live, the best friends i could hope for, and a new job starting tomorrow. which by all counts should totally rock. after about 8 or 9 weeks of mostly slacking it's so time to go back to work. although i have to say getting paid to do nothing isn't really bad. there was a little going away thing with my old group at work and it was a bit sad. there are a few of those people who i love, who i will miss. i've known them a very long time and they've seen me through a lot of mayhem (personally and professionally).

i'm really excited about what is next. today will be some yard work, probably a long walk with buck, and being glad that the enormous storm yesterday (lightning! thunder! tornadoes!) seems to have carried off a lot of the stress.

and then early to bed. i've so forgotten what it's like to have to leave the house before about 11:00.

p.s. it was almost like christmas this morning. i was so excited to get up and whip out the steppin edger. we had seen them at home depot, and didn't buy one. then i found out that the very reasonable yard guy wanted a fair amount of cash to edge the yard. so, i picked one up yesterday and had about 4 minutes of fun with it when the first part of the monster storm hit. but today is glorious, and the yard will be so edged. their weed hound rocks too. also known as the weed launcher. there should be video footage as to why.

Posted by rosebaby at April 28, 2004 09:47 AM