Take the opportunity to thank a soldier, young or old, for the freedom you're excercising tonight. Whether you're out partying til whenever you want, with whomever you want, or you're simply alone, wrapped up safely in your bed, like me - you're enjoying an invisible protection, of which most of the world can only dream. That protection has been ( Read more... )

I just got back from a week in the Outer Banks of NC with the fam and the final verdict is not crispy and peeling, but bronzed and beautiful. :) God, I love the beach. I did my best not to spend a zillion dollars, since I'm flying to New York soon to visit Nathaniel. But, when I realized that the magic of direct deposit was occuring somewhere in ( Read more... )

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I'm so stoked about some things this summer. I'm not sad to be home. It was def time to leave New York for a bit and take a deep breath, without the smell of grease, sewage, subway tracks or street falafels. So here's a quick (and hopefully INCOMPLETE :), list of things that I am eagerly anticipating ( Read more... )

So good week at home ( Read more... )

One way or another we all burn.
I'd just rather know how this time.
So when I'm facing all the flames, I can shield my eyes from them
And they won't get to see me cry again.
Why can't I save myself?
Why won't I run with what's left of me?
No one just stands there in a fire.
I need someone to watch over me.
Someone, protect me from what I want

I was thinking about all of the people I know today, after having dinner with Sherri last night ( I LOVE THAT GIRL!) and trying to remember how I met her. When I really dug backwards, I realized that I know Sherri because she and Meg were close when Brad and I had just broken up and were going through a hard time. We both needed to find some new ( Read more... )

I had a really good talk with Brad tonight. I received the best compliment I think I've ever had. It left me feeling satisfied with the person I am tonight and hopeful for the future. I think we're gonna have lunch tomorrow, which will be nice because I haven't seen Brad in a while. Maybe this is cliché and it applies to everyone, but it's ( Read more... )

I just got back from the dentist - my first trip out since my reentry into NoVA life. It's my first time out because I'm still sick. My head feels like it's gonna explode and I believe I'm single-handedly keeping Puffs with Lotion in business. So, as she's jabbing me with that metal hook thing, my uncomprehendable middle eastern dentist ORDERS ( Read more... )

Just once, it'd be nice to be in the right place at the right time, with the right person. It seems to me that I've been in all those situations - just not all together. I'm working on it. I guess the missing piece is that I have to also compliment the other half of the relationship. I always think I can help, but maybe I can't. I have to just ( Read more... )