mid-month madness

"we cut the legs off of our pants. threw our shoes in the ocean. sit
back and wave through the daylight. sit back and wave through the
daylight."

Happiness. Eagerness. Aimlessness. Randomness. Thankfulness.

The momentum of the year has thankfully carried over into March, making this perhaps the best year of my life so far. I know, I know, there isn't that much competition, but it is still significant to me.

The Memphis trip proved to be even more awesome than expected. My first real experience with carpooling wasn't the disaster that I was anticipating (except for stupidly getting lost a couple of times). It seemed to be a success for all who were involved, but most importantly for the bride-to-be. Here are a few highlights in a few short words:

- "Roofies, what?", drunk dancing, forgotten cab rides, redheaded curse, H2s and Jesus (the Spanish one), zoo animals, fun people, to-do lists and tiaras, jukeboxes, "bad-ass duck", divers, and yes fried pickles.

Your pain = My pain

and that makes me think i care...

i should have been there...i was there...but i wasn't.

It might be time to examine my feelings a little bit.

All in all, it has been a random month / year. Happiness is a fleeting reward that rescues us from reality.

My Honda has been the lucky recipient of an excessive amount of preventative maintenance this year. I think I have spent more money on the upkeep of my faithful Honda than I have on myself, but my Honda is a happy Honda.

I am pretty happy that I was able to find a home for my new tv with the help of an old friend. Is it weird that I enjoy giving things away more than I enjoy buying them? Well, except for that bathing suit that I bought online this week. I noticed that another sports store has appeared in the mall. I believe I once said that I wouldn't go back after they haphazardly placed a Lids in the food court, but now I am thinking that a full-fledged boycott might be in order.

Hold on. I must leave you for a second to kill a spider that is currently crawling across my carpet - very close to my foot...

Okay, that's better. I may have coexisted with a ladybug that lived in my bathroom for about a week, but I refuse to coexist with a spider - although it was a small one. It is important to decide what you are willing to live with and what you won't live with. Ultimately, you are the one in control of such things..if you want to be.

"and in the daylight we could hitchhike to Maine. i hope that someday,
i'll see without these frames. and in the daylight, i don't pick up my
phone. 'cause in the daylight, anywhere feels like home."

Night,

E