This entry courtesy of Jen, who caused me to relive this painful memory.
Jen came down today to tell me about her most recent marathon adventure. Now, I know it’s hard to believe that my large, cumbersome, pregnant body ever ran a marathon, but I did run a half marathon when I was in Japan. more »
Yesterday as I was driving to work, at the ungodly hour of 7:45 a.m., I felt happier than I have felt in a long time. The world, despite it being a rather normal sunrise and plain morning, looked beautiful, like a veil had drawn back and it was so beautiful as to be painful. I realized I hadn’t felt like that since leaving Yoron Island in 1999, which means I’ve spent the last 7 years in a sort of haze, probably because I’ve moved multiple times, gotten married, had a child, gone through several jobs and spent most of my time in polluted cities. It’s hard to realize that I’ve been living a “half-life” for 7 years (Marti says I always see things as “half-full” (correction: I meant “half-empty” of course) so even my peace and enjoyment brings hard analyzation to the tune of, “Why haven’t I been peaceful before?”). more »
So I got the new laptop, and…the monitor was bad. My elation turned to a sinking feeling as we tried everything to get the thing to light up, and it simply wouldn’t. I tried not to cry, and Marti took it to the back of the den to hook it up to a monitor and see if he could fix it. It was not fixable. So, today, I stopped by Circuit City and traded for another one, which, incidentally, works perfectly. I suppose it turned out all right — Ben was sick today so I had time to cozy up to the laptop before Marti could get his mits on it. And now I am writing from my brand-new laptop. Hurrah! Life is good.
“If you can’t say anything good about someone, sit next to me.”
from Death, Snow and Mistletoe by Valerie S. Malmont
