i was googling around this evening and found this old blog. wow, wow, wow. i am so glad that i kept it all those years. i read through the whole thing (skimmed, really, let's be honest)- and thought to myself, why did you ever give that up? what a wonderful archive of these interesting and adventurous years of my life. so, i'm back. i don't know yet what exact format i'm going to adopt, but i know for sure that i will go back to taking a picture everyday. it is just incredible to be able to look back at my journey. so. hello.
of course i missed you- but things are in a crazy flux so i needed a little time to regroup. i have decided to write. of course i decided to write. remember (although you probably don't- it's been a long time) when i started this blog it was because i was deep into the artist's way (a book that i still need to finish- and probably won't until 2012- or post-MFA) and it told me to write something everyday. and it works. i feel good. i feel creative, connected and powerful from just writing anything everyday. so i am back and i will blog. maybe i'll shake up the format: new city, new degree, new adventures = new blog.. but i'll keep the gratitude because if you can't be grateful for 5 things on a daily basis you need to stop and take care of that before you can blog about anything else. you being me of course.
and what a grand place to begin anew with this project- the morning of my departure a) from my beloved Philadelphia, b) onto the road for ten days of driving cross country, and c) for our pre-wedding honeymoon. (rory and i are getting married between semesters, this happens when one of the people involved is a perpetual student... so there's a time crunch but we are also both students in the process of launching- so we're also poor as church mice. so we decided to make our cross country trip into our honeymoon, and then in january after our wedding when we're back in san diego, rory visiting of course, we're going to spend a few days in catalina as a post-wedding-mini-moon.)
alright- so here begins the adventure.
i got up this morning and cleaned rory's apartment for him so that it would be a sweet treat, not only to wake up to but also to come home to in september, and now as i finish this i'm going to wake him up and head out to get breakfast, then we're seeing cait to say bye and then jessica & ian to say bye- and then we're on the road to CLEVELAND, OHIO. stop # 1.
i'll keep you posted.
and yes i do feel a correlation- cheesy as it is- between my journey and elizabeth gilbert's journey as the movie version of my favorite book prepares to launch august 13th.
daily gratitude:
1- the amazing adventure i have had in philadelphia since bravely moving here in 2002. 2- my incredible friends who love me enough to push me out of the nest with all their hearts and promise to be waiting when i fly back 3- my beautiful family who really are my best friends in the world, who love and support me in ways i can only understand little by little as a grow up and in grand sweeping ways that make it possible for me to make it day to day and minute to minute 4- my unbelievable fiance, who is more beautiful (inside & out), generously loving, fiercely loyal and unendingly supportive than i could have ever dreamed. i can't wait to marry him this christams 5- my new city- my new adventure- the chance to meet myself and my art and the next chapter of my life brand new in san diego.
hey blog. sorry to have had some radio silence for a while there. to tell you the truth, i think i will be taking a little time off from this kind of blogging. it was just what i needed when i did it... and now as my life makes another big transition-- i think its time for this blog to transition too. so- for now you can follow my daily online activity at the photo blog i keep with my sister:
www.NestingSisters.wordpress.com
and maybe when I'm settled in San Diego or back home starting my life and i feel the need for this blog again- I will bring it back.
hi blog. watching martha's show presently- which is rough because she has a butcher on today... ewwwww. woke up SUPER late this morning- but i could afford to so that's wonderful. right out of bed, i continued my laundry quest and my last of three loads this morning is in the dryer at present. then i made breakfast, played on the vandiver inn website, talked to my mama, helped rory with getting ready for his jury today, did dishes, took a little shower, brushed my teeth and washed my face... did i mentino three loads of laundry? i also ordered my final transcripts from Villanova to send to SDSU (i got straight A's!!! & ended up with a pretty great cum GPA 3.92... so.. i rock.) i plan to go walking the river walk as soon as this laundry is done (watching ellen till then of course)- then tonight is the Showcase at Nova! and rory's coming with me! we get so little time together and with august coming sooner and sooner- its just super nice. nice beyond nice. alright- enough for now.
song of the day:
"Ain't No Mountain" - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
daily zen:
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there” - Will Rogers
5 things:
1- groceries! 2- my beautiful family 3- sunshine 4- clean clean clean clean clothes 5- my best friend in the world, my future husband- the stinky boy with all the freckles.
hey blog. okay. so.... it has been a while. but here we go. lets just start anew- today is saturday. i woke up far later than my alarm was set to go off and i don't remember hearing it go off at all. may its set for 8pm. i'll have to look. i made myself eggo waffles with syrup- a gift from mom yesterday for my poor tummy that still hasn't recovered really from my bug/flu on tuesday. now i'm out on the porch doing this blogging and maybe reading the new theatre journal that i got in the mail yesterday- but then the day is mine. FINALLY. and the last time for a little while again. (as with mothers day tomorrow, showcase monday- and studying for the comp, rosencrantz & guildenstern and pretty all start up (again) on tuesday) but today is all mine. sadly its supposed to rain some? i guess there are some dark clouds. so instead of hiking the arboretum, i think i'm probably going to hike around philly, take myself to see "babies" at 1:30 or 3:30, maybe do trader joe's later on... and then the last performance of the parallax Sondheim cabaret tonight. which has been really nice. a mad dash of notes and lyrics and staging - but thats how it goes. i had mentally forgotten that... having spent the last two years back in a classroom- but my body remembered. and i'm grateful for the muscle memory that takes you through things like that. i'm also grateful to be in something with rory. he's kind of a big deal. at least in my book anyway. and taht's that. its SO sunny on the porch, i think i'll leave it at that and enjoy the sun!!
song of the day:
"sunday" from steve's "sunday in the park with george"
daily zen:
Fallen leaves hide the mountain path. No one around to ask directions. An old monk sweeps the ground. A novice rushes up to greet me.
- Jungkwan Ilson (1533-1608)
5 things:
1- beautiful art & the chance to make it 2- feeling better (slowly but surely) 3- san diego 4- my beautiful friends & family here at home 5- the love of my life
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