Revisiting

Have you ever had one of those really great hair days that, at the end, you are sad to have to go to bed for the night because you know it won't be that great the next day? No?

We went out to dinner tonight and then up to campus to let Sammy play around on the quad. For a couple of minutes, I just stood there, listening to the wind and soaking up the feeling of grass on my feet. The wind was warm and smelled wonderful. Campus was green and so lovely. The views were beautiful and as I stood there, my back to "my" building and facing the English building, I had so many thoughts. Isaac and I tossed a million memories out, each one recounted with a smile.

I thought of the time I sat on the quad furiously scribbling notes for short stories. One kept coming back to me and I'm amazed how often I think of this story set up and the guy who would be the lead character. I can see him as clearly today as twelve years ago. Maybe it's time to revisit and explore.

I thought of my very last final. It was for my American Lit class, about 11 am. I remember being done and realizing I was DONE. I didn't even mind when it started snowing on my way home that morning. In March.

And I thought of the people I knew, but don't anymore. Where one specific one is and how he's doing. He was such a brilliant journalist and I hope he's well.

I have so many memories of the campus and so much has changed. So much happened there in such a short amount of time. I hope wherever Sammy goes to college he'll take away as much as Isaac and I. And I only slightly hope he chooses to stay here. At home. Forever. Ok, not forever, but still. At home...for at least his first year.

Busy

It's been a busy week. On Wednesday, my sister and I canned plums. For 12 hours. Plum jam, plum sauce, plum chutney. I'm excited for an ever growing stash of goodness, but man. Twelve hours. On Thursday, Sammy had his first ever dentist appointment. It went well. His teeth are growing appropriately and have no weird gaps; most importantly, though, there are no signs of cavities. After hearing some horror stories, I'm pretty happy we were so vigilant with this. Today is an eye appointment for me (new contacts needed and apparently one cannot ask their eye doctor hubby to just order some from the old script and call it good...). We have several more things happening in the next few days and a few more I need to schedule. Hibernating for the winter is looking like a great option!

My favorite aspect of summer is upon us. It's started to rain in the evenings. They are predicting four evenings this week, but I'm not so secretly hoping for more. I love warm summer rains more than anything. Not to mention, now that So You Think You Can Dance is over, it's the perfect excuse to curl up with a book. Or, at least, the next disc of Psych.

Of Weather and Books

It was chilly enough this morning I had to shut all the windows before we ate breakfast. I'm so scared for winter. Not to mention the huge shopping trip we are going to have to take to outfit us for winter. Oh, wait. That's the good part of it all, right?

Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn came out on Saturday. I am not going to lie, I did read the first three books. I also picked up Breaking Dawn (at the respectable hour of 11 am and with no line and only because I had to pick up diapers anyway)this weekend and will read it...eventually. When I'm done with the other books I've picked up lately and need to read. Like Blink. And Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. And One for the Money.

I have a semi-like / hate relationship with these books. I read the first three books in two days. Partly because I read fast and partly because it's easy to skip whole chunks of her books and not miss anything because she has a bad habit of repeating herself and partly because the premise of the story is actually a good one. It's just the execution of the story I didn't like. I have heard very mixed reviews about this book and read all the spoilers (Bella grows a spine, the characters act differently) which makes me think I may like this one more (but definitely hate some aspects) but it's not something I will ever love. I get too frustrated with her lack of... and can't concentrate on the good parts.

Time For A Song

I remember, very clearly, the day I got this CD. It came out in the fall of 1995 and we took a trip to specifically go CD shopping and pick it up. It baffles me that it's been 13 years. It's still one of my top 10 favorite CDs and routinely finds itself in my stereo. My favorite song from the disc is Happy For You, for a lot of reasons, but the lyrics get me every time.

If you love him you should leave me
That`s the best thing to do
And if you need him you don`t need me
Like you used to
And if you believe you`ll be happy
Then i`m happy for you

(Lloyd Cole, Happy For You)

I couldn't find a clip of Happy For You, but I did find a video for Baby, which is a close second from the disc.