enter *sidekick*
i've decided that i probably won't have a side kick for quite a while. i miss illias the dog too much. plus, as it turns out, i've become a sidekick to my mom.
i guess that's cool.
actually i love it. L.O.V.E. I.T. my mom is great and we've run lots of errands together. i've also managed to watch hamlet, the producers, and montel williams. i've plowed through a mystery novel and bought new bedding. in addition to all of this, i made three luxurious necklaces. oh yeah, and i've been to the beach four times...not as much as i would have liked, but i need to get a beach sticker for my car. unfortunately this can only take place when i get MA plates. to do this, i need to have proof of residency and an MA driver's license. i guess i'm just not ready to take that step.
i've feasted with familiy/friends a total of five times this week. good food, good wine.
i also cried alot. i called ian the other day because i knew i missed falafel night and i was sad. he told me he'd mail one to me. i told him not to bother (because that'd be just gross.)
last tuesday i drove my dad to the neurologist. it was really fascinating. it also took most of the day.
this transition has been touch and go. truth be told, i really miss living with i and e. there was just something magical about the last six months.
incidentally, i tried to love another small dog at someone's house the other day. turns out i still don't like dogs. illias was the exception. we had a mystical bond.
not to worry. another side kick will come in due time. and besides, it's totally fun to bother my mom all day. sigh. soon enough i'll have a job and another place to live and a busy life with no time to read. but for now, i think i'll pick up another one of those old fashioned murder-mystery novels and read in bed until i fall asleep.
ahhhhhhh. that's the life. at least for now. maybe i'll get a cat...
see how far we've come?
illias the dog and i are chillin in my room. it's his favorite hang out. sometimes i feel like we are teenagers. like he's that friend you had in high school who would come to your house to flop on your bed and complain that there was nothing to do. for example: today i told illias that i hated moving. he shrugged his shoulders and yawned a great yawn. then he huffed,
you brought this upon yourself. no one is making you move. no, for real. it was loud and clear.
you wanna play fetch? illias dropped a toy in my lap. "nah", i said. "i'm not in the mood."
whatever. i'm out of ideas. illias sprawled out and sighed. then he fell asleep.
if illias had hands, he would totally take a smoking break in the backyard. he's that cool. illias would make a great side-kick. he's the supporting character who everyone likes more than the protagonist.
when i get to boston, who will be my side-kick?
gonna build an ark-y ark-y
today is thursday.
on monday, i was stuck in Princeton NJ due to flooding. julie and i made three separate attempts to leave. only route 1 was closed. and the difficulty was that it was
only closed in the two square miles around diana's apartment. this cut off our access to any other highway. funny thing was that we were just trying to get to 95. 95 was literally forty-eight feet passed the "detour" markers on route 1 that kicked you back onto the road you fought to exit from. just the other direction. so basically, we sat in traffic for an hour before ending up at the mall which was located within eyesight of diana's apartment complex. we also traveled a total distance of about a mile and half.
naturally, julie and i got into a bicker-y spat at the mall because, well, we were at the mall. everyone hates the mall. and it has florescent lighting.
but that is all in the past now. we finally found a way (nearly 24 hours later) onto 95 and had a smooth trip back to reading. not a drop of water in sight.
alleluia!
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
last things last
today was my last yoga class in pittsburgh. lots of "last" things this weekend. strange.
so sad
yesterday was one of the harder days i've had in pittsburgh. I don't talk very much on my blog about my job due to confidentiality issues...but i happen to have worked with the same little boy for two and a half years. in fact, being around this great kid has been the only consistent and stable thing about my life in the burgh. well, yesterday i had to say goodbye to him. we've been talking about times when it is socially appropriate to cry and about how to control your emotions...
anyway, last night i said goodbye to him, maybe for the last time. i don't think i can adequately describe how painful this was for me. we walked down the hall and i said "well, this is goodbye" (which was probably less than helpful of me, but i was just sad.) he asked me if we could do a really huge hug. naturally i said yes, and several tears rolled down my face. so then he asked if it was one of those times where it was appropriate to cry. i said that it was one of the most natural times to be sad and cry. he gave me a giant hug and then pulled his hoodie down over his face. he didn't really make eye contact with me again.
i told him easter was a time for new beginnings and fresh starts; how it was exciting to see what would come next, blah blah. he thought about it for a minute before saying, "well i'm still pretty sad."
then his mom came and they drove away. i sat on the floor and cried for about five minutes.
i honestly do not know when i will see him again.
i feel like i just lost a friend.
i've decided that i probably won't have a side kick for quite a while. i miss illias the dog too much. plus, as it turns out, i've become a sidekick to my mom.
