January 15th, 2012
call me when you need me / ‘we are hanging here’
“I know everybody lets you down / I’ll do the same / but know I’ll always be around / this can remain the same / Call me when you need me / call me anything you want / darling believe me / nothing I haven’t done before”
—Florence + The Machine
“On the other side of a street I knew / stood a girl that looked like you / this must be déjà vu / but I thought this can’t be true / ’cause / Oh I swear to you / I’ll be there for you / this is not a drive by”
—Train, Drive By…yes I like this song, yes I bought this song, yes I am thoroughly embarrassed (but obviously not so much so…)(FTR, Jeff hates it, ha ha)
“I’m Alexis.” “Her name is Lexi, actually.”
—me/Alyssa, 1/14/12…she has a point!
time 1:30 pm feeling good wearing black leggings, red stripey jacket from Alyssa from yore reading Infinite Jest…actually Little Girls in Pretty Boxes b/c I am a loser, thanks Gymnastics Season music misc BAD POP MUSIC as always, also Zelda right now ready for swimming, bread that doesn’t fail next swim, check bread
How is it that some people know just the right words to say? Amazing. It can make me want to cry. These are the kind of people for whom I am overwhelmingly grateful in my life. Lucky lucky.
Anyway. /emofest
I just: backed up my ‘other’ SEKRET blog (ha ha ha!) via Python (?apparently?), made what I think it some terrible bread ([possibly] rising), had a dance party with(for?) Jeff while he tried/failed to revive his dying Powerbook (‘panic; We are hanging here…’), ate a brownie and Fage for breakfast, did some Chores, and bought TICKETS TO SAN FRAN for March and CHICAGO for February. WHAT UP 2012!!!!!
Anyway. It is high time for an update. I’ve had two smashingly successful weekends in a row, and for January this is quite a feat. Not without some usual little drama mixed in (We R Who We R/I am who I am, after all??), but hardly a thing in terms of January. F yes!!! But let’s not get too comfortable. This is probably not destined to continue. Caution, caution, etc. BUT, I will take what I can get.
SIDE NOTE/SIDEBAR: ‘LX’ in Roman Numerals is 60. That’s pretty lame, but at least it’s a multiple of 3? I guess I’ll have to have a smashing 60th bday party, then…
Here are some things that have made this weekend great:
– Early morning yoga + then coffee w/ Alyssa yesterday. This was really good for many reasons and I am very grateful. She is really Nailing It too so that makes me very happy. FRIENDS!
– Shopping for Valentines! ohhhhh pretty paper…
– Long phone conference between me, Diana, and Jeff about her TV purchase…she made the purchase, friends! Beautiful plasma coming her way! Love that Jeff got so into it. Also love that she did some anniversary celebrating by buying a TV (‘ohhh that was The Night!!!’)
– Lots of cooking and prepping yesterday for…
– …DINNER PARTY w/ Sarah L.! Great, great times. She is a doll and we all had so much fun (‘they don’t show what’s he’s doing OFF screen…!’). She is Jeff’s friend from many moons ago, but I hope she is my friend too. I loved listening to them reminisce about their HS/early college days and plot to see Titanic again (15 years?!), too. And talk about the house blowups in Bourne movies. And feed them. And drink vinho verde.
– VINHO VERDE!
– Goofing off with Jeff this morning
– Jeff’s Zelda marathon yesterday. So sad it is over! But how he loves it! It was a beautiful ending too.
– Listening to bad pop songs over and over and over….. (‘Pass Out’, ‘Hangover’, ‘Drive By’…yeah I know) “where’s my f-ing clap / where’s my encore?!”
– I have tomorrow off!!! I keep forgetting this!! YES!
– soup + railroad show finale tonight
Gymnastics amazingness: will be in Chicago for Chicago Style!! I first attended that meet when it was still at a high school and I was a terrible first year level 9 (1999). Now that Jenny lives by where it is held (Navy Pier) and it is such a HUGE meet, I am not just excited to see JJ but also to relive JO days…ha. ALSO: Region 4 Regionals are here in April! I may also attend this. JO DAYS HOLLA! ALSO fell in L O V E with our new ‘advanced beginning’ preschool class at Parks. I seriously love all of those girls So. Freakin’. Much. !!! (And their moms, ha ha.)
Coming up:
– Roommate JAZZERCISE! Yeah!
– Drinks/dinner w/ Cole!
– Pardon My French with Kelly Friday, yeahhhh
– UMN vs UMich gymn meet Saturday
Other things that are great:
– A husband who will do _anything_ for me (and who cracks me up every single day)
– Friends who I know I can call at any time
– Friends who know just what to say
– Gophers beat Hoosiers (basketball)
– UMN beat UND (hockey). WHOA!!!
– Optimistic realism / REALITY
– Upcoming trips to SAN FRANCISCO and CHICAGO are BOOKED!!!! YEAH!!
That’s it for now. Out to swim.