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“Jenny
hi!
9:47 AM
Alexis
hi!
9:47 AM
Jenny
guess what the best part about working from home is
mid morning ice cream snack
9:47 AM
Alexis
LOL!!!!!!!
ahahahahahaaaaa
that sounds quite amazing
what kind?
LOL
9:48 AM
Jenny
trader joe’s, peanut butter and caramel stuff
9:49 AM
Alexis
oooh yummy
9:49 AM
Jenny
and i added more peanut butter and pecans
9:49 AM
Alexis
LOL!!!!
omg
amazing
god I am laughing at this
9:51 AM
Jenny
this is what happens when there is not any candy in the house
i want candy so i have to eat ice cream to get the candy pieces
Alexis
omg this conversation
but it’s true
but still, LAUGHING AT THIS
I wish I were at home too so I could truly LOL
9:52 AM
Jenny
haha
and eat some ice cream perhaps? ;)”

—gchat 7/13/12

“And where does this love go? Because it’s impossible to believe that it simply ceases to be a part of our universe, that it falls into some pinprick-sized black hole and no longer floats amongst us, making the world brighter for its once having existed. Things are better because you caught fireflies in your back yard, because you kissed under a blanket with your hands on their chest, because you drove around in circles in your parents’ car, blasting music. This love must still exist somewhere, transmuting into more love and better love and love for people who haven’t yet felt it. It must be there, because you still remember it.”

—Some annoying writer girl, but I still liked this thought

“Basically, she suggests, this is because people have an internal alarm clock that goes off at big life events, like turning 30. It reminds them that time horizons are shrinking, so it is a point to pull back on exploration and concentrate on the here and now.”

NYTimes article mentioned below, and what this whole thing is about

(Title from Will Smith…no, seriously. Sorry.)

OK.

So you should read this article (HT Melissa Z) before you bother to read the rest of this. Aaaaand I guess I don’t know that I have a whole lot to say about it other than it’s a really good article and it makes me really grateful for the “frieeeeeeendsss!” I do have from days of yore.

Some more observations:
-no wonder it’s hard to make friends later in life. I guess it’s good I have no intention of leaving MN, ha.
-I am all for ‘curation’, and that is OK, maybe even good. Trust yo’self.
-there may be reasons why it was fairly easy to re-pick-it-up w/ the couple of HS friends w/ whom I reconnected last year…
-…although clearly lack of geographic proximity is a problem. Dangit.
-…but still. That’s OK.
-The work friends deal is really interesting. I still have some dear HITF friends but it’s just hard to keep it up. And I do have friends at my current job, including a pretty new friend who I hope to keep, even if one of us were to leave. I guess she’s like a sign of making-friends-later-in-life being possible, or whatever, but the work-stuff makes me curious. Hmmmmm.
-I love my friends! And that is that. Friends.

Moving along. I looked through USAG’s photo gallery of Oly training at the ranch and wow it looks lonely. I mean, the girls seem really happy together, but when they show just the 8 of them in that gym, alone, with like one coach per athlete…whoa dude. Lonely At The Top for SURE. Still. Exciting.

This weekend was fantastic. Trying to figure out what to do this weekend…I should go to WI Saturday but there are a lot of complicating factors. I kind of just want to stick around here but have no big/good reason to…other than just Hanging Out which I suppose is reason enough. Hmmmmmmmm. I did just see everyone so…whatever. I am also going back there in a couple weeks and am tiring of travel. Yes lazy I know.

Anyway, THIS PAST weekend consisted of: DATE NIGHT at Annie’s Friday! SURPRISE date night, in fact! along with a walk around UMN East Bank/exploration of Coffman, then late-night grocery shoppin’/Awkward.-watchin’; SUPER catchup/cleanup Saturday AM which was sorely needed, just doing random annoying things to make the house/life better (boring, but I was actually really excited about this, ha); yoga with instructor TIM (new!!) Saturday, just 4 of us in the class, Jeff did headstands, I did a new inversion or whatever, Figure-4 based, yeah!! thanks Tim!!! old man!; egg salad and smoothies (duh); gift-shopping for a certain almost-6-year-old and almost-87-year-old and someone else; getting ready/cutting my own bangs (FAIL/STUPID, I need to stop this immediately, gah); then OUT with Kristin which consisted of sparkly skirts, dining at the AMAAAAAAAAZING Sapor (I seriously want to go back this weekend w/ Jeff, ha) full of lovely patient service + stunningly well-thought-out food + FANTASTIC cocktails (Lady Di…still smelling that amazingness!!…and Parisenne Roux for Bastille Day) and then traipsing around various DT bars (it was kind of wild out there), including NV where K bought me this AMAZING sparkly hairthing(!!!!! and herself too, from a bachelorette party – yes weird), I met Jose the migrant worker, Josef the 21-year-old graphic design student (awkward…) and then the Moundsview grad. Weirdddd/funny. I loved that sparkly hairthing!! I wish it stayed lit up forever… awwww. But such a fun night!; then recovery/biking-swimming-biking (poor choice), + finishing Hunger Games and then cooking Sunday. Good times.

I am also still laughing at that IM convo w/ JJ. Heh.

All right. Time to go to the Post Office. Happy MIDSUMMER (45 days since June 1, 45 days til August 31, WHOA).