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“You know, you’re lucky you’re so [redacted], or else you would have NOTHING.”

—Jeff Akervik, 7/3/11, watching me attempt to dance

“Well at least we’re being responsible about it! We’re at home!”

—Jeff Akervik, 7/3/11

“Don’t ever look back / Don’t ever look back”

—Katy Perry…I blame Jeff

“Tomorrow is tomorrow / Future cares have future cures / And we must mind today.”

—Sophocles (Antigone)

“There are the pursuing [STALKERS], the pursued, the busy, and the tired.”

—F. Scott Fitzgerald (“STALKERS” my addition, 12+ years ago)

time _The Night_ feeling content wearing black dress music POP, always and always and always ready for Probably could stand to be out of the sun for a little bit next ???

Title obviously stolen from Trike. Update obviously fulfilling a self-fulfilling prophecy. To steal from Trike AGAIN, you get a THINGS IT’S ALL ABOUT:

Prosecco, FATE, self-fulfilling prophecies, sleeping the morning away in the Yellow Room Motel to avoid the birds, fireworks, KISMET, homemade mojitos, WEDDINGS, dancing, Getting Low, riding bikes bikes bikes!, Teenage Dreams, transparency, SHAMELESSNESS, coldpress in massive and inappropriate quantities, POP MUSIC x2394872358, lemonade stands by your neighbor gal who gives all the money to manatees + whales + pandas and has little stuffed animals on the table to remind you, patronizing S Mpls lemonade stands in general, SUNSCREEN, dressing up skeptically for Twins games, pulling a ‘Barb + Steve’, shopping with INTERNET FRIENDS in real life, videogames + blogging (at least at this house), “what is life like at YOUR house?”, dance parties in the kitchen, dance remixes, dancing again, swimming, water, SUMMER OF LOVE, living 29 to its fullest, running into people, betta fish, TV on DVD (sorry but true), conjuring up RANDOMNESS, reunions, convincing TRANSPLANTS/”foreigners”, welcoming newcomers, running buddies and scheming that up, coming out of the woodwork, connections and being open to possibility, LOVE and true lovers, FRIENDS. FAMILY.

And this is before even a third glass of Prosecco. Oh wait, this is just how I always am.

Four+ hours (60 mi. between today and yesterday?) on the bike today/over 1/4 of my waking hours. Plus swimming. Questionable. But so devoted to physical activity. So – ? May need to learn to tone it down, as I ought in all areas of my life. Hmmmm. “Nice guns.” Scary.

So far a sparklingly superb 4th of July weekend, and it’s only the 3rd. (“Happy 3rd!” YES.) In spite of two wakeups in a row devoted to general sense of unease/anxiety. Alas, such is this life. Anyway…RECAP(let?):

FRIDAY started things off right with a little brunchtime reprieve from working at home with a grand visit from Christie and Laura. We feasted at Patisserie 46, grand upon grand in and of itself, and Laura wanted a lot of cuddles from Mom. Adorable. Home to chit chat and watch Laura try to find things to play with. She did handsomely and enjoyed my red 2005 cellphone. She ALSO stomped right up the steps to our house. Bless! It was a lovely visit and I was so happy they came to visit.

THEN to spend the rest of the day doing what some call work. Failed at trying to fix the bugs in my iPhone app. Starting to worry. Oh Well.

Jeff came home and I succeeded yet again in making us a terrific meal of zucchini carbonara. Cream, bacon, egg, pasta, oh and zucchini. Questionable level of health. But so perfect. Crazy storms descended upon Minneapolis but we were spared save strong rain. I think we were a tad disappointed. Continued watching The Wire and drank Prosecco for Matt Mason’s hott LSAT score. INDEED.

SATURDAY after my early-AM freakout, all was well. We had grand plans to clean all the windows/blinds AND get all of the house-renovation-y things we needed at Home Depot. Only Home Depot was accomplished. Descended upon Home Depot(S) to gather tile and doorknobs. Mucho dinero. Bleeding cash. Economy, YOU’RE WELCOME.

Then we split to get in PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. Jeff went to the gym and I cruised the lakes. Not without first a stop for raspberry lemonade from the Cutest Lemonade Stand Ever from the Cutest Neighbor Girl + Her Nerdy Friend Ever (see above). Awww! Great lake cruise. Saw a woman riding with a bow and arrow on her back. Hmmm. Jeff mowed. I weeded.

Showered + dolled up to try and get Twins tickets. Pulling a Barb + Steve. Trolled around DT for tickets amongst many Brewers and Twins fans. NO DICE. Waited it out and still nothing. FAIL. Culver’s + Wire. What a season. Stringer Bell man. Fell asleep on couch as usual. STEVELIKE. Then really to bed.

SUNDAY today. Another weird morning of having to sleep in Yellow Room Motel in the early AM. Gah! Body/mind, mind/body. (Today was where I questionably took it too far in the PHYSICAL ACTIVITY department, yet I couldn’t stop myself and still don’t feel bad. So, that’s good?) Up earlyish to roast beets/do dishes/call Mom. A good chat with Mom!

Then: made oatmeal, Jeff tried to fix a radio. Fail. I hopped on the bike to get up to the U to swim. SWIMMING! Only swam ~1000m as I had grand plans to bike home (DUH!) and then bike w/ Jeff later. So. 20mi RT from house to U the way I go. Questionable choice. But not at ALL since it was so BEAUTIFUL out. The lanes were at 50m again which I love but is tiring. But lovely.

HOME to ‘lunch’ (aka yogurt and bread, per usual) and then back OUT on the bike with Jeff. Will I ever turn down an offer for a Bike Ride, esp. with my favorite person Jeff? NO! He wanted to do Super Mini Grand Rounds, then on our way up Calhoun proclaimed “Let’s do Mini Grand Rounds and go DT!” Cannot.resist. DT it was, Jeff saw the new DT bike path. Love. Right past HAM and Current Workplace. FATE. KISMET. 2011.

THEN: “Let’s go across Stone Arch!” THEN: “Let’s go to the U!” _THEN_: “Let’s get smoothies!” Smoothies saved my life. Coconut water YES. Hanging out by the U. Things We Love. This is Our House. Ohhh memories! “Where did you study?” Jeff in BioSci (“it was so quiet!”); me in CSci (probably because the window frames were red and it was my secret dream). Random. TRUE.

THEN: “Let’s go home along the EAST River Parkway!” Showing a little St.P love eh? BEAUTIFUL and unexpected, gorgeous. Pathways clear out. So Much Sun. 4+ hours on bike. So worth every second. So much sun, enough to sustain me for a year…or at least a day or two.

HOME, water plants, shower, bike over to Angela and Seth’s BBQ. Met many wonderful people. They have good friends. Even if I got too political as always. (I just ASSume everyone is a Dem. Oops. You know what the say about ASSume…) Cake Pops! Angela is FIERCE and an Extremely Good Baker. I should’ve known! Reminisced with one of their friends about the Angela And Seth Early Days. “So…was that a date?” Awww bless. Big yard. Tiny dog. So nice. Just a few blocks away. We need to Hang Out more.

HOME again where the evening took a decidedly different turn as I’m sure you’ve been able to infer. Wow. Fireworks outside. Lots of random emails inbetween. Always free lancin’ even when I’m not. Always romancing (what? not really, it just rhymed.). Always…. STAYING. IN. TOUCH. Stay in touch. Please do.

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