after being delayed by tropical storm fay, i arrived at my new home in florida on sunday. three days later, we have the place sorta-kinda unpacked (the kitchen is fully operational, the bedroom and bathroom are almost there, and...well...we have a lot of boxes to deal with everywhere else), and are beginning to settle into life together. things have been complicated by my having coughed myself into a strained rib, which is a minor injury that F*CKING HURTS!
school has started for us both. right now, loaf is in the living room putting some final touches on her teaching plan for tomorrow, and i am in the bedroom, avoiding math. yesterday math was so exciting, but today we got into decimals and percentages and...and...*begins rocking back and forth*. sigh. i am determined to get an A in math. that this hasn't happened since, oh, third grade will not deter me! anyway, i did some english and psychology stuff today, and plan on re-tackling the math tomorrow. sometimes taking a breather from difficulty is all you need. that, and a cookie.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
life in haiku
scratch on my glasses
they'd have to replace the lens
i no has the cash
lying on my bed
kitteh snores across the room
why does my side hurt?
after all this time
being missed, loved, and held tight
was what i needed
really, though, my side
feels like i pulled a muscle
under my left breast
loaf is on the road
en route to tallahassee
see you saturday
i love my new ink
right now it's red and tender
the pain is my friend
must eat more clean food
today breakfast was some cold
leftover pizza
exercise would rock
but healing from bronchitis
means a lot of rest
so much packing! yikes!
hope that what i bring will be
enough til christmas
i said "i'm reformed"
she said "re-formed...i get the
poetry of that"
they'd have to replace the lens
i no has the cash
lying on my bed
kitteh snores across the room
why does my side hurt?
after all this time
being missed, loved, and held tight
was what i needed
really, though, my side
feels like i pulled a muscle
under my left breast
loaf is on the road
en route to tallahassee
see you saturday
i love my new ink
right now it's red and tender
the pain is my friend
must eat more clean food
today breakfast was some cold
leftover pizza
exercise would rock
but healing from bronchitis
means a lot of rest
so much packing! yikes!
hope that what i bring will be
enough til christmas
i said "i'm reformed"
she said "re-formed...i get the
poetry of that"
Saturday, August 16, 2008
sigh.
car unloaded, laundry in progress, four boxes of pots/pans/dishes/kitchen stuff sorted and packed. progress, yes? thanks to E for keeping me company and sharing pizza.
Still To Do:
- pack clothes, massage table and lamp
- spend quality time with friends
- get tattoo
and myriad other things that i can't think of right now.
holy fuck, this is my last weekend in detroit.
it's hard to type with a kitteh passed out on your left wrist.
Still To Do:
- pack clothes, massage table and lamp
- spend quality time with friends
- get tattoo
and myriad other things that i can't think of right now.
holy fuck, this is my last weekend in detroit.
it's hard to type with a kitteh passed out on your left wrist.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
home. sick.
72 hours ago i was still in my tent.
what a week. never have i worked so hard, and never has it been so worth it.
anne's challenge to us all was to "do one thing this week that scares you".
i did one every day. making new friends, admitting ignorance, continuing towards closure...driving unfamiliar vehicles, climbing ladders, climbing towers straight up into the sky...
and moths. if you know me, you know i am terrified by moths. of moths. it really did not occur to me that hanging and focusing lights in the woods meant HUGE GIGANTIC MOTHS. imagine being way up a ladder at night, trying to get a stuck light unstuck so you can point it where you want it, when surprise - there are moths crawling on your arms and neck, moths flying at your face...i even had one purring in my ear. yep. got over that fear pretty dang quick.
got bronchitis two days in, still recovering but feeling much better!
learned to say "luckdragon" in sign language.
learned that i am incapable of not loving.
learned that the universe is really quite witty.
today has been rough. i have a bad case of re-entry blues. i'm also overwhelmed by how much has to be done in the next week. florida will be fine once i'm there, but right now i am so not looking forward to going.
i miss well water. i miss bobbing flashlights and smiles on wooded paths. i miss cuddles (my follow spot), the Tower of Power and its inhabitants, and hot showers in dappled sunlight. i miss the drumming. i miss the milky way lighting me home, bumpy shuttle rides, and lemony ice water with every meal.
i don't miss the tofu.
what a week. never have i worked so hard, and never has it been so worth it.
anne's challenge to us all was to "do one thing this week that scares you".
i did one every day. making new friends, admitting ignorance, continuing towards closure...driving unfamiliar vehicles, climbing ladders, climbing towers straight up into the sky...
and moths. if you know me, you know i am terrified by moths. of moths. it really did not occur to me that hanging and focusing lights in the woods meant HUGE GIGANTIC MOTHS. imagine being way up a ladder at night, trying to get a stuck light unstuck so you can point it where you want it, when surprise - there are moths crawling on your arms and neck, moths flying at your face...i even had one purring in my ear. yep. got over that fear pretty dang quick.
got bronchitis two days in, still recovering but feeling much better!
learned to say "luckdragon" in sign language.
learned that i am incapable of not loving.
learned that the universe is really quite witty.
today has been rough. i have a bad case of re-entry blues. i'm also overwhelmed by how much has to be done in the next week. florida will be fine once i'm there, but right now i am so not looking forward to going.
i miss well water. i miss bobbing flashlights and smiles on wooded paths. i miss cuddles (my follow spot), the Tower of Power and its inhabitants, and hot showers in dappled sunlight. i miss the drumming. i miss the milky way lighting me home, bumpy shuttle rides, and lemony ice water with every meal.
i don't miss the tofu.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
<--- slacker!
it's been a very busy summer! this month alone:
- i joined loaf in her hometown for her brother's wedding and met her family for the first time
_ loaf and i did a walk-through of our reception site and had a cake-tasting/general plannning session with our caterer
- i graduated from massage therapy school (this was thursday and hasn't sunk in yet)
_ i was able to sub in a few games for the women's summer hockey league here, which was great fun
- i discovered a new craft project and have been going to town with it, lol...
loaf is coming back to town on sunday. monday we're shopping for a dining room set and getting our engagement pics taken, wednesday we're crossing the border ("canada has such a great theme song", says loaf) to meet with our minister, and friday we're heading to fest! well...i'm heading straight (ha!) to fest and loaf is camping nearby with some friends for the weekend. i'm a worker and have to be there early. light crew light crew light crew!!!
ahem. in an attempt to regain some butch cred, i just bought this awesome little multi-use tool:
http://www.amazon.com/Leatherman-70202003K-Pocket-Multi-Tool-Orange/dp/B0007UQ16U/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1217053747&sr=8-4
it has pliers, a corkscrew, a bottle opener, wire cutters, a knife, and 4 screwdrivers! and it's orange! it was pricy, but has a 25-year warranty and it's like a little hand-held toolkit, you know? it's coming with me to fest, along with a cordless screwdriver and a crescent-wrench-on-a-shoelace.
ok. off i go to look up herbs that will bring on periods...this month's first bleeding day needs to happen sometime before next friday, because cramps render me pretty much useless, and i can't be useless at fest. too much to do!! oh, and did i mention that this week we also have to load some of my stuff into loaf's car for the move to florida?
- i joined loaf in her hometown for her brother's wedding and met her family for the first time
_ loaf and i did a walk-through of our reception site and had a cake-tasting/general plannning session with our caterer
- i graduated from massage therapy school (this was thursday and hasn't sunk in yet)
_ i was able to sub in a few games for the women's summer hockey league here, which was great fun
- i discovered a new craft project and have been going to town with it, lol...
loaf is coming back to town on sunday. monday we're shopping for a dining room set and getting our engagement pics taken, wednesday we're crossing the border ("canada has such a great theme song", says loaf) to meet with our minister, and friday we're heading to fest! well...i'm heading straight (ha!) to fest and loaf is camping nearby with some friends for the weekend. i'm a worker and have to be there early. light crew light crew light crew!!!
ahem. in an attempt to regain some butch cred, i just bought this awesome little multi-use tool:
http://www.amazon.com/Leatherman-70202003K-Pocket-Multi-Tool-Orange/dp/B0007UQ16U/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1217053747&sr=8-4
it has pliers, a corkscrew, a bottle opener, wire cutters, a knife, and 4 screwdrivers! and it's orange! it was pricy, but has a 25-year warranty and it's like a little hand-held toolkit, you know? it's coming with me to fest, along with a cordless screwdriver and a crescent-wrench-on-a-shoelace.
ok. off i go to look up herbs that will bring on periods...this month's first bleeding day needs to happen sometime before next friday, because cramps render me pretty much useless, and i can't be useless at fest. too much to do!! oh, and did i mention that this week we also have to load some of my stuff into loaf's car for the move to florida?
Thursday, July 3, 2008
big wheel keep on turnin'...
wasn't it just october last week? seriously? no?
the summer is flying by, and it's been a busy one so far. school, part-time work, and the craziness of trying to spend as much quality time as possible with my friends, family and cat before i move to florida on august 18th. i've also spent some quality time with my beloved Tiger Stadium in the past couple weeks...the demolition has officially begun. not that they've done anything more than knock a garage-door-sized hole in the wall (which we - and by "we" i mean metro detroiters, myself included, who were not about to let them tear down our building without claiming a few precious pieces for ourselves - almost managed to do on another side of the stadium, lol)...but still...these last 9 years have been like having a terminally ill relative. the spectre of death has hovered and retreated, hovered and retreated. i've said my goodbyes over and over again, every time destruction looked imminent. urgh. i don't feel like crying right now, so i'll revisit this topic another time.
it's been a long day.
a week from today, i'll be flying to iowa for loaf's brother's wedding. this is both exciting and terrifying...i'm way overdue on meeting her folks, but financially it just wasn't possible before now. i'm really nervous about it...excited, for sure, but waaaaay nervous. which is perfectly normal, and maybe even more normal under the circumstances, lol...they've never met their daughter's lesbian lover before, after all...
the summer is flying by, and it's been a busy one so far. school, part-time work, and the craziness of trying to spend as much quality time as possible with my friends, family and cat before i move to florida on august 18th. i've also spent some quality time with my beloved Tiger Stadium in the past couple weeks...the demolition has officially begun. not that they've done anything more than knock a garage-door-sized hole in the wall (which we - and by "we" i mean metro detroiters, myself included, who were not about to let them tear down our building without claiming a few precious pieces for ourselves - almost managed to do on another side of the stadium, lol)...but still...these last 9 years have been like having a terminally ill relative. the spectre of death has hovered and retreated, hovered and retreated. i've said my goodbyes over and over again, every time destruction looked imminent. urgh. i don't feel like crying right now, so i'll revisit this topic another time.
it's been a long day.
a week from today, i'll be flying to iowa for loaf's brother's wedding. this is both exciting and terrifying...i'm way overdue on meeting her folks, but financially it just wasn't possible before now. i'm really nervous about it...excited, for sure, but waaaaay nervous. which is perfectly normal, and maybe even more normal under the circumstances, lol...they've never met their daughter's lesbian lover before, after all...
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