I'd meet you in the jazz room. the one where the lights turn blue after 10. the one where they serve a chipped ice pinkish cosmo. the one where the sax man plays til his lungs burn and the tall, thin, lady in black makes me heart sink. i'd meet you there.

Hike-Inn

Friday, I took the day off from work and went to the HIKE-INN with 2 friends. If you check out the website, you will see that in order to get to the INN, you have to hike 5 miles. I was really looking forward to the whole thing....something totally new & different. And, i was REALLY looking forward to getting out of the city!!!! The trees were getting pretty full and there was just GREEN everywhere. Awesome. The hike was moderate and very calming and peaceful. At the Inn, they prepare dinner and breakfast for you which was delicious. It was great to get some well-balanced meals!! I think the elevation was only about 3000-4000 ft, but the view was still phenomenal. I definitely could have stayed another day/night, but we only had 1 night reservation and the place was booked!

One the way back Saturday morning, I had to get a run in, so I decided to run with my backpack ( which was at least 5 lbs.) back to the trailhead and my car. It was challenging, but fun!

let me put on a couple of 45s for ya

CECILIA - Simon & Garfunkle

making love in the afternoon with cecilia
up in my bedroom
i got up to wash my face
when i come back to bed
someone's takin my place
cecilia, you're breakin' my heart
your shakin' my confidence, baby

MY GUY - Mary Wells

Nothin you could do
to make me untrue to my guy
Nothin you could buy
could make me turn awry from my guy
i gave my guy my word of honor
to be faithful and i'm gonna be
you best be believin' i can't be torn apart from my guy

a blessing and a curse

i think we all might have something that is both a blessing and a curse. for me, it's my WANTING, my HUNGER. it's flared up again and made itself know and it feel like it is ROARING. it's not a wanting of someone or something but of something entirely different that i cannot even name. but, if you GET this..you know what i am talking about.
i am not a complacent one. i am not a contented one. and i couldn't be happier about this. i want challenge. i want to dig in and figure it out. i want to work and lose myself in the effort of the experience. i want to run 50 miles. i want to run all over the damn country and beyond. i want to be puzzled by that which is TRYING. and to me, these are blessings.
the flip side of this can be such a curse though...because it leads to much frustration and irritation at the rate at which these things happen...frustration & irritation from sometimes having to depend on someone else in order for me to move forward. and simple frustration because i get stuck and can't figure out WHY i am stuck.
i am not talking about happiness. to me, happiness is a fleeing kind of emotion. and when it comes, it's great.

i'm talking about something entirely different....entirely!

half n half

I specifically went to the store tonight to buy half n half for my morning coffee. while i was in the store, I picked up a NY Times and an ice cream.

I forgot the Half n Half.

DAMN. I hate when that happens!

the way i am

this is a snippet of dialogue from AJ & I @ work today. i went near her desk and was filling out a fedex form/envelope: a little background: I took TRINITY to the airport this morning and then went to work.


Me: I am a GOOD friend. I am a GOOOD friend.
AJ: looks at me sorta blankly

AJ: I would just say get on MARTA...at THIS time of morning?! I mean, I can understand if she was sad or depressed or something and it was on the way home, but going there in the morning..No, I would have said, "TAKE MARTA."

Me: And that is why I don't ask you. I don't even think she asked. I just offered.


I like taking people to the airport and picking them up. it's just one of my things. i hit a lot of traffic coming back to work in morning rush hour, but it didn't even faze me. AND it's Trinity! C'mon. She's my bud!