That being said, two general things to report. First, today I was itching to do something social this week, but most of my nights are already booked with prior commitments, which just left tonight, and there was nothing come to mind (I realize I"m not hte planner - it's my friends that come up with the great ideas for jaunts). All of a suddent, I get a call this afternoon from Nima - old highschool friend, and long story short, four of us from P-town are getting together for dinner tonight. Sara is in town from DC and Maggie is coming up from RI. I'm excited - it's just what I wanted to do, but didn't know how to plan. FUnny how it all falls into place.
The second thing to report is a wonderful little website, Postsecret. People mail in postcards they've created with their own secrets. Some are really serious others are funny. I felt an affinity towards this one:
There was a comment that "I'm the kind of person who can't separate a bunch of bananas in the store because they'll miss each other. I have to buy the whole bunch, or none at all." I've done that before - tomatoes, bananas, they've had a long trip together, it just seems wrong.
In general news on adventures, I've been trying to keep a balance of summer fun and summer down time. I had a great time visiting with friends over the 4th of July weekend (reminder that parents can be kooky, not just your own). I made it up to Ipswich and kayaked on a private estuary. Noah, an ex-colleague was housesitting a marvelous house in a wonderful setting that you don't come across often - overlooking beautiful park land of wetlands. Unfortunately, I woke up the next morning and found a tick in the bed with me (not on me and no sign of bites, but we did spend the night together I think).
This weekend I'm doing a Yoga retreat workshop both days which I'm looking forward. Specifically in getting more grounded on where and what I want to be. In preparation I'm doing some unusual exercises, but think that I might have some awesome abs by the end of it all. Maybe not a 6-pack but perhaps a 2-pack. One can hope. It sure feels like I should.
The food share this year has been good, although it seems like the novalty has worn off or else we're getting less variety. I'm starting to have to get creative with how I eat some of the food. My latest brilliant idea after I realized I just couldn't eay any more swiss chard, was the creation of panini sandwiches for lunch. Basically just a glorified grilled chees sandwich with some precooked chard and koharbi and other goodies. Heated up in the microwave at work it's not half bad (the trick is really good rustic bread and good irish shannon cheese). The downside is that I have yet to bike to the pick up due to one issue (read excuse here) or another. I'm hoping tomorrow I might actually be able to bike (although now that I've written this, it's not likely).
Oh, also, I almost forgot, Netflix has been great at discovering tv shows I never knew existed (downside is that they're sometimes just one season -but that's just like a movie then). As somethign light and quirky, my latest find is Wonderfalls. I just signed up for Mad Men but Netflix has the first DVD listed as a "very long wait" so even though everyone raves, I might have to put that on hold for now. All in all not a bad summer so far. I'm enjoying it as it unfolds and not stressing the little stuff. Now if only I could remember to bring my camera with me some of these times.
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