OK... been nearly a month since my last post... sorry kids...
Staying busier than I'd really expected. Quite a few projects at work while we have some relatively quiet months over the summer. The last few days has been about laying about 3,200 feet of new flooring down in one of our oldest theaters. Started this project about two weeks ago. Paint goes down tomorrow & then we should be in the home stretch.
Spent the weekend before July 4th helping my brother help some friends. A couple of his good friends who live in town here (my bro lives in NJ) needed some help getting some medical bills payed. They are both amazing & good hearted people who have gracefully faced a lot of adversity. This time they needed a hand. My brother organized a BBQ & Blues benefit. We got a great spot at a local park & every on chipped in with food & funds. & a little gospel & blues music & a pony keg of good beer and you got a party. Seventy or so folks showed up & we raised over $5,000. That should carry them for about 3 months with all their medical expenses.
The 4th was all about spending time around the house & working in the garden. Slowly but surely I'll make myself a little Eden.
My body is still adjusting a bit to the humid summer days that turn into humid summer nights. We've been getting some amazing thunder storms in the evenings. I know these same storms are wreaking havoc else where but they sure do cool things down around here. Afterwards, the crickets & cicadas fill the world with a sound that splits the air. Right now, that sound seems to be pouring fire into the clouds as the sun finally gives it a rest for the day.
I notice that a friend has left the sight... Ms.FluxCapacitor... I don't think I'm the only one who will miss her spirit around here.
Staying busier than I'd really expected. Quite a few projects at work while we have some relatively quiet months over the summer. The last few days has been about laying about 3,200 feet of new flooring down in one of our oldest theaters. Started this project about two weeks ago. Paint goes down tomorrow & then we should be in the home stretch.
Spent the weekend before July 4th helping my brother help some friends. A couple of his good friends who live in town here (my bro lives in NJ) needed some help getting some medical bills payed. They are both amazing & good hearted people who have gracefully faced a lot of adversity. This time they needed a hand. My brother organized a BBQ & Blues benefit. We got a great spot at a local park & every on chipped in with food & funds. & a little gospel & blues music & a pony keg of good beer and you got a party. Seventy or so folks showed up & we raised over $5,000. That should carry them for about 3 months with all their medical expenses.
The 4th was all about spending time around the house & working in the garden. Slowly but surely I'll make myself a little Eden.
My body is still adjusting a bit to the humid summer days that turn into humid summer nights. We've been getting some amazing thunder storms in the evenings. I know these same storms are wreaking havoc else where but they sure do cool things down around here. Afterwards, the crickets & cicadas fill the world with a sound that splits the air. Right now, that sound seems to be pouring fire into the clouds as the sun finally gives it a rest for the day.
I notice that a friend has left the sight... Ms.FluxCapacitor... I don't think I'm the only one who will miss her spirit around here.
the Girl has been here just over a week...
Relieved anticipation... A tumultuous co-mingling of personal & persona. A re-seeing of each other and our own reflections. Not every action perfect or every word gentle. But every breath is love and life, clarifying even a moment of confusion.
I've never made a home so seriously. Each time before has been a trial & mostly alone. If anything, a process of divining what I did not want my house and heart to be interwoven with.
We've made our space and made our bed. Bought furniture & appliances. Decorated... served dinner to family. Accommodated pets as well as our own pet peeves. We've divided up drawers in dressers and a side of the closet. Her girly balms & ointments share counter space with my rough razor & mannish paraphernalia. We wake each other up and wait for each other to come home.
It's as close as I've ever gotten to being so close.
Relieved anticipation... A tumultuous co-mingling of personal & persona. A re-seeing of each other and our own reflections. Not every action perfect or every word gentle. But every breath is love and life, clarifying even a moment of confusion.
I've never made a home so seriously. Each time before has been a trial & mostly alone. If anything, a process of divining what I did not want my house and heart to be interwoven with.
We've made our space and made our bed. Bought furniture & appliances. Decorated... served dinner to family. Accommodated pets as well as our own pet peeves. We've divided up drawers in dressers and a side of the closet. Her girly balms & ointments share counter space with my rough razor & mannish paraphernalia. We wake each other up and wait for each other to come home.
It's as close as I've ever gotten to being so close.
Well... just a little over two weeks till the Girl moves in. We've both been working very hard at being prepared for this. Over the years that we have been together the idea of playing house has been floated a couple of times. But it always seemed that circumstances never quite lined up to make it possible.
At this point, however, it's pretty hard to deny they way that the universe has been presenting itself to us both in a way that makes this feel like the right time. I land a new job in the place I wanted to be, She finds two studios that are vying for her to teach classes. I find a great house that is affordable, close to work and big enough for the both of us. We both seem to have gotten a clearer head about the way we want to live our lives and have found that this opens up our hearts to even more possibilities.
As a friend reminded me the other day, it would seem that we are no longer talking about "playing house". This woman and I are continuing on the journey of making a life together and beginning the process of making a home.
It makes me a bit nervous... a whole lot of happy.... and very excited about every day that we will wake up in each other's arms.
At this point, however, it's pretty hard to deny they way that the universe has been presenting itself to us both in a way that makes this feel like the right time. I land a new job in the place I wanted to be, She finds two studios that are vying for her to teach classes. I find a great house that is affordable, close to work and big enough for the both of us. We both seem to have gotten a clearer head about the way we want to live our lives and have found that this opens up our hearts to even more possibilities.
As a friend reminded me the other day, it would seem that we are no longer talking about "playing house". This woman and I are continuing on the journey of making a life together and beginning the process of making a home.
It makes me a bit nervous... a whole lot of happy.... and very excited about every day that we will wake up in each other's arms.
First week in the new house. Starting to feel like home. Spending more time at work than home though. Late nights unpacking & arranging the house. Finally got interweb connection. Feeling a bit less isolated. Touring up to Boone, NC for a couple days with an opera. The extra cash will help pay for the new furniture.
A little exhausted but glad to be settling in.
A little exhausted but glad to be settling in.
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