weekends were made for…

Charlottesville and friends and U2 and apples. not necessarily in that order. I loved Charlottesville – the campus is pretty and the downtown area is almost exactly the same feel as Boulder, CO, also a college town not all that coincidentally. I miss real cities, and while C-Ville isn’t quite a “real” city, it has that unmistaken feeling of energy and vibrancy and creativity and I’m sure a few other -y words.

(BTW, C-ville makes me think of Cedarville which is another story altogether. Not a story I will prob tell any time soon. There are plenty of others who have much more interesting stories about THAT C-ville than I ever will. Thank God.)

So my birthday mission of U2 and a new town and lots of music and art worked out swimmingly. Now moving on to the next big thing, cuz y’all know I don’t do boredom very well. Next weekend is New York for South Shore Christian School reunion – which should be craziness central. Lots of people I haven’t seen for nearly 20 years!!!

And then there’s an ART SHOW for me to put together in the next couple weeks. It’s coming together slowly but surely, nothing new there. More on that another time. Maybe.

For now, I leave you with these pics.

Charlottesville 2009

weekend preview

i’m the kind of person who is often thinking of the next thing instead of the current thing. there is some benefit to that. for one thing, it makes me a good assistant as i always try to be a step ahead of my boss. i also am a decent planner and can get all the details ironed out with time to spare.

the downside to this personality trait/skill, though, is that i often lose the moment and may seem aloof. i tend to be plotting or scheming when i should be focusing on the here and now and enjoying whatever and whoever i am with. that whole stop and smell the roses thing.

so this weekend, i am not thinking about next week and work and plans and anything else i have to do. i want to focus on the people who are walking along the path with me in this time and space. and focus on the beauty of the world in my sights. and i’ll start that tomorrow… 

ps. my parents celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary tomorrow. i took them to see mickey rooney and his wife jan chamerblin in their show. it was entertaining and he is really quite remarkable. 89 years old !! it made me a touch sad but i dont want to get into that right now. no thinking about tomorrow. now it’s time to really really enjoy SLEEP!!!

a good weekend

with new friends, with old friends
with true friends, with blue friends
with family, with memory
with laughter and tears
with sunshine and beers
for memorial
and not with a fox or in a box
or on the train or from a plane
etc

i didnt mean for that to turn into a poem.
or gangsta rap. hey ho hey ho

anyway, it was a good weekend. life is good.
except i still havent seen terminator.