what up

I am so far removed from my trip to Europe right now that I think it comes as no surprise that the travelogues are tabled indefinitely for awhile. I have wonderful pictures and notes and I will revisit them sometime in the fall(ish), possibly saving that writing for when I really, really need to be transported back to the streets of Florence and Paris.

Last weekend, I was in the wedding of a dear friend of mine from college. Hers was #5 of 8 for the year and I'm still trucking along. If I were a more creative, motivated person, perhaps I would have parlayed the Year of 8 Weddings into a book deal. Instead, I am happy to celebrate with my friends, buy new dresses and travel every now and then to share in someone's joy.

We are on the cusp of "we are effin' crazy" time at my job; my staff returns on Monday and I will work for about three weeks straight with little the way of time away. I am excited and far, far less nervous and cranky about this prospect than I was last year. It is really sort of amusing to me to think about where I was this time last year and how I have grown as a person, and in this position, and make the comparison to this year.

I managed to make a couple new friends this week and I am very excited. They are local to my town and we have sociopolitical interests in common. In fact, I am headed to one friend's home for dinner this evening to meet her family. I'll spend the rest of the weekend taking care of business for the impending work weeks of doom and likely spending some time with Jeff before time becomes so scarce.

I'm in a good place and I certainly know how lucky that is.