Monday, October 24, 2011

happy birthday allegra!




love you so much. you are such an incredible person, so caring and kind. i am proud to be your friend and feel so honored to have grown up with you. i am so excited for our futures and more time(s) together.
****here's to tomorrow*** clink!

sunshine in the fall

our neighborhood is delightful, everyone is so friendly and eager to help out. last week when we got robbed, our across the street neighbors let me into their home as i waited for the police. katniss played with their dog, we all had coffee and talked about experiences with break ins, like this was just an everyday event. that couple has seen it all, so i reckin that to them, it was just another day. they say wisdom comes with age and i am inclined to believe it. (...in this case...)

its sunny out today, the best of northwest fall days. it was pouring rain this morning and i was afraid we wouldn't get a chance to get out there for a walk, but it cleared right up. i spent some time doing house chores, several hours of homework and spent some time cutting branches and weeding in the front yard. we need to cut down some branches and trim up the hedge in the front, so our neighbors can see our place better.

robbers- #@%$^%^*^&(^&(^^#$%!@@#####%%$%&%*(&!@~!!!!$!#%@#%#$^$%&%^*^

katniss is sleeping and i am rewarding myself with wine and chocolate, then back to work work. school is constant but its positive. i am working towards something of great importance and that feels so good.

my little brother turned 10 a couple days ago. i can't even believe it. i remember him as a babe, with all his sweetness and his insecurities that were so painful to see. and i remember him turning, switching his tune and loving us. i remember him talking to a slug and me writing about it. "hi slug! my name is tyler, whats yours?" i remember him as a 5 year old, he is stuck that way in my mind. when i hug him now, it doesn't seem natural, hes so tall and lanky. he's actually not that tall but he is stunted in my mind as 5, so for a "5 year old" he is huge. he has thoughts, opinions, constant questions. i remember when he was about 6, and then again when he was 7, he asked "thicker? whats thicker?" two winters in a row, we sat in the media room of the old sandy house and watched the snow come down, and two years in a row i said "its getting thicker"...
"thicker? whats thicker?"
i thought it was precious, the way he said it, the way he laid on that syllable.

happy birthday tyler, chad and my dad this month! october: the month of birthdays!