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December 31, 2003
Maybe I'll tangle in the power lines
mmmm. back in chicago. have been since sunday. it has been so warm. my runs have been nice as i realized i had been babying myself with my runs in hot springs (for various reason ie hills, loss of blood, humidity).
christmas was good, as usual. i made 4 pies from scratch (2 pumpkin, 2 pecan). including the crust! my family was amazed at my domesticness. i told them i had to prepare for my dowry. ; ) they laughed.
jenny and friend followed me up here. they are staying until tomorrow. they have been exploring the city as i work monday and tuesday. ben got back last night. we all had lunch before jenny et al headed downtown for some trolley and i headed back here for a run and to keep trying to get my life together. i think i have finally managed to unpack. i had lofty goals of working this afternoon, but after the pain of the past two days, i am going to enjoy today (it is a holiday in nu land) and probably tomorrow. i'll definitely need to go in this weekend then. so it goes. ben always shakes his head at how much i work. i just tell him i want to graduate sometime this decade.
plus, i just want some good results, you know.
i felt like i should post today, it being the last day of the year. it is kind of a retrospective day. it has been a great year. my first full year in chicago - i feel like i finally claimed this life instead of feeling like it was ephermal. the first couple of months i lived here, i really felt that i was going to return to atlanta someday. now i do love chicago. i could stay here. it has been a year of major stress with work. it has been a year of major joy. i met a fair amount of boys and when i was in one of those blissful i-just-got-out-of-a-new-relationship-i-didn't-want-to-be-in-and-now-i'm-so-glad-to-be-single stages, i met a boy at a party that ended up stealing my heart on the first date. this has now been my longest non-angst/no-drama relationship. people ask if it is forever, i always smile and say, i don't know, but i hope so. that sentence sums it up perfectly as i really love being with ben, but i would survive being without ben. i have no idea what this year will bring us, but i know i am strong enough for whatever the outcome.
i haven't seen the sunset from my apartment in a really, really long time. i forgot how beautiful the sky outside my front windows is.
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Posted by christina at December 31, 2003 4:36 PM