Yay, weekend is here!! I love having days with absolutely nothing planned. The potential of what I could do is what gets me going, and I'm not restricted by anything or anyone's schedule... this is a day completely filled with whatever Ruth wants to do, whenever she wants to do it. It's almost the same feeling I used to get when I was in high school, and I was on my literary writing craze (I used to write my own short stories and poetry). I'd sit down with a brand new sheet of paper, and just enjoy its clean empty lines, with so much potential and not messed up by cross-outs, eraser marks, or my crappy writing style (if I ever wrote anything). I always like new starts and clean beginnings... because there is the feeling that maybe this time I'll do it right, and spectacular, and it won't be lame and retarded.
Today Wayne (along with a bunch of other people) is helping Priscilla move her furniture to her new apartment. I would have joined them, but decided to stay home and pump out some homework (and of course, blog). They will probably want to go out to eat dinner after all that hardwork this afternoon, and I'll probably join them. I'm a little worried though, because our friend G might call tonight and I'm worried if he's okay and needs counsel or help processing what ever major DTR showdown might be happening in NOLA. Setting people up is so hard. I've learned quite a bit from it: 1) Be prepared for failure, 2) Get out of the way as much as possible (make it as natural as you can), 3) shutting your mouth is safer than giving out too much information, 4) ALWAYS be neutral, never take sides.
Today I got an envelope from Caroline... had wedding prep pictures inside (thanks Caroline!!) Margaret, one of our photographers, is missing one of her rolls of film, the one that has all our wedding prep inside the church. So getting Caroline's pictures were really nice. Flood of wonderful memories came back. Even though it was only a couple months ago, it felt so long ago and very far away. Anyways, Caroline is getting ready for a year in Oxford to study abroad. I am so excited for her. It's a good chance to get away from her bubble world here in the States and not only stretch her independence and do some self-discoveries, but also get another world perspective. I wish more people would get out and travel more often.. and not just travel for pleasure and vacation, but really live like a local in a different country and see life through a different culture's eyes. We Americans need this, God only knows how narrowminded and ethnocentric we are in our perspectives of ourselves and the world around us.
Posted by Ruth at 9/28/2002
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