July 2011
66 posts
It’s so strange how someone can be so much different from her mother. I am surprised that I am not a complete neurotic given certain circumstances in my life. My mom doesn’t care much about learning, has no motivation to travel, isn’t concerned with world issues and thinks it’s hilarious to make fun of the fact that I am. She exhausts me with how much she can gossip, blabber, collect, decorate, etc. She’d much rather talk about this person at work or that neighbor upstairs than so many other things I’d rather discuss. I appreciate my mom for everything she has done for me and I realize that she has good intentions, but she is too much. I am ready to move on to a place that doesn’t feel overwhelming with obnoxious animals and extreme over decoration, I’m ready to breathe at home. End vent!
I am so in love with Bellingham. That place is like a whole different world. Strangers talk to you, boys ask to sit with you, girls aren’t afraid to be nice to you. Such a nice 3 day weekend. I’m cancelling my car insurance.
“All I know is that while I’m asleep, I’m never afraid, and I have no hopes, no struggles, no glories — and bless the man who invented sleep, a cloak over all human thought, food that drives away hunger, water that banishes thirst, fire that heats up cold, chill that moderates passion, and, finally, universal currency with which all things can be bought, weight and balance that brings the shepherd and the king, the fool and the wise, to the same level. There’s only one bad thing about sleep, as far as I’ve ever heard, and that is that it resembles death, since there’s very little difference between a sleeping man and a corpse.”
—Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote de la Mancha (via atomos)
“I never met anybody who was a good traveler and invested time and money in a trip and regretted it. It’s a great life experience. And if you can’t afford it, I understand. But remember, life is short. The good old days are here now. If you spend your whole life thinking the good old days are ahead of you, you’re going to wake up with regrets that life passed you by.”
—Rick Steves
It’s nice to realize that you have changed for the better. Gathering love from all over the place. Giving lots of it, too. I need to document my life more, I miss the boys.
