at true thai in seward, i reunited with two of my best friends from high school - the first time the three of us were together since we were sixteen. we had the world's most thorough waiter, who catered attentively to my many obnoxious allergies.

i biked to minneapolis wearing bright blue leggings with my baritone ukelele protruding my backpack. some kids in the back of a pickup truck were very amused.

we went to the elouise butler wildflower area in wirth park, and i swear i started to cry at the feeling of being back in real woods again.

i sat on astroturf and enjoyed a picnic while wearing a child's foam zebra mask and catching up with a friend from high school i hadn't seen in seven years -- surreality at its very best at the happy show at the bedlam theatre. if you are looking for a dynamic and fully-engaged theater experience, i really recommend this "choose your own adventure" piece by live action set.

a late night trip intended to be urban exploring ended up as a frigid walk along the mississippi, where mist ghosts obscured the shore. a shadowy flap descended over the water: a heron landing near us on the shore to fish in the shallows. the world was beautiful and still, visible breath and the freeway hum beneath a few pale stars.

back on the wagon

the best thing i did on sunday was march in the may day parade!

and i've been recovering all week. you know that slump that follows an event you've been anticipating for a long time. well, i'm in it, and that is my excuse for not updating this blog.

here i am, though.

the best thing i did today was walk the four and a half miles home from work when i unexpectedly got off early. nothing makes me as joyous as walking. i felt all of the anxious thoughts and work-week neuroses dissipate after about the third mile. something uncurled, unfolded, and i sang, and i moved, and i was

i met up with a fellow from okcupid and we went on a lovely off-trail ramble through elm creek park in futile (but fun) pursuit of morels.

a midnight stroll along the mighty mississippi, serene and gleaming beneath a bright moon, was the perfect way to welcome the month of may!

today i applied for this job, and the level to which i am excited about it defies sense and reason. do i really want to live in minneapolis? what am i thinking? yet i find myself gleefully fantasizing about designing filing systems for the seward co-op. that's the kind of dork i am: a secretarial one, and my shame is deep.

i also helped my sister paper-mache an enormous bone. may day is coming - spring is bursting forth out of decay. we are renewed and renewed and renewed. tomorrow is friday and that makes everything seems good.