3/1/06

i’ve been reading over past entries.  i have entries from four years ago on this site.  strange to think i’ve documented this whole trip.  its the weirdest feeling, reading back, realizing that i’m not that melancholy girl anymore.  my chemicals are in balance, hormones in check (most of the time).  weeping is no longer a sport i excel in.  in fact, i can count the times i’ve wept in the past month on one hand.  that’s amazing.  really.  that deserves a medal.

it is sunny today, though it is one of those chilly late-winter days that i’ve never really enjoyed about california.  i flipped my calendar to march and smiled at the sight of "spring begins".  i’ll be glad when winter ends and everything starts to grow.  i’ll especially be glad when it gets warmer and the beach starts glowing.  i love that pre-summer taste, that tease that this time of year brings.  some of you will know what i’m talking about.

my dog jack and i have taken to skateboarding every sunday in mamaws neighborhood.  a couple of sundays ago  one of the neighbor kids was also out skating.  he asked if he could tag along and of course he could.  so the three of us started skating around the neighborhood, slowly creeping outward into adjacent culdesacs and whatnot.  we ended up gathering a little posse of about six ragamuffin skaters with jack leading the pack.  there was even a little blonde tomboy who couldn’t have been older than seven trying to keep up.  it was dusk when we all finally dispersed and went home.  those couple of hours, though.  heaven.