I said my final goodbye to the apartment on Lombard Street yesterday. My room was just a pile of cardboard boxes, taped and stacked pyramid style in the center last week. The walls were bare, save for a few nails dotting their surface; the only sign of life was a white bath towel hanging [...]
Posts Tagged ‘moving on’
the big move
Posted in all, tagged life, moving on on October 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes the only clarity you get occurs at 35,000 feet. Over patchwork corn fields and roadways carved through pine forests somewhere in Pennsylvania. When state lines are indistinguishable and you believe every big river you cross is the Mississippi. It’s during these moments when wedged between the window and an armrest that I actually consider [...]
32 coffees later
Posted in all, tagged life experiment, moving on, organization fail on August 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A year ago I unpacked the contents of my wallet to see what extra baggage I was carrying around. The experiment served to examine whether or not I had established a life outside of magnetic strips and a history of something worth saving. Afterward I claimed I had a lot of personal growth to do.
Today [...]
30 days notice
Posted in all, tagged apartment searching, friendship, life, moving on on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.
For much of the past year I have been contemplating moving out of my apartment. When I first unpacked the Subaru last January I expected staying six months – maybe a year. At the time, I just needed a place to lay my head at night [...]
Big Sur – the aftermath – part ii
Posted in all, tagged big sur marathon, life, moving on, running on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, April 25, 2009
1:47pm : Picked up my race packet and bib number: 2804. Carboloading with mum and dad on the pier. Dad ordered a bourbon on the rocks. I am jealous.
I forced down shrimp raviolis at lunch. Then more pasta and steak at dinner. I have no idea what my parents ordered for meals [...]
Big Sur – the aftermath – part i
Posted in all, tagged big sur marathon, life, moving on, running on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four weeks ago my racing status in the Big Sur marathon was anything but certain – again. Despite careful training, I was sidelined with what appeared to be the same injury I incurred before last year’s race – a blown out calf muscle. I thought the marathon was cursed. I assumed my body was not [...]
the great purge
Posted in all, tagged cell phone padders, emotional purges, moving on on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a portion of a conversation heard on the bus yesterday that made me laugh internally.
GIRL #1: [to her friend] So … did he call?
GIRL #2: [holds up her phone.] No. He has been deleted. He has been deleted from my life. If I could delete one person from the planet I would delete [...]
one more, once more
Posted in love, tagged break ups, love, moving on on January 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My toothbrush is getting used to having her own space in the medicine cabinet again. And so far, I think she likes it.
You see, Thursday my manfriend and I came to the conclusion that we are better off as friends. We had one of those nice break ups that you witness only in movies. In [...]
Thanksgiving in LA – part 3
Posted in my people, travel, tagged moving on, roadtripping, travel on December 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Editor’s note: This the final of three entries about my trip to LA. I promise.
In the past driving up Highway 1 has always coincided with a major change in my life. But I guess that is true of all great road trips. There is nothing quite like packing the car with a backpack, running shoes [...]
spooked?
Posted in love, tagged ghosts, haunted tour, love, moving on on October 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m not sure which is scarier: searching for haunted souls on the San Francisco Ghost Hunt two nights before Halloween, or realizing that you are in a relationship with someone.
Sure, the latter has its perks – you now have someone to rub noses with in the cold. Someone to cook you delicious pork chop dinners. Someone to kiss goodnight. Someone who [...]
