Weekend Thoughts
This weekend I went home for a wedding in Boston. I missed my flight saturday and had (or chose) to spend the night in ohare. Flew out sunday morning, wedding sunday afternoon, and flew back to work this morning at 6am eastern time.
The lots of travelling, plus the highly sentimental occasion, all seasoned with a dash of sleep deprivation, led to some interesting observations.
0. I'm almost always right when I do something thinking it will be a good story. I just usually forget that in all great stories, the characters tend to suffer a lot.
1. a new philosophy on marriage: it's like an african safari or a really expensive piece of jewelry. I admire it when I come across it, ask questions not just because it's polite but because it actually fascinates me, and sometimes even dream about experiencing it for myself. But I know deep in my heart that it's not actually for me, and I'm happiest keeping it in the realm of fantasy.
2. Brides who reference past marriage-cynicism bug the hell out of me.
3. I AM the type to cry at weddings. Thus, should have brought the water proof mascara.
4. The true test of any relationship (well, one of them at least) is how excited someone is to see you when they walk into a room and see you there, whether they were expecting you or not...provided you're significantly past the honeymoon stage. Anything in the first year doesn't count. There is an exactly right amount of excited to be.
5. Keep meaning to stop making bad decisions. Haven't deliberately made them in awhile, but haven't stopped them from happening. Also need to work on that.
6. a morality question: is it wrong to be manipulative if the only person you're manipulating is yourself?
I got less than seven hours of sleep between saturday mmorning and now. And yet, I can't sleep. I blame the intense (for me) heat. Just can't get comfortable. Any suggestions, before sleep dep takes it out on my immune system?
The lots of travelling, plus the highly sentimental occasion, all seasoned with a dash of sleep deprivation, led to some interesting observations.
0. I'm almost always right when I do something thinking it will be a good story. I just usually forget that in all great stories, the characters tend to suffer a lot.
1. a new philosophy on marriage: it's like an african safari or a really expensive piece of jewelry. I admire it when I come across it, ask questions not just because it's polite but because it actually fascinates me, and sometimes even dream about experiencing it for myself. But I know deep in my heart that it's not actually for me, and I'm happiest keeping it in the realm of fantasy.
2. Brides who reference past marriage-cynicism bug the hell out of me.
3. I AM the type to cry at weddings. Thus, should have brought the water proof mascara.
4. The true test of any relationship (well, one of them at least) is how excited someone is to see you when they walk into a room and see you there, whether they were expecting you or not...provided you're significantly past the honeymoon stage. Anything in the first year doesn't count. There is an exactly right amount of excited to be.
5. Keep meaning to stop making bad decisions. Haven't deliberately made them in awhile, but haven't stopped them from happening. Also need to work on that.
6. a morality question: is it wrong to be manipulative if the only person you're manipulating is yourself?
I got less than seven hours of sleep between saturday mmorning and now. And yet, I can't sleep. I blame the intense (for me) heat. Just can't get comfortable. Any suggestions, before sleep dep takes it out on my immune system?