Emotional Juxtaposition
Bit of an odd day for me, perhaps in part due to the miserable weather today where it pissed down rain along with being damp and cold.
Got together with a bunch of soccer friends tonight to watch the Revs soundly beat Chicago 3-0 in a match played at Soldier Field. Watched it at The Midwest Grill in Cambridge, and was joing by the older brother and younger sister of a current Revolution player. Suffice it to say fun was had by all, and they (along with about 40 others) will be standing and cheering from The Fort next match.
My new digtal camera arrived today, and it looks great... it'll take a year to figure out the controls thanks to a poorly put-together manual, but I'm looking forward to tinkering with it. What I didn't know, and was pleasantly surprised to find, was that I can purchase a variety of add-on lens for it. Don't want to spend the money now, but it looks like I bought a good model.
Now for the other side of the day...
I finally received some belated birthday wishes from Nicole today via email, and learned that she's moving to New Jersey with her husband who's relocating for a job. She's already been down there a bit, but is coming back to Boston once a week to get some things finished up. The background here is that Nicole is the only person I can genuinely say I've loved, and is someone who I legitimately claimed to be my soulmate... but sometimes, fate has a funny way of intervening, and sometimes, what you think may be true, might not be. She's been married five years now, and to be honest -- we haven't really had regular contact with one another, even though we've both lived in Boston. Now, don't misunderstand me: I haven't been pining away for her all these years, but there is a history between us (even if it's far removed at this point), so news such as this just strikes a chord deep inside me. Believe me, I'm nothing but happy for her, but there remains a part of me that... there remains a part of me that will always recognize how special she is. Below you'll find a picture of her from about four years ago:
It's just hard to articulate... difficult to put into the proper context. This woman had the most lasting, positive impact on my life of anyone I've ever met, and I don't ever think she'll truly know that.
Just an odd day...
Got together with a bunch of soccer friends tonight to watch the Revs soundly beat Chicago 3-0 in a match played at Soldier Field. Watched it at The Midwest Grill in Cambridge, and was joing by the older brother and younger sister of a current Revolution player. Suffice it to say fun was had by all, and they (along with about 40 others) will be standing and cheering from The Fort next match.
My new digtal camera arrived today, and it looks great... it'll take a year to figure out the controls thanks to a poorly put-together manual, but I'm looking forward to tinkering with it. What I didn't know, and was pleasantly surprised to find, was that I can purchase a variety of add-on lens for it. Don't want to spend the money now, but it looks like I bought a good model.
Now for the other side of the day...
I finally received some belated birthday wishes from Nicole today via email, and learned that she's moving to New Jersey with her husband who's relocating for a job. She's already been down there a bit, but is coming back to Boston once a week to get some things finished up. The background here is that Nicole is the only person I can genuinely say I've loved, and is someone who I legitimately claimed to be my soulmate... but sometimes, fate has a funny way of intervening, and sometimes, what you think may be true, might not be. She's been married five years now, and to be honest -- we haven't really had regular contact with one another, even though we've both lived in Boston. Now, don't misunderstand me: I haven't been pining away for her all these years, but there is a history between us (even if it's far removed at this point), so news such as this just strikes a chord deep inside me. Believe me, I'm nothing but happy for her, but there remains a part of me that... there remains a part of me that will always recognize how special she is. Below you'll find a picture of her from about four years ago:
It's just hard to articulate... difficult to put into the proper context. This woman had the most lasting, positive impact on my life of anyone I've ever met, and I don't ever think she'll truly know that.
Just an odd day...