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Mar 12, 2007 15:51

back from the bay area. i got yesterday and spent a much needed evening with ankur.

i had a lot of fun with stephanie and was really glad to have her company for this trip. especially since my friend geoff has turned into someone i don't know anymore, wrapped around the manipulating, little finger of an ex girlfriend who screams and yells at him and makes everyone in their house uncomfortable. yikes. i was talking with his housemates and his friends (i talked with them more than i did with him) and they all basically said "[we] wish [we] could say the things you say to geoff, but [we] feel [we] don't know him as well as you and [we] also would have to put up with [the totally mean girl the uses geoff], because she lives here too." i tried to be a good friend to him while i was there, i fixed his bike tire and brought him some things.. but i also told him just what i thought about his relationship with the ex and what she does to him, how it reminds me of the things his mom and another girl have done to him. he was pretty mad at me and really didn't want to hear it, but i have about zero ability to enable other people's negative behaviors. especially if i care about them.

stephanie and i did a lot of exploring around san francisco, berkeley and oakland. we walked several hours each day and took lots of photos. i liked traveling with her, i didn't know her that well really, so there were interesting things to discuss and she is a very, very sweet lady. she was also flexible about eating at places with vegan options and going to sfmoma with me.

photos soon.

every time i leave portland, i am always really ready to come home by the time my trips approach completion. i've never felt like that about a city until moving here, but i love this place. also, seeing a good friend losing himself reminds me about how important healthy love is, the kind of love where you nurish each other, support each other. how important it is to find a person that your friends are happy to see you with and having the kind of relationship that motivates you to be a better person, not one that drags you down and makes life feel overwhelming.

friends, traveling, love, san francisco, berkeley, trips, portland

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