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2008
started with immense regret of the most innocent kind:
I will never again eat Russian cooking or drink Heineken.
the flu, and a fast-forward vacation
(which climaxed at 6:45 am in Virginia Beach
as I watched the sun rise over the ocean
and saw it for the very first time)
four months of not knowing where to go when I got off work
(my home, or hers)
not having any idea where I would be sleeping
(in my bed, or hers)
and pouring money into the only stable thing in my life
(1989 dodge dynasty - still the only place I feel AT home).
biking downtown to our favorite bar
hanging out with people we don't really care for
and biking home drunk with the knowledge
that we have all we need.
we are all we need.
she graduated
leaving me behind in the world of academia
while she searched for jobs and grew increasingly discontent
I moved in
and finally unpacked three months later
when I realized I didn't actually need my own bedroom.
we merged:
one bed in one bedroom.
one set of dishes in one kitchen.
we adopted pets
and took out the recycling together.
settling slowly into the comfortable sweatpants
of a longterm relationship
begets mediocrity
but of the blissful variety.
I deserved a year of relaxation
and comfortable stability.
I could not have handled watching
the downfall of our nation
with my own downfall occurring simultaneously.
Ending this year with the promise of a better future
(yes we can)
and with hope for positive world change
(yes we will).
we already have more
than what we started with.
started with immense regret of the most innocent kind:
I will never again eat Russian cooking or drink Heineken.
the flu, and a fast-forward vacation
(which climaxed at 6:45 am in Virginia Beach
as I watched the sun rise over the ocean
and saw it for the very first time)
four months of not knowing where to go when I got off work
(my home, or hers)
not having any idea where I would be sleeping
(in my bed, or hers)
and pouring money into the only stable thing in my life
(1989 dodge dynasty - still the only place I feel AT home).
biking downtown to our favorite bar
hanging out with people we don't really care for
and biking home drunk with the knowledge
that we have all we need.
we are all we need.
she graduated
leaving me behind in the world of academia
while she searched for jobs and grew increasingly discontent
I moved in
and finally unpacked three months later
when I realized I didn't actually need my own bedroom.
we merged:
one bed in one bedroom.
one set of dishes in one kitchen.
we adopted pets
and took out the recycling together.
settling slowly into the comfortable sweatpants
of a longterm relationship
begets mediocrity
but of the blissful variety.
I deserved a year of relaxation
and comfortable stability.
I could not have handled watching
the downfall of our nation
with my own downfall occurring simultaneously.
Ending this year with the promise of a better future
(yes we can)
and with hope for positive world change
(yes we will).
we already have more
than what we started with.