Archive for Month: March, 2010
Drive
Maybe it’s the concept that they can take you anywhere?
Maybe it’s the concept of traveling through life?
Roads with their perfect imperfections allure.
Unchanging they have the power to unfold.
Repeatedly.
Maybe it’s the knowledge that you can go forward?
Maybe it’s the knowledge that life can be wayfaring?
Roads with their twists, turns, potholes, and scenic overlooks.
Dedicated they have the power to carry.
Everlastingly.
Maybe it’s the feeling of security that you desire?
Maybe it’s the familiarity that you crave?
Roads with new meaning and individual anticipation.
Unique they give you power to move forward.
Unceasingly.
{Until you decide to stop, shift gears, stretch legs, or take another road completely.}
The Sectional
It was 1995 and we were just married. We’d moved to a new apartment and we needed something bigger to occupy our living space. The “dog couch” and cheap black lounger with equally cheap ottoman would not suffice anymore. So we bought the big sectional. It was huge, heavy, and green. And it had a seat for Michael, a seat for myself, a pull out bed, and most importantly a cubby for our smoking apparatus.
When we moved to New Orleans, it came with us. Michael and I moved that beast out of my parents’ garage apartment and into our house on General Pershing, all by ourselves, vowing never to move it again. Those were the days that I proved to Michael that I was strong. Carrying my end out of that apartment and into the shotgun house, used every ounce of strength I had in me.
That couch became a space of comfort, and it opened up for friends and family to sleep on as well. We’d moved it into the front room, the middle room, and even had a piece of it in our room (when we moved it to the front room.) But we didn’t move it out of the house when we decided to give Buffalo one more try. We left the people who bought it from us to that task.
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Weekly Winners {The Road Edition}
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{“Baby” photos taken with Lensbaby Composer}
The results are in…
Everything is “normal”, except my blood sugar.
Yes, even my thyroid.
They said, continue taking metformin.
Lose weight (duh!)
Go back in 3 months for bloodwork.
So, that’s what I’ll do.
Game. On.
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