I've been pretty sad during my several days of recent driving (CHA to ATL and back, CHA to Gadsden, Gadsden to Hard Labor Creek State Park, HLCSP to CHA). Just thinking about last year. There's lots of moments in which I've been disappointed. In myself. I didn't even want to listen to music while I was driving, which is super-duper unusual. Except for the medium heavy rush hour traffic southeast of Atlanta on Thursday night--I put in my 'workout' cd (Petra, Def Leppard, Heart, Michael Jackson, John 'Man In Motion' Parr) and drove too fast and recklessly through the cars.
Somehow the year moved me from being really hopeful to this sadness. The months rolled by and a couple of them rolled over me. That's OK. That's how you learn stuff. And boy did I learn it.
But there were some great things:
2 weddings. Watching the joy. Celebrating.
Being an uncle.
Household acronyms.
Occasional Global Trends moments.
Being adjusted by a chiropractor for the first time.
One more sibling weekend.
Meeting a blogger.
Talking to my sister. Knowing that she heard me.
Praying.
New York City and the Bowery Mission.
Seattle.
Colorado Springs.
New Amy Grant songs.
He's Bebolicious! 'I, I want to hide in you, the way the life the truth, so I can disappear, and love is all there is to see, coming out of me, and you become clear, as I disappear'.
Moving on.
More moving on.
Snapping out of it.
That's not in chronological order.
Coming up:
Brussels.
Alison Krauss and Union Station.
June.
AKUS at Merlefest in April. The trees come alive. http://www.merlefest.org
Posted by: jane. at January 2, 2005 08:14 PMis THAT what we're doing for your birthday?
Posted by: joy at January 3, 2005 05:26 PMi like this highlights idea. love the bebo lyrics - they're my fav.
isn't the b-day celebration in chattanooga? 'twould be an excellent excuse to see that fair city again... much better than Wilkesboro, NC.
Posted by: amt at January 7, 2005 03:54 PMYou should catch some live music when you return to Brussels. By then, the students should know all the hot spots. And amt brings up a fine little point: what about that b-day celebration? Do you or do you not need a b-day planner? (My rates are unbelievably low.)
Posted by: bob at January 8, 2005 12:43 AM* ooh, the crack on wilkesboro is like a dart to my heart. wilkesboro may not be the noog, but still. have a good birthday, whenever and wherever it is.
Posted by: jane. at January 8, 2005 06:47 PMyes, bob, on the needing a birthday planner. i think he do.
jane., don't worry. i don't believe the slam on wilkesboro. honest. i'm sure it's really swell and famous, and i hope the dart wound heals fast. i'd never even heard of wilkesboro before.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM HERE
flicks to watch or die of deprivation:
life is beautiful, pauline & paulette, pride & prejudice (the modern-day setting one with orlando seale and kam heskin).
four straight weekends of company.
one full day of family.
i broke down and got an iPass.
a very colorful elbow after falling flat on my back on the ice and sliding under my car.
pictures of the snow angel someone else made for me since i was incapacitated after falling on the ice and sliding under the car.
greg long's "in the waiting."
antique brass and porcelain lebonese demitasse set for christmas.
new caraffe and 4 mug set for $6 at goodwill on new year's day.
allofmp3.com (yes, as opposed to iTunes -- it's only a matter of saving ninety-three cents per song, after all).
bowling at "town & country lanes" and dodging deer and snowdrifts in the middle of the boondocks of illinois in the middle of the night.
did i mention a very colorful elbow and sleeping only on one side?
peter cincotti. boy can swing.
pistachios. they rock.
cell phone survived mountain dew drowning incident.
blog go'ed kaput.
writing sonnets now.
space heater working stupendously.
Posted by: joy at January 10, 2005 11:54 AMjane, no offense. really. i grew up in charlotte, so nc is pretty cool in my book.
Posted by: amt at January 10, 2005 03:03 PM* i didn't take it personally, but appreciate the concern. you should visit wilkesboro the last week in april. that weekend encourages me in how rad heaven will be because if i'm that giddy then, heaven will be cause for more giddiness.
Posted by: jane. at January 12, 2005 12:47 AM