Tuesday, September 28, 2010
get me outta here!
Friday, September 24, 2010
fun with bottle rockets
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
full moon
Sunday, September 19, 2010
i've met my match
Finally I've got a guy who can keep up with me in the filth department. Andy sent me this pic yesterday. I love him. Needless to say it's been almost 3 weeks without sex. I don't really mind what it's doing to my brain and my body. I rather like the extra tension, kinda makes me feel powerful. Is this how horny teenage boys feel?
Thursday, September 16, 2010
one dirty girl
Monday, September 13, 2010
on second thought...
Saturday, September 11, 2010
solo mojo
Thursday, September 9, 2010
ah! bowakowa
Just as I pulled in the driveway to pick my daughter up from her friend's house a few weeks ago this tune came on the car radio. She hopped into the car. I strained to hear the song through my chatty daughter's words, pretending politely to listen to her when I really, really wanted to get lost in this song. I hadn't heard it in years.
I told Andy about this when I was at his house. Two days later when I was in his kitchen washing up some dishes, I heard it start playing over the speakers in his livingroom. He took my hand and led me into the livingroom, pulled me close and slowdanced with me.
Christie and her laptop appendage were chillin on the couch behind us. I turned my head away from her, and from Andy, resting it on his shoulder, so they wouldn't see the tears streaming down my face. It was a combination of his thoughtfulness, the dreaded thought of this dreamlike state ending in a few days, and the ethereal quality of this song, that sent me over the edge.
Monday, September 6, 2010
a la paradise
Saturday, September 4, 2010
jumping, falling, catching
On the 2nd night we shared a glass of wine on the bench out front of his building. The sun had set and it was cool, so I sat close with his arm around me. He took my hand in his, looked me in the eyes and said If you jump, I will catch you.
Ever since I came home I have had such clarity of thought. I feel what it would be like to live with Andy (and Christie) in LA. I want it very much. I see a whole plan ahead of me and I can break down into a million steps all the things I need to do to get there. Work feels less important and I no longer feel as stressed about my job or boss. I feel like I will be gone from there soon.
Also, since being back I have seen Rob a couple times, only to fill him in on the seriousness of my relationship with Andy. Much to his disappointment, I cannot be intimate with him anymore. I feel like I am in a committed relationship. And I like how that feels. I feel no guilt, I feel no sadness. This feels right.
It`s important to me now to stay on track, and to focus on the goal. Seeing Rob would distract me and I don`t want anything to interrupt this wonderful momentum. I have to believe as strongly as Andy does that this is ours. Because I want to be brave enough to jump.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
family dreams
One of the things that worried me during my marriage was that my 2 daughters would view their parents' relationship as a normal marriage. This saddened me greatly (among other things). I dreaded the possibility that they would seek a marriage just like ours for themselves, one with so little love, affection and interaction.
Andy won Christie over as well. By day 2 she wanted to move to LA. After an outing with Andy's 17-yr old son Angelo, she said she'd never look at the boys back home the same way again. He'd made quite an impression on her. She climbed into the car with us and declared that Angelo was now her brother so Andy and I better get married! When I hollered I love you to Andy from across the room, she said me too! She hugged Andy several times during the trip, and especially when we said goodbye at the airport.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
10 shocking facts about LA
- There are no mosquitos. I also saw no flies, bees or creepy crawlies. And very few squirrels.
- It's kind of cold if you're not in the sun. I am not used to low or no humidity. Especially this summer where it's been upwards of 80% humidity out east.
- Marijuana is legal (with a Dr's prescription for 'stress') and can be obtained through the local Walgreen's...WHAAA? The green cross can be found almost anywhere in LA.
- Food in the grocery stores is cheap!
- Honking seems to be commuters' favorite way to communicate, like a secret language or something.
- There are so many beautiful areas in what they call 'Los Angeles', and they're all so spectacular in their own right.
- LAX lacks good food.
- No smog at the end of August? I never would have believed it.
- Celebrities are a lot shorter and smaller in person.
- California is claimed to be falling in the ocean only because it is getting so heavy from all the people who visit there and love it so much that they cannot leave.