Breakfast!

Sometimes I love being a grown-up.

[one of my favorites from dinosaur comics!]
I just found out that one of my best friends from Wooster days is having a baby. He also mentioned that they were giving it the same middle name as me. Life is so strange.
[Any news on that apartment?!]

I think I found my apartment!!

Hey ladies!! I am sitting here eating goldfish (as in the cracker) accompanied with "Mattie's Perch-Chardonnay" wine....
I think I found my new apartment!!!! I had an appt. to see an efficency, which I wasnt thrilled about...being that Gabriel is the size of a Mountain Lion. BUT...when I got there..the girl told me there was bad news. She said the effeciency was applied for and the person was accepted. Then she said, "however, we do have a 1 bedroom, that I can show you" I instantly thought, I already know I cant afford it....THEY GAVE ME A SWEET DEAL! She said its usually $550 but they will give it to me for the price of an efficency!!! I will be applying tomorrow morning. All wooden floors. Cute kitchen ...and I will turn my living room into a very Zen-filled Yoga ready-Serenity room:) :)
I am very excited. Its in Shaker Hts...in a safe area. Only 10 from work...and though I really wanted to be back on Coventry...its only 10 miin away too:) Plus, I really liked the girl that showed it to me...her and I might workout and do yoga together. She works in the office below:) Cute,black girl about my age...we got along well. Well, I am gonna run for now. I love you each very much. Keep your heads up....and enjoy all the beauties you encounter...

Me at 25.

Some moments that I want to remember:
The first sip of the first truly expensive bottle of wine, received as a thank you at work.
Gin and tonics at one AM at a dim jazz club.
Walking under the rumbling train tracks and realizing that the sound is a comfort, not an annoyance.
Blinking in the sunlight after a matinee and strolling arm in arm down Michigan Avenue, only to happen upon a perfect bookstore.
Calls in the middle of the day to seek out skiball.
Squooshing on the couch to look out the window for Johnny Depp or Christian Bale.
Wearing party dresses to work, simply because life is too short not to.
Handing the old valet parking attendant a cd of French pop songs, after he requested it.
Free Dairy Queen in the middle of the work day and picnics on the roof.
Dancing at the Metro with old friends.
"To Sunday nights and Kurt Vonnegut".
Sitting at the Underground, listening straight through to Astral Weeks.
Fresh French bread from the tiny farmer's market around the corner.
This is not where I expected to be at 25, but somehow it feels absolutely perfect.