Last day. Shipping boxes. Visiting the Valley. Driving over the 134 and the mountains. I’m glad X and I are going through the mountains on our way back to SF – I need to say goodbye to the California ranges.
My father reminds me how happy I was to be back on the West Coast earlier in June, how I called them from Seattle ravenously happy about the light and the ocean. He’s right, of course, I do feel more at home here. But this is a new adventure, and adventures aren’t about feeling at home. They’re about taking risks.
Replenishing the house-sitting staples: coffee, soap, toilet paper. Vacuuming dog hair. Tying up loose ends on the computer and in the brain.
Reading a vintage guidebook with ink drawings of important architectural sites in Chicago, and dreaming of Illinois.
Tomorrow we road-trip to Vegas and plunge into the Nevada desert.
July 22, 2008 at 5:05 am
posted @ 10:03pm 7/21/08
I love you Dara Weinberg! And I shall miss you desperately. Go forth and prosper. Go forth and prosper.
Phil
July 22, 2008 at 5:10 am
I’m missing you already, m’dear Dara. I look forward to our paths crossing again soon – Memorial Weekend soon at the latest
Enjoy Chicago: the humidity, the accents, the lake, the culture, the snow – all of it!
Love you!
July 22, 2008 at 5:00 pm
We’re anxiously awaiting your arrival! Last Dara time for a while!
July 22, 2008 at 9:18 pm
i love you guys. can’t wait to see you SFers…our arrival, as usual, is TBD depending on how much time we spend in the desert.