strike that

blessings of the week so far include,
but are not limited to:

one. Frenchie’s mom’s car being in use on Sunday so that we had to rent a car, which – unlike Frenchie’s mom’s car – had a cd player that we made liberal use of for the five hour drive to Maine.

two. My friends Jones and Jon, who live in Portland Maine, and whom I have not seen in four years, and who are quite busy with about nine thousand things of their own, and who nonetheless warmly and cheerfully invited me to stay in their cottage when I had nowhere to go, so that I could figure out where to go from a place of humor, welcome, and fresh blueberries.

three. Ian the bartender at the fabulous Portland venue Space, who told me I was the nicest person he had met all day.

four. Aerin in general, but specifically the game we play where I laugh causing her to laugh causing her to fall over, because she is pretty new to sitting.

five. The fitness room in Kira and Andrew’s development, which has an elliptical machine with a built-in television so that I can run up and down in place while watching country music videos.

six. Television in the south, which has not one but two country music channels, allowing a full workout of country music videos uninterrupted by commercials.

seven. Kira’s guest bathroom, which has baskets of bottles containing creamy multicolored liquids that smell like nectarines and pear blossoms. My post-workout seven minute shower becomes a twenty minute fruity spa.

eight. All the good things coming up, which have to some degree fallen into place in the past few days but which you’ll just have to wait to hear about. I hate spoilers.

posted by tortaluga @ 5:16 PM