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today the glitterbomber is... |
2001-10-24 the latest adventure of the domestic goddess (that's me) is pumpkin shopping! i love halloween, farmer's markets, and all that fall stuff. it was a perfect fall night, too--slightly chill breeze rustling dry leaves. molly, andrew, and i piled into my car and set out for the pumpkin store, using somewhat vague directions i got online. i managed not to kill us with my amazing driving skills, and we drove past the huge homes of the rich folk and pulled into the market (really odd place for a farmer's market, i thought). it looked like a ghost town...there was a smattering of cars in the parking lot, and all of the produce was sitting out, but there was not a soul anywhere. we poked around for a minute or two. just as we were about to leave and resign ourselves to grocery store pumkins, an old woman drove up and asked us if we were supposed to be on the hayride. uh, no. she rudely informed us that they were closed but that we could visit their other store. grr. somewhat annoying, but we got good pumpkins at the other place, and i got apples with which to make apple bread. (god, i feel so old.) molly and i carved our pumpkins, ralph and claudette, on my porch while andrew played dj in the living room. kitty wandered about and meowed a lot, as she is wont to do. after m & a went home, i cleaned off the pumpkin seeds and salted and baked them. as i was doing this, i started thnking about the whole concept of "living the life that i want to live." and i feel like i'm starting to get there. i finally have my own place, i'm more financially secure than i've ever been, i almost have my master's degree, i have a fabulous group of friends, etc etc. i'd been feeling stressed and depressed and restless the past year or so, but that's going away. i always feel like there's never enough time in the day (and my time management has perhaps not been the best lately), but i'm doing things that i really enjoy and spending time with people that i care about. and isn't that what life should be like? (apologies for rambling...i'm really in stream-of-consciousness mode today.) *** quote of the day: molly: all shit starts with courtney when she's driving. me (halfheartedly protesting): hey. |
