i am a bad blogger who has not posted anything substantial for close to two weeks (longer you say? whole time you say? pshaw). i've been sick.

my room is too bright. the creamy yellow is more like an... icecream yellow. the wine red is straight out chinese red. the periwinkle which was going to be the dusty, dark-ish twilight color is purple. sigh. but i do have carpet. and clean, nice walls. and am all moved in.

meanwhile i am still sick. this is day 15. i could go for a looooooooong nap tonight. but am supposed to see dogtown. which i do really want to see. but how can you argue with a body that is crying out for horizontal dreamy goodness?

jan was in town this weekend. last year jan visited for a month before her sojourn to honduras. this time we only got her for two days before her year-long stint in tajikistan starts. i'm proud of jan and love telling of her adventures, but it is so good to hang out and spend time with her when she is here, that i wish we could persuade her to postpone tajikistan for a month or so. just so we could sip tea and talk. drink a beer and laugh and laugh. she is so inspiring and truthful and fun and open. and real.

i miss her already.