what a fun morning

• listening to stevie wonder. perfect beautiful morning get yer groove on music.
  
• prime ticket to see niel young at the county bowl next wednesday — late birthday present from daniel-j.
  
• friend back from prague and i got a really cool children's book of a famous praha folktale. totally my kind o' thing.
  
• awesome inspiring words from mark morford. for me it is easy to look past his incindiary lambasts and just go for the juicy real stuff. i would love to meet that guy in real life sometime.
  
• heartyhugworthy email from rebel con cause. I MISS THAT GIRL.
  
• "Panama is RAW DOG style" — read JJ's take.
  
• three cups of coffee. heh.
  

i'm beginning my move in roughly 30 hours. wow. end of an era. beginning of something new. actually everything seems new. feels new. i told my list that my new lease on an apartment has turned into a new lease on life.

i had a really amazing weekend (despite the blown out tire). my family — sometimes i just don't know how i lucked into this incredibly group of people.

my aunt and i spent a few good hours furniture and kitchen shopping. i wasn't going to buy anything. i want to make every dollar count — not to be frugal, but to just be smart. i don't want to buy anything i don't need. i don't need to cart unneeded stuff around with me. so i was just looking. but stella gave me a friendly push that i probably needed. i left with a new kitchen table, livingroom chair and footstool, dishes, flatware, and large great big bulbous wine glasses for any type of celebration that might come knocking at my door.