iphone Madness

I never thought I'd ever find myself standing in line with "i" people, but that's exactly what happened today. I was pleasantly surprised that I wasn't kicked out of line for sporting a Droid. Because I wasn't expecting to be standing in line for 3.5 hours with my friend, I didn't get a chance to work out today. After the iphone madness my sister made me a raw spaghetti dinner, nori rolls, and a cinnamon apple desert. The raw spaghetti wasn't quite my thing. The sauce was pretty good. It tasted way better than I expected it to. The cucumber spaghetti though, was not my thing. The nori rolls were awesome. I'd love to learn how to make them.

I had a great evening talking to my cousin. It feels so good to be home. It feels so good to be able to spend time with the family.

It is important, really important, to remember why I'm on this journey. Honor the people you love by being present. Cherish your friends for the people they are. Eat good food with people you love. Enjoy the moments that string together to make life.

This may be deeper than I've gotten in this blog. I'm feeling enormously sad and I'm really doing a lot of thinking about friends and relationships today. I knew this trip was going to be a lot about connecting to people in my life again. What I didn't know that I would find out that I lost a close friend on the day I drove down to southern California. The connecting feels so much more urgent now. I miss my friend and feel a bit lost and tossed.

I ate a serving of chips today. It felt like a bit of a reward for a long day of emotional bouncing.

What I'm getting at is that this is the why. This is why I'm working on something new to change my life. This is why I'm getting uncomfortable. This is why I am ok with getting blisters on my arches. This is why I'm learning to sweat. I want to live.

I choose life.