rapunzel. i just noticed yesterday, with some surprise, that my hair is about three inches from the top of my jeans. now i'm wondering - at what length, exactly, does hair reach the too-long stage? i know there is one, and i'm pretty certain mine isn't there yet, but i'm wondering where it starts. opinions? i don't want to become one of those horse-hair women without realizing it..
greener grass. ahh, being single. it sure is nice. i can say yes to any plans, with anyone i want, say no to any plans, make plans, not make plans.. my time is as occupied or as unoccupied as i want it to be. i meet a new cute guy? i can start formulating a crush and a little fantasy that maybe he is crushing back.. well, until i find out about his girlfriend. but, wow, are there things i miss. the kissing, the sharing of my bed with something other than the small stack of books and magazines that get tossed aside as i fall asleep at night.. and other things that i've rarely ever had, like mutual warmth. it seems like those things are often unbalanced, at least to some degree. anyway, i guess it's something to think about, and a nice thing to wish for myself someday. unfortunately, i don't feel like any of that is something i'll seek out, or something i even want to surrender to; it just doesn't seem worth it anymore. i know it sounds cynical, but it just seems like an invitation for ruin, and seeing as how i feel pretty happy now (despite a few things that i miss dearly, but thankfully the japanese were thinking of me), it's a ain't-broke-don't-fix type of situation. but, agh, this has become something i have to remind myself of a lot, and sometimes reminding myself to think rationally (read: negatively) is a downer. on top of that, i've made a very stubborn resolution: my next kiss (hopefully it will be unlike the last one and be delivered by someone who is not engaged to my good friend), if it's supposed to mean anything, will neither be initiated by myself nor accepted under any degree of inebriation in either party. i'm tired of having to do the dirty work -- honestly, aren't the guys supposed to do that? i am totally over it. and as for liquid courage.. that's the wimpy way out. really, if you didn't have the balls,in the parlance of our times, to do it before those three vodka & cranberries, you shouldn't be doing it after. well, maybe you should, but it doesn't say much for your feelings or your honesty about them. sadly, if history is anything to plan my future by, i'll probably have to take a moment to remove my dentures before my next kiss. but, hey, at least i'll have my walker right there in case it's one of those kisses that makes me swoon..
phew. i'll be attending my first workweek beach bootcamp workout tonight. it's not until 7 and it's pretty close to the office, so it gives me a good excuse to read for a couple of hours. :)
I'm Stacey. I'm a 31(!)-year-old Wisconsin girl living in sunny South Florida. The highlights in my life are my lovely boyfriend, my aloof cats, my adorable/adoring stepdogs, my two lumbering tortoises, select family members, being outside, being underwater, taking pictures, yadda yadda. Stay tuned for lots of babbling!
A small boy lived by the ocean. He loved the creatures of the sea, especially the starfish, and he spent much of his time exploring the seashore.
One day the boy learned there would be a minus tide that would leave the starfish stranded on the sand.
When the tide went out, he went down to the beach, began picking up the stranded starfish, and tossing them back into the ocean.
An elderly man who lived next door came down to the beach to see what the boy was doing. Seeing the man's quizzical expression, the boy paused as he approached. "I'm saving the starfish!" the boy proudly declared.
When the neighbor saw all of the stranded starfish he shook his head and said: "I'm sorry to disappoint you, young man, but if you look down the beach, there are stranded starfish as far as the eye can see. And if you look up the beach the other way, it's the same. One little boy like you isn't going to make much of a difference."
The boy thought about this for a moment. Then he reached his small hand down to the sand, picked up another starfish, tossed it out into the ocean, and said: "Well, I sure made a difference for that one!"