Life is slow for the moment- I got back a few days ago from four days in Capon Springs, WV, where my father's family has traditionally congregated for gossip and hilarity. I discovered several important things in this short time: (1) Homegrown golden apples are delightful to body and soul (2) My cousin's daughter looks exactly like her and has an awesome maniacal cackle when she's particularly amused (3) My cousin's son is secretly Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes, and may someday take over the world so he can play baseball all day. I'm not worried about this event, since it will inevitably make baked fudge pudding into an everyday dessert. (4) Capon does not serve baked fudge pudding after lunch on Thursday.
I hadn't seen this portion of my family since last October, so it was amazing to see how everyone has grown or changed, and to hear what they've all been doing... You know, I'm confused about how to cover things like this in a blog. Logically, the people who were there already know everything, and do the rest of you really care whether I played ping pong or walked to White Cliffs?
Since getting home, there are a couple things going on: I'm working again, of course, and getting my passport renewal paperwork sorted out despite certain uncooperative staplers (not naming names). Also, while in WV, I took a lot of old pictures off of Valerie's computer, and I was jolted by the ones of me taken right after college. I have a new, solid resolve to get back to that weight, which was toned and yet still healthy (no, I'm not planning to relive the gaunt, unhealthily skinny days, so no nervous hints, please). I'm finding a gym that will let me work out on a short term basis.
I've got several programs in mind for Africa, but I need help deciding on one. Or two. I need help. I need to talk to someone who either thinks about this stuff the way I do, or is able to put themselves into my mindset.
Question of the day: Why is it that I can never see my own decisions clearly, when everyone else's dilemmas usually seem crystal clear? Why do people need outside eyes to see their own lives in focus?
Ok, enough philosophy. Shaking out of the introspective mood... I love peanut butter and jelly. Nice, seedy multi-grain bread, crunchy peanut butter, and strawberry or grape jam... serious comfort food there.
Stayed tuned to this entry, because I'm going to attach pictures once I filch them from my father.
As you were.
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