wonderful sunday

aaaccch!!! it's SUNDAY!!! where does time fly to? i'm sitting here, staring at my quasi-stupid policy/politics paper, WISHING i had more time, only i remember from the good old days when i once read a time management book that wishing things to be done doesn't really help much...see, i DID get something out of that book after all! (i was once told by my one and only sister that time management books were quite a way to waste time...) yes, well i think writing this is probably a form of procrastination as well. i'm so good at this!

the last few days have been positively WONDERFUL. stayed up waaaaaaaay too late (early?) on friday night watching lotr and stuffing dan and john with blueberry muffins (actually, i think it was voluntary but they did eat many a muffin). saturday's swim meet was really fun because it was all relays. i think this season will be fun, only i wish they were ALL relay meets. too bad.

by the way, what does curb your dog mean??? its from a street corner next to some really expensive-ish flat in new york...

anywho. i'm pretty much too happy right now. its a wonderful feeling. although i have a ton of work... not so good.

two equally crazy things to mention before back to work/bed... 1) saw arlene blum at the olc... AMAZING...2) met carl gustaf...teehee.

and finally, thanks to jordan i am now thoroughly engaged in reading a second amazing book, siddhartha, by hermann hesse... absolutely amazing...a wee bit from chapter 3...

"The Buddha went on his way, modestly and deep in his thoughts, his
calm face was neither happy nor sad, it seemed to smile quietly and
inwardly. With a hidden smile, quiet, calm, somewhat resembling a
healthy child, the Buddha walked, wore the robe and placed his feet
just as all of his monks did, according to a precise rule. But his
face and his walk, his quietly lowered glance, his quietly dangling hand
and even every finger of his quietly dangling hand expressed peace,
expressed perfection, did not search, did not imitate, breathed softly
in an unwhithering calm, in an unwhithering light, an untouchable peace."

if i could have locke over for dinner, we would most certainly chew on this book...more to come as i get farther along. sleep well!!!