Michele just got off the phone with a guy who runs a natural health food
\nstore up in Monument. Nathan, Steph, and Jef went up there to pick up an
\norder for Michele, so she was calling to tell him they were coming. Then she
\nadded, “When they come in they’ll ask for an order for me; there’s one tall
\nman and two young ladies. Two of them are from Alabama and one from Georgia.
\n When they ask, say, “I’m sorry, I don’t speak southern. Could you get
\nsomeone to translate for me?” Michele is so evil sometimes.<\/p>\n
Don’t worry, I’m not going to do anything I don’t want to do. At least, not
\nfor long.<\/p>\n
The trick to life is enjoying whatever circumstance you’re in at the moment.
\n The best imaginable state of being is going to have a downside, the worst
\nits benefits, even if they aren’t very apparent. The same with location.
\n Whether I’m in Antarctica, a tropical island, or New York City, each one can
\nbe a hell or a paradise depending on how I view it.<\/p>\n
If you say, “If only…” you’ll never be happy. Happiness is a choice,
\nsomeone said, and I’m not sure I believe it entirely. Happiness IS
\nsuperficial. But you can’t wait for circumstances to become better, can’t
\nwish for things to be different. You’ll never be satisfied.<\/p>\n
No relationship just “works”. You have to work at it. And I’m lazy.<\/p>\n
What good is freedom if you can’t share it with somebody? What happened for
\n“freedom for the sake of freedom”? Hum? The greatest freedom is giving
\nyourself totally and irrevocably to someone who loves you more than you could
\never love anyone.<\/p>\n
I just spent the last hour or so making brownies, wandering around the house
\nlooking for pencils and sharpening them with my Boogie knife, and talking on
\nthe phone. I seem to be able to sound really professional about things I
\nknow nothing about. The phone rang and Jefiner went to pick it up. “That’ll
\nbe Michele,” I said. When Jef got off, she looked at me in bewilderment and
\nasked, “How did you know it was Michele?” I grinned slightly. “Psycho,” she
\nmuttered. I called the Bremer’s garbage pick up company because no one else
\nwould. That meant that i had to keep asking everyone else who’d been to the
\ndump and back what needed to be picked up and why. Then I talked to someone
\ninterested in Wings Like Eagles, even though I’m not going to be working here
\nthis summer and have very little knowledge about this year’s details about
\ncamp. Then Michele called back and asked me to call the highschool where Eli
\ngoes to leave him a message. I used to be terrified of talking on the phone.
\n When I’m doing it for someone else, though, it’s not too bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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