"we are each the love of someone's life."

so opens the book i am currently almost through with [the confessions of max tivoli. (wonderful.) also the fourth book of the summer. man, i really am a loser.] and one that provokes my mind in a good way. it seems true. and although it seems rare that the same two people find it true of each other, it's a good feeling that one day, if it hasn't happened yet, someone will find us the love of their lives. and that's a fabulous feeling. or false hope. either way. hope just the same.

i happen to be in a very good place at the moment. the past couple weeks, though not visible to most people, have found me changed in some of the most fabulous ways. this happened last summer as well, but not in the same way. this time i think i've come to a realization of who i want to be, or be with, and i found a certain clarity re: the poisonous people in my life. it's taken a year or two, but i find myself happy. happy. a word i sort of forgot about.

some people don't change, and those you need to weed out from your life in the subtlest of ways.

i played 'go to the head of the class' tonight. if you've never played, you may not think you're missing out, but it was fun. you pick a level and answer school-ish questions from every subject imaginable. some of them are impossible, but that's what makes it fun. it was followed by a thrilling game of scattegories junior, which was way harder than the 8-11 age level the box promised. [okay i just read that over and if you don't want to be my friend anymore, i understand. but don't forget to stop talking to tim then as well.]

i feel like an old lady, but it was just so fun to pull my head out of a book, or in front of the telly, or out of the bottle of captain.

i think i'm going to buy boggle tomorrow.

love always,
lb

ps. i saw cinderella man last night and i thought i'd give you the low down - jim braddock was one hell of a man in my personal opinion. he wasn't just a boxer, and i think that's what made the movie so fascinating. [random thought: i am glad i never lived through, and i hope to never live through, anything like the great depression.]