this morning, about three minutes after i woke up (but before i got out of my bed), i heard my landlord calling my name from my right outside my bedroom. now, i am not accustomed to hearing men speaking in my house while i'm sleeping. so, i was a little suprised, to say the least. now, in his defense, he called yesterday to tell me he was coming over this morning to rip the shingles off the roof. what i didn't know was that he was planning on climbing out my bathroom window to get out there, and he thought i'd be at work. (i should also note that i love my landlord, and i don't mind at all that he was coming through my house.) so i was talking to him with the door closed, calling to him in the hallway because i didn't want to go out in my pajamas. awkward. i don't like talking to anyone in the morning, much less my landlord, and even less while i'm still in bed. so i feel like the day can really only go up from here.
so, now i'm in my office, which is about seven degrees colder than what i would call comfortable. i'm wishing i hadn't decided to shave my legs and wear a skirt today, since the goosebumps will render that effort pointless by 12:30. oh well.
so the other night, i was talking to the shmiz (as i will call her here), as i often do. she has recently taken a job near chicago as a special ed teacher, and i am so proud of her. this job, however, will require her to move, and she and i were talking about how hard it is to leave grand rapids. most of the people who are reading this lived there with us at least for a while, and most of us have moved away. i know that it was time for me to leave when i did, and i haven't regretted my decision for minute. but sometimes i wish i could go back for a day, and have it be just as i remember it. even though things have changed, i still love going home, and i think part of me will always be in grand rapids. (and maybe all of me someday, mom!) and so i wanted to post this quote from the brothers karamazov that i read to the shmiz on tuesday. enjoy.
"still let us remember how good it was once here, when we were all together, united by a good and kind feeling which made us, for a time...perhaps better than we are."
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mmm...g-raps...how i love thee. how i miss thee.
i'm with you kath.
g-raps for life. (we should come up with some sort of hand signal.)
bex, i got your email. thanks for everything... i'll try to call you this weekend. i heart you.
nate... grr....
Kathy/Katherine,
Look at you, Kath!! The perfect balance of professional and hip...blogging in your professional business suit! My God, to be able to do what you do...it's truly miraculous.
Actually, that quote and your sentiments are really beautiful (as is the way you combine professionalism and hipness). GR will always be a place we will look back upon with love, no matter where we are. We completely resonate with that idea of it (the GR community) creating something better than us...yeah, it was special.
Okay, thanks for the post Kathy/Katherine, and for being such a model blogger.
P.S. Check out the website!
Dear Katherine,
You are sitting beside me, forcing me to comment...awkward. Thanks for the Brothers K reference...makes me smile and think about how lucky we are to have what we have.
sik-UH-muh
nice launch. keep up the good work.
.j.
k-
i'm reading harry potter. it's just not the same without you reading it out loud. i was driving home from ludington yesterday wishing you were in the car with me reading, because poor harry was sitting in the backseat, feeling unloved and unread. i missed you.
Kat,
So come home already! So simple, so easy. Yeesh. :)
g-raps forever
Sarah
*Sniff*
If only I could also return to Grand Rap....
Wait a sec. I'm stuck here forever. That's right.
Da Cluu ?! J, is that you? hahahahaha... incredible name... TWINcredible, even.
Oh, and VonSukkema: POST SOMETHING, will ya?
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