Guess it’s been kind of a while. Um, been busy (compared to usual life). While the weather has been nice I’ve been trying to get out and take walks/bike rides to soak up some sun, fight off some of that Seasonal Affective business. Got my old job with the Science Center back, I start on Monday!! (YAY!) I figure after everything I went through this fall, I can deal with whatever silly complaints I had before.

Took a trip to NJ last weekend. It’s weird that my parents are getting ready to sell their house. I’m realizing now that I’ve had a lot of “lasts” there that I didn’t realize were lasts at the time: last Thanksgiving, last Christmas Eve picture with Jill, last summer night on my swing…maybe it’s better that I didn’t know at the time. That way those occasions weren’t bittersweet. But I am secretly hoping for just one more time on that swing. I will swing for 24 hours straight if I get it. (Okay maybe not. As long as my legs/butt can handle it.) It was also sort of surreal going through things in my childhood bedroom and deciding what to keep and what to throw away. Letters are the craziest. I left a bunch behind for my mom to dispose of; I didn’t have the heart to actually put them in the trash can myself.

I know it’s been a long time since I was Metuchen-Amy, and that I’m much more comfortable being Baltimore-Amy now, but it’s still a little hard letting go. It still feels like losing something.

On a lighter note, knitting is AWESOME. After Valentine’s Day I will post a knitting/sewing retrospective. I think that I’m going to be doing a lot of knitting on lunch breaks, etc. during the work week, so I’m going to try to get more practice sewing on the weekends. I think a lot of my frustration/rough edges is just from lack of practice. And from being too hard on myself.

Looking forward to the KG show at Talking Head tomorrow night. Mandy times, yay! (Mandy, I am sure, will be updating her blog very soon! hint, hint) I’m hoping the other bands will be enjoyable…I need a new favorite band. I still like my old faves, but they don’t give that same exhilarated feeling they used to. I miss that. I need a band to make me all starry-eyed at shows and blow up my car stereo. I thought that would be Jukebox the Ghost, but I’m kind of over it; only 3-4 songs on that album had real staying-power for me. One of those is a remix.

For now I believe it is time for taco salad. I am trying to be more conscious about where my food comes from, so I’m making more things at home. Last night’s taco salad was a definite hit. Let’s see if it lives up to the hype today!

(Good thing I start work Monday: I obviously need to get out more! P )