September 06, 2007
Waning summer
For a period of about two years, Ben and I lived through a period of constant chaos. I changed jobs. We moved to Woodland and Ben endured the commute from Hell. Jason died. I changed jobs again. Ben's car was totaled. We moved to Portland. Jazzy died. We got married. We got evicted. We got a new cat. We moved within Portland. Our basement flooded and our roof leaked. We bought a townhouse. We moved again.
Since May, however, things have been calm. Portland cheated us a bit this summer. There was some humidity and some rain, and that's not supposed to happen. Overall, though, the days have been long and I've been enjoying life.
A couple of days ago, I left a movie at around 9 p.m. and it was already dark out. Just a month ago there would have been some lingering sunlight in the sky. For the first time since spring, my alarm clock went off before dawn today.
Living this far north, the days swing long and short across the pendulum Earth every year. While the 78 degrees last, I'm going to aggressively enjoy them. And as dark winter approaches, I feel at peace with my life for the first time in years.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at September 6, 2007 09:20 PM
Comments
Latitudes are strange things.
Posted by: Mom at September 7, 2007 08:57 PM
I am glad you feel at peace. You guys have paid your dues, and earned a lot of peace now.
Posted by: Sue at September 10, 2007 02:55 PM