Another day older
CommentsWow. Today was truly a great day. Perhaps the best day. other than being tired, totally exhausted, I can imagine how could they would’ve played out better. We started the morning with some wonderful glorious time with Lauren and Ellie; hugging them and spending time with them — they were so happy and joyful and their joy was contagious.
From that point we went onto a time when we really got to enjoy the cool aspects of living in old town Alexandria and some good family time when I got to enjoy the presence of Chrissy, Lauren and Ellie. After the Farmer’s market, we were able to go to a toy store where Lauren got to see some really interesting toys including several train sets, models and of course Legos. From there we came back home where I took the girls to Home Depot and Chrissy went for a run. at Home Depot, the girls were wonderful. They sat in the back of one of those long cards and were absolutely beautiful look at and very well behaved. I’ve got several boards for a project at home where Chrissy was very gracious and watched them for the rest of the afternoon. I worked on this project for about an hour and half after which I had about another hour and half phone call with Ben Thoele. He is fairly happy about the website that I’ve been working on and this is finally coming to completion. I feel happy that I’ve been able to accomplish something somewhat successful and hope I can wrap this together and achieve success both in his mind and mine. After this we rushed off to a wedding with Chrissy and I had eventually wonderful time with Chrissy — she is such an amazing woman and today was very special because she didn’t get frustrated with me even though I made a slightly late. She was very gracious and Grace is among all the greatest treasures that someone can receive from someone else.
I really enjoyed spending time with her today the wedding was fun and I was able to talk to some interesting people and after the wedding was over I went out Dick Chong for Jim Muccio’s final going away. This was very interesting but kept me out later than I wanted to be. I can’t believe the club scene how expensive how decadent, how much energy and resources go into absolute silliness. I learned a little bit about myself tonight, and that I am not someone who enjoys a lot of fast-moving action, per se, but I enjoy a deep conversation in a quiet and intellectual atmosphere. that I’m interested in becoming all things to all people and I love to engage people at the deepest part of who they are. I found myself trying to talk to Jim Muccio all evening and to enjoy a true discussion with him. The interesting thing was that the whole purpose of the club was clearly to transition casual and meaningless conversations into a sensual experience. We were some of the first ones there and the music was relatively quiet and we could talk for a little bit, but in a short matter of time the music got louder and the lights got brighter and it became impossible to hold a real conversation. It was as if modern culture descended upon us with its neglect for reason and argument. In any case, it was an interesting experience and am glad that I can picture what happens late at night in DC even if it saddens me and I can’t relate to it except as a distant observer. In the end, the metric took a very long time to come and pick me up and even though I was the first to leave I didn’t get home until around 1230. Needless to say I’m very tired and I’m going to be more tired in the morning. But today was a good day, perhaps the best day.
