That Was Then, This Is Now

[The further out I get from an event, the less inclined I am to commemorate it in words. I had a great time in Seattle and thought a lot about my life: work, Chris, other friends, family, where I want to live and how and why. I did good stuff with James (do youself a favor and see Jesus is Magic) and by myself (mostly walking around Seattle - no one speaks of arboreta anymore, and that truly saddens me), met great people, and got instructively lost in the comparative cold a few times. And now I don't really feel like writing about it in more detail.]

[This has been a rag-tag-fag-end of a week in San Francisco, and not only because it was a short work-week for me. The job has been strange, with coworkers going through personal stuff that I can't help but notice and by which I can't help but be affected. (There are only three of us, and I'm friends with one of the other two.) I'm getting done what I need to get done, though, and I hope that will be enough for now.]

[Chris and I were jumping with eagerness to see each other by Wednesday, and we had a great night. Nothing flashy: dinner at Asqew in the Haight, Ben & Jerry's, and a dumb movie back at his place. Talking, listening...and the rest. I'm surprising myself with this shyness in talking about "the rest." He and I have a lot of work to do...declaring love is the beginning of the work, not the end. I knew that already. (What I did discover the other night is that he loses his shizzle when tickled. Oh, my, does he lose it.)]

[My sister and brother-in-law have decided to take Leah and me up on our suggestion that they open their flat in Noe Valley on Christmas if L. and I cook dinner for my family, me, Leah and her boyfriend Arthur, since their families live in other states. (Chris has accepted a dinner invitation elsewhere.) Kate was hesitant when I brought up the idea at Thanksgiving - maybe I should've waited for a moment when the baby wasn't wailing or between wailings, i.e., another night.]

[Anyway, she decided a couple of days to go along, so tonight's dinner and tree-trimming at their place in preparation. Chris will be joining us after his company's holiday party lets out, we'll leave the new parents and grandparents to sugarplums and spit-ups, and maybe make a night of it. Or maybe not.]

[Whatever, I'm focused on the here and now, now. And right now, I like it here.]

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