June

Walked to work yesterday, and DC was so humid and hazy that I couldn't see the capitol building from the vista on 13th ST. Sweat pooled in my shoes, and my face was shiny and red by the time I sat down in my air condintioned office. My little brother is down here working, and I wish he would never leave. I've concluded that living near family is a HUGE plus. Right out of highschool I wanted to see the ends of the earth, and I didn't care where I lived as long as it was far, far, away from Scio, NY. I felt trapped in a box, and couldn't wait to burst free. 10 years latter, my mindset has mellowed. I still want to see the world, but the ability to barbeque together as siblings on a whim, and shoot the breeze is sooo nice. A simple life pleasure. I hope we don't scatter permanetly--seeing each other at X-mas once a year seems so sad.

Miscellaneous musings:

I saw Martin Van Buren's house last weekend in Kinderhook NY. Our eighth president. Our tour guy was a park ranger from Georgia who went from National Park to National Park every summer. Seemed like a pretty cool way to see the country. I add that occupation on to my running list of jobs I'd like to have: cafe owner, librarian, park ranger....

I also saw a good friend get married to a great guy. It was one of those weddings that is so RIGHT.

I'm tired of renting and throwing money away--need to buy a condo or someting.

Might run the boilermaker race in Utica, NY with my dad. Something to strive for.