if we shadows have offended
think but this and all is mended
that you have but slumbered here
while these visions did appear
and this weak and idle theme
no more yielding, but a dream
gentles, do not reprehend,
if you pardon, we will mend
and as i'm an honest puck,
if we have unearned luck
now to 'scape the serpent's tongue
we will make amends ere long
else the puck a liar call,
so goodnight, unto you all
give me your hands, if we be friends
and robin shall restore amends

-shakespeare-

luna and i went running tonight, after a particularly stormy monday that simply flew by at work. that had something to do with how much time i spent trying to figure out a payment plan for the 2000 dollars that i now owe for max. which, while being ENTIRELY worth it...is not always worth it. ah, the guilt. plus i had a lot to do, spent some time gabbing with my cubicle neighbor about coworkers and her baby set-up (she's due in 5 weeks!), and watched the sky shift and fall outside my window. so after this day that trucked right along, i came home to find my brother out and my SIL at her clinicals, and the little bad dog was hungering for a run. i threw on my new (!) shoes and we headed out.

the bluffs were windy today. lu and i got batted around and hammered by rain; off and on the sun smudged the clouds a pale yellow. and every runner we passed waved a friendly hello, not a big gesture but just a small lift of the hand and little nod, an acknowledgment of the cameraderie that exists in a sport that is singular in its solitude. the far off mountains--those rolling strong hills that border the northwest end of town--were layered with little pockets of mist here and there. it was like living in a kesey novel. i love this place. i love how i can see mount st helens, mount adams, and mount hood on a clear day; i love how the trees whip around and rattle the sky on a dark day; i love how secure i feel here. i love how i can see my life stretching out ahead of me here, with the curves and the straightaways, and i love how that life looks.