oops

I disappeared into thesis mode! This semester I'm not taking any classes but I am (over?)involved in many different and exciting activities and opportunities on top of the regular thesis writing and work. Though I am feeling stretched a little thin, I can't help but feel something exciting, shiny and new is right around the corner- of course this feeling is rare and makes me fear that I am setting myself up for disappointment- so we'll see friends! Will the completion of my thesis (hopefully) lead to new doors being opened? I really hope so!

I'll be sporatic about blogging these next few months, but I'll be reading all of your blogs I promise.


Also in the meantime you should probably check out Birds and Arrows, our friend's E + C convinced us to go see them at Gallery 5 last night and it was the best ever...check them out. now.

In flux

There is the possibility we'll be moving back to my hometown USA and back to the mountains that I love. However, every time I think about leaving Richmond, I get teary-eyed and my heart aches. I never felt this way about D.C. when I was thinking about leaving, or even ready to leave. While I certainly miss aspects of life in the district, the memories don't fill me with the same types of emotion.

My relationship with DC might be compared to a casual dating relationship that lasted three years. I had a great time, imbibing in all the district has to offer: eating out at fabulous restaurants, museums, monuments, protests, rubbing shoulders with the movers and shakers of the political, nonprofit, K street world...but after three years I was ready to move on. Not that I wouldn't go back, "casually dating" DC was fantastic, and I'm sure I could commit more fully now that I am older.

Richmond on the other hand, is what my dear college suite-mate Bon would have called a "core shaker." I have fallen head over heels, madly in love with this city. I don't think a lot of people realize what a fantastic and beautiful city we have here. This morning, instead of partaking in my regularly scheduled thesis thursdays, I've been looking up pictures of Richmond on flickr- here are my favorites:

museum district via

James River Blues via

Early morning in downtown Richmond, via

Church Hill via

Now let me tell you, as in any relationship, Richmond can really make me angry- with terrible traffic at short pump, and roads that have so many pot holes you pretty much need a special gear in your car to maneuver, and poor planning on broad street, sometimes I'm ready to high tail it back to hometown USA. But something about Richmond keeps drawing me back in, making it one of my most favorite cities.... Have you ever lived or visited a city that you have simply fallen in love with?