associated in random thought

sick...and not tired.

i know, i know. it's been very too long since i wrote. there are things i want to say; my brain is brimming with words. but. quietude is good for now.

i will say that a lot has been going on in bananieland. there has been news to report for awhile now, and here is just a bit of it:

1. we--fingers crossed--have sold the condo. it took a long time to get it ready to put on the market, but after a few backbreaking days of painting and tile-scrubbing, helen recruited "condo joe", a local realtor with a reputation of selling units quickly. after less than one week, there was an offer...of the asking price! the closing date is may 8, the day after we return from chicago.

2. chicago. helen and i are going away together for the first time since january 2006! (houston does not count.) my dear friend and former boyfriend, curtis, is getting married on cinco de mayo. not only are we flying up to attend the wedding, i am the photographer. to say i am a wee bit nervous would be an understatement. mostly, though, i am honored. and i am grateful that my life has come so full a circle that i am able to play such a huge role in curtis' big day. five years ago, i would have never believed that i could be so comfortable with the direction of my life.

3. five years. my blog is officially five years old. wow. so much lived in so short a time. for those of you who have not been around long enough to know some of the highlights, here is a brief synopsis of five bananie years:

2002: i live in nashville. i have really long hair. i am dating aforementioned curtis. i work for a christian music company. i am a fulltime student. curtis' and my relationship doesn't work out (for reasons not yet disclosed...). i quit my very secure job and move to northern ireland for three months. i write a lot there, and do much soul searching.

2003: i am a part time nanny. full time student. part time freelance writer for various christian publications and companies. i come out as a lesbian to close friends, but not on the blog, because i am scared.
i meet and fall in love with helen. i begin an existential crisis. i also begin a job at starbucks. i lose a lot of weight. i get my first tattoo.

2004: i graduate from college, finally. i get my second tattoo. i spend a summer in austin, trying to figure out the logistics of a relationship with helen. existential crisis comes to a head. i check in to a psychiatric hospital. i sprain my ankle really really badly. my hair is shorter. i adopt charley. i move to austin.

2005: helen's grandmother passes away. i work as a temp. it is not fun. i quickly realize that i hate work in human resources. i quit temp job and am unemployed for a few months. helen has a bad bike accident. i shave my head. i begin working as a temp for a fruity computer company. i get my third tattoo. i start taking photographs.

2006: i am still at the fruit. i'm diagnosed bipolar. drunk jim dies. i enter psychiatric hospital again. i gain a lot of weight. we inherit drunk jim's dog, moe. we are subsequently all but kicked out of our condo due to excessive pets. oops. we find paradise, the house. helen and i both enter grad school. (i quit after one semester.) i get myself a personal trainer. boomp dies. we adopt clem, bringing our pet count to eight. yes. eight.

2007: you know...

whew. that was long. and probably boring. but damn. a lot's happened, yes?
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