my whole world looks like a picture of a sunny day

today i left work early and took a long long walk: bikepaths, old traintracks, a lot of somerville i've never walked through before, and then finally at around eight i decided to head home. but then somehow i got lost and ended up wandering in loops in medford for two hours before i finally figured out where i was.

so i got home and put down my stuff and got some water and then i heard footsteps up the stairs and a girl's voice saying "hello?" and then "guess who it is?" and i really had no idea. for a minute i was like, holy shit, i can't believe jacqueline came all the way from cleveland without telling anyone! but then i walked into the living room and it was . . . EMILY GOOD! amazing. and with a wreath of flowers in her hair no less. she's been in rochester for forever so it's great to see her. i feel like her bright colors and her "positive energy" were missing from my life.

megan and aaron came back from the white hen and we all talked for a while. megan told a story about how she used to have a stuffed cat that she called "meow." note that this is pronounced "MEow" and not "meOW" as the word is conventionally pronounced. this is funny for two reasons.
1) megan tells us that she stole the name meow from a friend's stuffed animal and she did not realize that it was also what cats said until a while after the naming.
2) it's impossible to say "your meow" without thinking that it sounds sort of dirty. actually it is a great word for that. start using it.

tomorrow i'm going on an epic bike ride. walden pond? i hope so. i'm packing a bathingsuit. but we know how bad my sense of direction is . . . i'll probably end up in new jersey.