Me: I just wanted you to know that I’m outside again and it’s amazing. Jealous?
Her: Yes.
Had to drop off something for a friend yesterday so grabbed Syd and dashed downtown.
Was all stressed cause I was supposed to be working but, as I made it crosstown, I got lost in the jumble that is the Lower West Side. It ended up a good thing as I slowed down a bit to take pictures and enjoy the weather.
Later that night, met up with the Blue-Eyed Girl for drinks in the one block radius around Blue Jean Eyes’s pad. It’s weird when you revisit places and things from your past.
I’m trying to not live in the past or worry (quite) that much about the future.
It’s harder than you might think – to be here, in the right-this-second and not stuck in your head.
Luckily, we both know I’m stupidly optimistic. Keep thinking my better day’s right round the corner, y’know?
Time for work.
Location: not in my head
Mood: still optimistic
Music: there is no other place I want to be
3 replies on “Right here, right now”
re: the being stuck in your head and your old entry… one of the (many) reasons i love ny: i remember vividly coming home one day from hs transferring from the 4,5,6 to the 7 in the grand central bowels.. and thinking — everyone's some kind of crazy around here. and if everyone else is crazy, and i think i'm crazy, then really that makes me normal. i'm normal! 😛 and that brought all sorts of comfort. i feel like jack handey again…
I miss optimism. It's a very under valued trait.
[…] Lemme add to that with a quote from a clergyman named Edward Everett who said, “Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds – all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.” It’s hard, to be right here, right now. […]