maybe i’ve made it
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happy july, friends!
alex sometimes makes fun of me about how much i love the changing of the months and the seasons… and i guess there’s some things to make fun of. i am so excited i do get up early to go change the page on the calendar (and god forbid i’ve actually looked at what the next picture will be before the month is through; that would ruin everything). i’ve been known to take the first of december off work just to decorate the house before; that has happened.
but it’s especially july that i’m excited about… the beginning of summer. so much possibility! everything’s just getting started! you know the feeling?
so yesterday, i finally moved my geraniums to the balcony. and they are lookin’ goooood. and then, i had one of those thoughtful kind of thoughts*. it seemed like i’ve made it.
those of you who are from europe may not understand this next part, but for many years now, i wanted nothing more than to live in one of those pretty big buildings situated right off of a city street. to live not even a block away from a “corner store” or cafe… to have a beautiful balcony with a table, chairs, and plants… especially flowers. in europe. it seems like i have finally done it… that is a dream that has come true.
right after i wrote this, we went out to the park for the evening to watch a symphony orchestra perform famous czech pieces outdoors from smetana and dvořák, sitting on a picnic blanket and sipping wine (from jam jars – best picnic hack because they come with lids! below). if this is what i’ve gotten myself into, then sign me up for another year or two.
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what is one of your #lifegoals that you have achieved or are working towards? i like that it can be something as small as this one. (or as big, if you look at it from that “big picture moving abroad” sort of way)
*intentional winnie-the-pooh style rhetoric.