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Posted by jessica on Sep 20, 2011 with 7 Comments
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Things that made today better.

Or interesting (which is generally better, anyway) are as follows:

  • Trapper. He works at the Media Post Office and helped me mail a package today. At first I thought he just didn’t feel much like talking, but after interpreting his gestures and following his finger as he pointed to this and that, I finally realized that he is deaf. And then I wished I could sign. But I can’t, but I sure can smile, so I smiled at him a lot. And when I told my friends at the theater about Trapper, one of them sounded a little jealous. “Of course you would get helped by a deaf postal man named Trapper. You already have Mr. Stoltzfus, the Amish man. All the good stories happen to you.” And yes, I do have some stories, for sure–but I am not so sure I would classify them all as good.
  • Laughing till I couldn’t breathe. These friends I am making in my cast–they are hilarious. We make up ridiculous scenarios all day long and then we talk about them in a dry, quiet voice (quiet, so as not to disturb whatever “work” is happening. It is a rehearsal, after all)–we talk about these scenarios like they’re real and we talk about them until one of us bursts out laughing (usually me).
  • Wawa. It’s sort of like a convenience store, but so much better. You can buy delicious subs there. Oh, and bananas. Of which I’ve been eating a lot lately, since there’s a Wawa right behind the theater. And bananas are cheap and pre-wrapped and easy to eat, so they’ve been my fruit of choice. And today, there was a bunch of us from the cast there, ordering food. And it was the lunch rush, so we weren’t the only ones there. And there was music playing, you know, so we just had to dance, and I happened to look down and notice that I was wearing duck boots and tights and leg warmers and a plaid shirt– all while dancing in Wawa and holding a banana–and come on, guys, really: does life get much better?
  • yoga. It’s still hard and some of it hurts, but there’s not much of value on this earth that doesn’t hurt at least some, I think. But anyway, I’ve been practicing yoga pretty consistently while here in PA and I love it and it’s so good for every part of me and yes, I still look at the clock sometimes, and yes, I still really dread doing the pigeon (cause that hurts like a mofo), but it’s good for me anyway, and I really try to nurture me; to coax me into good and healing places. Cause yep, that’s where I belong.

thoughts that I pretend to organize by way of bullets.

Posted by jessica on Jul 16, 2010 with 20 Comments
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I am going to write down some random things here, so bear with me.

  • Today my sister and I saw a cute young Amish man. I write this down because this has never happened before. I am sure they exist–and I am now positive that they exist–but I had just never before actually witnessed it. We were leaving Giant and he was just walking in and Jenna and I were both like, Oh. And then we saw his horse and buggy tied at the sign that indicates if you have a horse and buggy, tie it up here! but it says it with a picture because, in this case at least, I guess a picture is worth a thousand words about horse and buggies. And I joked with Jenna about leaving my phone number on the seat of his buggy. This is funny because he has no phone, you know. Well unless it is in his barn for business purposes but a). calling me, one of the English (as the Amish call any of us who are not Amish), could hardly be considered a business venture. Now I don’t know why I put in an “a).” there because I just realized that I have no “b).” Oh well.
  • I have started writing. Started writing? you might all be thinking. But yes, I am writing something of a project and right now it is going all over the place and I am not quite sure what it will be eventually, but it’s this nice little secret that keeps me smiling when otherwise, I’d just be standing in line, about to order a bagel or something. Though the anticipation of a bagel would probably make me smile too. But now I have all these words saved and it’s a work in progress and I can order a bagel, so double whammy reason to smile. This, despite my invisalign, because sometimes that makes me not want to smile.
  • My date with Ollie, which I talked about last night, was quite a delight. We had a great conversation throughout the night, some of which was on a more personal level. Which is why when Jase asked Ollie what we talked about last night, he simply answered, “Actually, Daddy–it was a private conversation.”Oh hahaha. Love that kid. Loyal to the max.
  • This morning I had a few bites of some of my favorite cereal, only to look down and see a dead moth floating around in the milk. That was quite a bummer; no way around it. I dumped the whole bowl and had to start from scratch again. But you better believe that I thoroughly checked every spoonful before it went down the hatch.
  • I need to get some sort of job before too long now. There are a lot of things I do, and some that even bring in some revenue, but I think I need to werrrrq, as some of my dear tour friends would say. So I am wondering what that shall be. I am actually not worried about it right now. Just sort of anticipating an open door and thinking huh. I hope I like it.
  • And last but not least, never least!, have you noticed the moon lately? It’s hanging quite low. I think it must be lonely, cause it seems to want to be a part of things down here on earth. And I don’t mind at all. The moon has always been a friend and a comfort in my life. I’d love to have a party that the moon attends; but perhaps that sort of happens every night anyway.