saturday.

things that are of note but i don't feel like focusing on right now:

• there is too much water in vermont right now. the lake has been higher than it ever should be for weeks now, and 6 inches of rain in 6 hours caused big flooding in montpelier and barre this week. 
• i have so much coffee that i keep a secret supply under my bed. i guess that's not a secret any more. 
• i'm really into bon iver right now.
• i finally got new tires, so i'm not driving studded snow tires all up and down the highway in late may. yessss.
• friend groups. and reunions with such. see: later.
• the rain took away my crabapple blossoms and lilacs. and for that, i am sad.

things that i'm more into discussing:

• an ideal friday night-- lawn games with kim & dave, a wheat beer, another giant rainstorm x 2 (less ideal), thai takeout & starting the movie up on netflix instantly. i just renewed my netflix account after months away. in my prior life, i didn't have internet at home and couldn't enjoy watch instantly. i can see us being mighty close now!
• brett and i got the amazing apartment we went to see last week! did i tell you when we went to see it? well, we did. it has huge windows and lovely light and good sized rooms and a garden and parking and laundry and built in shelves and we can walk downtown in minutes! yippee!
• and this has us both feeling mighty blessed. the stars have really aligned for us in the past few months, starting with me getting this job i've dreamed of, and then within five days of his arrival, he got his fabulous job that will hopefully make us lots of new friends & now we got this great place to live. life is lovely. 
• jenna is gone to the city this weekend and i miss her. never mind that we lived a day's travel apart for 9 years. now that i'm used to getting lots of jenna-time, the idea of spending 3 days apart is dreadful (yes, we survived a whole week last month). we got off the phone on thursday night saying "i'm really going to miss you. have fun! i love you." as though we were parting forever. ridiculous? certainly. marvelous? definitely. 
• the good news is that with jenna's return to vermont next week, alex joins her. and that makes this next chapter very very real. 
• today is mom day. hooray.