you can go farther

yesterday i skipped work, a halfday due to the holiday, which saved me 2 hours of my life that would have been spent on the commute.

i met sandy at the grove and we sat drinking coffee in the sun for an hour.

in whole foods i ran into one of the senior executives from work. he told me that it had been bring-your-kids-to-work day. so glad i didn't go.

i bought a charcoal grey pinstripe blazer at banana republic.

i thought i had something to say in this post about friendship. and now as i write all i've managed to do is record some trivial facts. i suppose that the dullness of this saturday is the catalyst for these thoughts. as my friends come together in preparation for the wedding at the end of this month, i remember how close we used to be. how easy it is to take for granted that community of friends. now i count my close friends on one hand. and i probably don't even need all the fingers.

i'll miss tripp when we move out of here. i'll miss sandy when she goes back to london. i'll miss wen after he meets the love of his life. i'll miss greg and negin after the wedding even though they have been gone for a long time.

oh i'm sure we'll have frequent communication. we'll have email and text messages and blogs. we'll have occasional phone conversations and infrequent letters.

but i'll really miss sitting and drinking coffee in the sun with my friends.

summer can be so gorgeous and so cruel all at once.