'cars'

its chilly this morning.

i kept waking up and falling back asleep, thinking i was sleeping so late and being so proud of myself. while dreaming i was dropping keys of to b at work. her office was in a 1950s style building, with the horrible formica (or whatever) floors, the doors all painted a terrible green. and this was actually in richmond. and i was driving an electric golfcart.

course, i wake up and its 7.30. damn.

roxy is gone. her flight got delayed, so everything got shuffled. instead of flying to san francisco to sydney, she flew to lax to sydney. but the bump messed up food - shes a vegatarian and they wanted 24 hour notice of special diets. so it seemed she wouldnt get any food on her 17 hour flight there. she was not pleased.

and she wasnt in lax long enough for me to go give her a hug. but she should touch down there in another 9 or 10 hours i think. crazy.

then she will be exploring in the bush. snicker.

hm. its early. i think reading in bed is called for.

* * *

so i get out of the house today. i go to the coffee shop down the street. the one where john, christina, val and i got harrassed months ago. the one that carter went to a lot when she was here.

i took my laptop and my ipod and sat for two hours writing. (the next book for people to hate. i wrote about 2500 words today, so im pleased.)

im sitting next to the window when a guy runs by with some other people behind him. not a big deal, some people running. except the guy in front is carrying a torch. and they are followed by a police car. and wearing tee-shirts that say something about 'torch' on them.

it is hollywood blvd after all. could this be the olympic torch?

did i randomly get to see something cool without really knowing it?

i make some calls on my way home to people, thinking carter or my mom might know. roxys on a plane. andreas not home. and then i am. i ask chrispy online. he doesnt know. we turn to google.

a quick search yields that 1. it is going around the world and left greece last friday and that (reported today) tom cruise would carry it in los angeles.

so i didnt find the exact route, but im 100% certain i got to see the oylmpic torch on its way to athens this summer. while i sat in my neighborhood coffee shop this morning writing and relaxing. so random, but so awesome.

that made my day.

* * *

i just got a call from the other side of the world. from miss roxy. she has landed safely in sydney. so odd to know that we are talking with a 17 hour time difference. i cant really process or imagine what she is thinking, seeing, experiencing now. im jealous.

and i miss her.

which is a little silly, because shes been in portland - the only thing that has changed in the last 24 hours is my awareness of her location. its still just phone calls…