First I'll mention the bad: A lot of people in my life are going through very rough things lately. (I know of two people who have lost parents recently, for instance.) I’m doing pretty well, but it’s left me in a kind of odd headspace from time to time, particularly since there often isn’t much I can do.

The next morning, I put a wildflower from my garden in her hair. :-)
This past Wednesday, we saw Wicked at the stunningly ornate and gorgeous Boston Opera House (photos). We had a blast! We had great seats and had lots of fun.
We also saw the Simpsons movie at the second-run theater near
I feel like there were also some particularly yummy meals in there, too, but I don’t remember details too clearly.

I’ve also had a couple dinners (and some good conversation and a couple of pints of dark liquid at our favourite Irish pub in Quincy) with
I feel like there’s been other fun social stuff since I’ve posted last, but I need to take off and get dinner.
Oh, and two awesome things to look forward to: The birthday Utilikilt that many of my friends contributed to and
And the other awesome thing is that next month
The other awesome thing is that in probably less than six hours I will be well fed and asleep! I’m so excited!
(Hmmm, so this is what happens when I just dash off a few words in a hurry. Not that different from when I write an essay. This post does distinguish itself in not having any footnotes, though.)