Two notes!

So, first of October, we’re moving to a beautiful (rental) house in St. Paul. We went back and forth forever about buying a house, but we finally decided to keep renting for a bit. This house is perfect, bigger than we know what to do with (keep in mind, we’re coming from a 600sq ft apartment) and has an apple tree in the backyard. I’m not sure why I’m so thrilled about the apple tree, but something about my very own fruit tree speaks to me. Like, if the apocalypse were to come and raid my pantry I could still eat apples for a while and not die.

In other news, we’re also getting a kitten tomorrow. Chris’s co-worker found a stray who needed a home, and we’re suckers. Raja, my current cat, hates other animals and turns from a cuddly sweetie into an evil Jack Bauer (in that she is violent, but with complicated planning) in the presence of other cats. So this should be good. We’re holding off on naming until we’ve spent some time with the new cat. I think Raja’s name went from Bean Pie to Pru to Zeda to Raza to Raja over a few weeks. I pity our future (human) kid. We’ll be one of those parents who’ll finally just make the kid name itself. Though if my parents had done this, I’m almost positive I would be Strawberry Shortcake right now.

Posted by: Zosia | 08-20-2007 | 02:08 PM
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August rain, part two

Here’s this week’s generic Wordpress theme. Let me know what’s crappy or broken. The heading will get changed sometime this week.

Do you love all this rain? Because I love all this rain.

Posted by: Zosia | 08-19-2007 | 01:08 PM
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Almost

The nerds at a recent wedding

“August rain: the best of summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” – Sylvia Plath

My standard August quotation, though August never feels odd or uneven to me. It feels like a relief.

Almost back from the hiatus. It’s 68 degrees and rainy, so my bones are reanimating. Who are you people that love the hot, tropical weather? I am a small, freckled, ghost-colored girl and summer crushes my spirit. I have lots to tell you: bridges, weddings, pets, new houses.

School’s starting again and I hope against hope that this is my last fall undergrad EVER. I think nine years is long enough. When I first started school all those centuries ago, I remember my parents teasing a friend’s daughter about getting her degree after a decade. Ha, ha, joke’s on them. And, sadly, me.

Time for a hot bath, hot chocolate, candlelight and all those good things you do on a rainy day.

Posted by: Zosia | 08-18-2007 | 03:08 PM
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