the story of the green {kermit} coat...{nablopomo day 23}




i first saw the
kermit-the-frog-green
coat when i was
about 18...

i was shopping with my
at-the-time boyfriend...
my first ever real boyfriend
i might add...
{who went on to teach me that
love can really suck and not to change
yourself to fit into someone else's
jigsaw puzzle of life, but that is
a whole other post...}

so.
the coat.

i immediately fell in love.

it was 350.00.

so out of my price range.

but,
because some people buy
awesome gifts
to make up for what a
jerk
they can regularly be,
i received the coat for christmas.

i wore that coat all the time...
i was known for that coat...

and i think that is part of why i
continue to hold onto it...
not because of sentimental reasons
regarding who i received it from
{far from it}
but because it reminds me of me,
of me then...and how far i've come
and even though i had made myself small
in that one relationship
i also let myself stand out
in that kermit-coat.

friday i'm in love {nablopomo day 21}


~13 had her first showband concert last night...
she got up on that stage in front of an auditorium
full of people and sang...a little of it solo...
this blows me away...
and was so calm and cool...
not a hint of emotion
{although she assured me later that she was nervous
for the first one...they performed 3 times that day}
i was so heartbreakingly proud.
and happy for her...this was something that she
really really wanted to do...
and she did it.

~having my parents at the concert...
and my dad, being his typical self...
reading the song names out loud,
very loud...in his deep voice...when
all else was silent...heehee...

~green jujubes

~that i was prepared to be disappointed
in greys anatomy last night
and i was so not disappointed...
yeah, the izzie and denny thing is a little
weird and dragging on
but callie...
that line she said to mark
about her life right at the beginning
of the show
was excellent
in my own opinion...
i wish i could find it word for word...
it was perfect.
{and here is where i start to wonder
if maybe i am not a little too invested
in the lives of the interns at seattle grace}
{and i reassure myself that no.
it is not a soap opera.
not really.
it's on at night.
soap operas are on at three.
like another world.}

happy friday!

where the pavement breaks {nablopomo day 19}


this is the road
that i want to take...
the one that breaks off
from conventional
pavement,
the one that normal people
don't choose to take...
it's hilly and windy and
unknown...
there are no signs, it is not on a map.

and yet, i'm drawn
to the way it disappears
around that bend
and i want to know what is beyond...
what is the view
from the top of that hill,
where does it lead...
where will i end up?
do i {and the car}
have the stamina to
break off from the everyday
and just wander off
on the clay road?

and i am sensing a theme here...
want, choice, roads, clay vs paved...