Hey, Thomas Wolfe! You cwazy!

Shout out to all my fwens! I had so much fun, it was breathtaking. Over and over again I am just amazed at how lucky I am to know the people I know. Over the weekend I was in Iowa Damn City and realized again what it is to have real fun. I saw all my co-op fwens and I even saw my fwens Dylan, and Meera and Joseph and their cream-cheese baby, and if I get into the Iowa Summer Rep (cross your fingers for me, I hope, I hope, I hope!!!) then I maybe can stay with them in their spare room! If I can do that and then sublet my room in Chicago, why, I'll be financially solvent, too, even!

I just can't believe how good the Chinese food was. And how much there was. And how sorry I was when I got home and looked in my bag and realized that I forgot my package of yums that I made for myself (if you guys haven't found it, I think I left it in the nook).

I also got to have a cup of Java House coffee before I left (and as a result my car and I became a bullet ripping through the dimensions of both time and space) and on the way home I marveled at how at home I felt the whole time I was visiting. I think I was expecting something more bittersweet, you know? Because the tornado changed everything and lots of people are gone (Conwad), but it still felt so familiar and comfortable. I was so pleased. I even saw an ex-boyfriend with whom things that had been rather uncomfortable, and they were totally fine! That actually made me feel really good. Like seeing the first buds of Spring or something.

You know, in a similar vein, I saw an old acquaintance of mine on the el the other day (with whom things had been awkward) and we're meeting for coffee as well. And my friends Jamie and Flossie are back in my life and there are just so many blasts from the past that, well, I'm wondering if I'm going to die, maybe. It just seems like a lot of loose threads are getting woven back together. I'm not scared or anything, I mean, I'm pretty happy with what I've managed to figure out while on Earth and though I see lots of room for spiritual improvements I definitely feel peaceful inside, but I would really rather not be murdered or to fall on the El tracks or anything like that. I'd like it to be one of those things where people say, "She never even saw that coming." "She probably just felt a slight tickle on the back of her neck before her head came off." "Look at the beatific smile on her face, it's as if she's in a better place now."

O.K., also I wanted to provide some links to sites that I have been visiting lately:
this is a great gluten-free sometimes-veggie website:this shit is bananas
this is an always veggie website: mao bee
this is for the adventurous omnivorous: yowza
Cooking holds renewed joy for me lately. Also, make yourself a health potion of ginger tea mixed with a raspberry-flavored Emergen-C and it will be like I'm right there next to you saying "Here, try my health potion. And don't forget to wash your hands after you take public transportation."

I wish everyone who reads this love and blessings!
Love, Cats