Wow. Really?

March 11, 2007. The last day I posted. What have I been doing since then?? Where have those days gone?

I remember that this is a question I used to think about a lot, until the days started moving faster and I stopped missing every moment I was losing...mainly, I think, because I've been spending a lot of that time lately at work. And who wants to hang on to every one of those moments? I certainly don't!

I will tell you a secret. My life is more than this. Every day that I spend sitting in my office in Arlington, VA, making spreadsheets, answering e-mails, taking phone calls, I really live my life elsewhere. Some days it's in Europe, especially in the fall, when those brief gusts of cool air remind me of walking--always walking--the streets in London, Stratford, Edinburgh, Spain. Other days I'm traveling to Montana or Alaska or somewhere else I've never visited, watching the grass sway in the wind (always, too, there's wind in this life, a little turbulence that confirms I'm still breathing), or the mountains glow in the distance. And I see colors and beauty in everything and the smells are all new and bright and mingle with sounds to make memories. More often, I live in the familiar places: on the farm in Clover, or, rather, driving the roads around and near the farm in Clover; or in downtown Greenville, along the Reedy River, having a Saffron Turkey Wrap at Saffron's Sidewalk Cafe. In this life I'm always moving, exploring, adventuring, and learning. No wonder I'm so tired when I finally come home.