the power of the universe (and walking)

i had an amazing day.  i really did!

1.  last night my dad called and asked if i wanted to go to the cape for a few days.  naturally, i said HECK YES!  and this was especially enthusiastic because i've been dying to go on vacation.  lusting over it.  poring over travelocity, checking city after city for cheap deals, checking writing retreats, all to the determination that i really can't afford it now or in the next month or so at least.  now, i really wanted to go somewhere and write for a few days, which won't happen this time around, but still, it will satisfy the wanderlust and hopefully chill me out a little.

2.  i'm not throwing up any more, which i was doing yesterday.

3.  today, for research for townme, i went into Boston and walked the freedom trail, which i haven't done since i was a kid, but more over, when i told people i was researching an article and asked them questions a) they treated me like "press" and b) they let me go into things for free!  i don't know about you, but i'm not used to such treatment.  this combined with my successful help a reporter out query that led to my break into grant writing articles (the second of which will be going up this week) is making me feel very researchy and journalistic.  all of which feels surprisingly good for the girl who vowed to write fantasy because she couldn't be bothered doing research ( i swear, it's true).

4.  My Robin Hood book came into the library today, all about the real historical evidence of Robin Hood.  I'm brewing ideas for my next novel and not holding back!  ...despite the fact that i'm still finishing the one i'm still working on...

5.  I got hing shing custard pastry from chinatown and had lunch by my onesies in a bistro in the north end, culinary delights one and all.

6.  i swear to god, aside from the geekitude of loving the freedom trail, i loved just walking the city for 5 hours (in 85 degree heat...).  it's kind of made me feel like i'm on drugs.  it was very centering, and very tiring and very refreshing all in one; it made me feel like i really had a fulfilled day, and that really feels good.  moreover, it was interesting, inspiring, and let me take another look at a city i often take for granted.  i'll let you know when the freedom trail pages are up and you can see if that gets reflected back.

so all in all, i'm feeling pretty good.  i feel like i'm on an upwave, a swell.  and i feel like lately the universe, like the rolling stones, has perhaps denied me all that i've wanted, but made sure i've gotten what i need.  like this town me job that i'm loving, like this vacation that feels so necessary, like this positive, ebullient attitude that i feel like is so intrinsically me and yet i've lost touch with.

so i bow to the power of the universe and offer my genuine thanks.  i'm a happy camper.