I find it crazy how fast things can turn around. The city has equaled love in so many ways, and I have not felt this exhilarated and excited about life in a long while. The freedom in footsteps and the ability to move freely cannot be underestimated. I never realized how much I missed walking until I couldn't... and now that I can, I will never take it for granted again. Yay paradise. Boo parking lot.
On the other hand, after thinking life couldn't get any better and living on Cloud 9, in the last 24 hours, I have lost two of the four most important men in my life. I find their views on life similar as is the way that they question me and force me to defend my opinions. They both push me to be a better person, live up to my potential, and to try to take over the world in a way that the other two do not. In a way that no one else does. When I succeed, they are proud and tell me they knew I could do it the whole time. They never accept failure-- just give me the feedback I need to change things and make it better. I never realized how much one reminded me of the other. I can't believe I need to say goodbye to both so soon, so suddenly, and together. I still try to hold out some hope that I won't have to. People like that are irreplaceable and invaluable.
Life post college has posed so many challenges, sometimes I wish for the safety of the ivory gates. Then I look beyond and think about how much I am interacting with the world and existing on a bigger playing field... and that's a pretty great feeling.
In other news, I saw a woman shoveling rain today. I have never seen that before.
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