I can’t believe I haven’t written an update since I moved into this apartment nearly two weeks ago. Ugh, I’ve got to do a better job of popping in here and banging out a quick update. I went to a coffee shop today with the intention of doing some writing. It’s funny when I come on here I don’t put much thought into any of it. I just quickly get something down and then I’m done. When I was sitting in the coffee shop this afternoon it was like pulling teeth to get anything down on the page. I finally did start trying to write something, but had to leave shortly after that. It was a little disheartening, but I’m not going to give up. I signed up for a two week workshop on humorous essays that I need to get something written for. I don’t understand how it could be so hard – I’m funny and can cull a lot of things from my old twitter and ‘funny’ notes section. I’m going to give it some work tonight before I go to bed. That way if I write some more tomorrow I will hopefully at least have something to bring in to the class on Thursday. It’s so great to be doing things again!

I went to the Zen center tonight. It was great. I met with a teacher this afternoon and then attended the intro thing. I couldn’t get this song out of my head while he was going over stuff. It’s interesting. The song’s lyrics are very poignant for me right now. I’m going to try to get there tomorrow for the actual meditation. I’d really like to start getting there much more frequently. I think it would be a great place for me to learn and get my daily meditation practice back under control. I love meditating.

I’ve been having just the greatest time being back in Minneapolis. Like a really, really great time. I’ve been biking excessively. It’s wonderful! I feel so lucky to be back this summer and to be having this experience. I did recently get 3 flat tires on my bike, but hopefully that has been resolved. The people at the bike store were really nice and only charged me for the first flat and then a couple bucks for something they did today. I appreciate all their help. I seem to bike to uptown all the time. It’s even kind of nice I’m 7 miles away from it so that every time I go there I have 7 miles tacked on to the trip that otherwise wouldn’t have been. I figure I biked around 25 miles today. I’d say most days I hit 20-40 miles. My legs have really been feeling it since I’m not used to biking like that, but they’re getting more used to it. Yay! I’ve also lost some weight because of all the biking and can see that my face is taking on a leaner appearance than it had. These are all good things.

I love being here, but I still miss being abroad. And I miss NYC and my East Coast friends. I know this is the best place for me to be right now as far as exploring a lot of things I want to explore – like writing, meditation, art, and men. I’m grateful for this opportunity right now. I have no idea if my feelings towards being here will remain like this, or if in a few months I’ll be feeling stir crazy and like I want to get gone. I’m ok with that. For now this is wonderful. When I think back over the last couple of years this is definitely the happiest I’ve been. That’s a good realization to come to.

I got tickets for a taping of On Being! I’m so excited! It’s next Wednesday and it’s going to be beyond amazing. At least I hope it is. Woohoo! Seeing a show taped has been on my bucket list. I’ve been listening to KT’s conversations for so long now.

Ok, I need to do some writing now. I’ve just got to get something down on the page. If I just get a very rough draft done tonight I can work on revising it tomorrow and Thursday before class. I’m trying to decide if I’m going home this weekend. I don’t really want to. I mean it would be wonderful to see the family, but spending all weekend at their house just seems like a lot. If I could drive there it would be a different story. I guess we’ll see. It is going to be Father’s Day. I will probably go, but I’m enjoying being back in Minneapolis so much. Hmm.

Gratitude List:

Minneapolis and all the great things this city has to offer

Fanatically biking around the city and all the great trails

Signing up for things and delving back into being busy