"your body's a wacky-land"
woke up this morning realizing that "aunt flow" had visited
in the middle of my sleep.
'bitch didn't even knock or anything.
needless to say, I was unprepared.

didn't make it into work cause my body was
already exhausted from the long and exciting weekend, not
to mention aching back and belly.
I didn't get up until about noon today and my
body still feels like a friggin' pretzel.


enlightenment
the house was full
this weekend.
'had a get together with friends to bid bon voyage
to another one of us heading east for a new adventure.

this house has always been blessed with visitors
and friends.
from my neighborhood playmates in childhood, to
our family parties back in the day to now
this place has been a hub, a space for reconnecting and
sharing lives with loved ones.

this weekend was no different.
in fact, this time around, I could really sense
the "family" dynamic with our group of friends.
dunno what it was, but I think part of it was
the fact that everyone genuinely wanted to be there
to reconnect with eachother.

The whole dynamic of having kids
in the mix just really brought things full-circle, too.
We are now our parents, titas, titos while
the next generation has taken our place.

It was great to see everyone playing with, taking care of,
watching and laughing with little M, Iz, and T3.
Baby D was missing in action, so it wasn't complete, but
he was definitely there in spirit..."if only D was here",
everyone kept saying.

the rest of the day (into the night) was about poker, kooky converstions,
eating and watching the entire first season of sex in the city.
the party didn't end until about 3am.

and what time did I wake up the next morning? 10 am.

...and the whole thing started over again: hanging out with friends,
eating, and bbqing.