Maya in Wonderland

Patience? so not one of my virtues. Let me make this a big public thank you to everyone putting up with me these days.  

tonight was a particularly good sunset

the beach is always a haven for me - it’ll be weird because water should always be west. I have an apartment now, am hopeful, but uncertain about J. Trying to enjoy the Indian summer and the unseasonable rain.

dinner with Stacy (we did not have Chicken Meet Ball) and driving to Long Beach in the highly unseasonable and utterly fantastic rain …

the problem with my current situation is that everyone knows that I’m going, but until the background check clears, I can’t make any actual announcements (B, did we really bury ALL the bodies? Deep???)

This gives me time to think about how:

A. This is the most fantastic thing ever

B. This is a huge mistake

If I really like him, why am I leaving? If I stay, what would I do with myself?

As previously stated, everyone knows that I’m going, including me, and yet … my friends here are happy/sad and so unable to properly celebrate, my friends there are, well, there, and so unable to properly celebrate.

I hate waiting and rehashing once I’ve made a decision, but haven’t yet figured out how to turn my brain off.

If anyone has a handy how-to tip, please leave in the comments section; I will be grateful!

I’m not sure how I feel about being up so early so often, but the photographic possibilities are nice

I accepted the job and am due in DC on the 22nd of October.

OK, so we didn’t actually see the pig races, but otherwise, the LA County Fair was all that I could have hoped for …

The Midway

some of my nearest and dearest having fun

fair food 

Even the commercials are good.

a sunset drive up Highway 1 is always nice, but becomes even better when it culminates with your guy cooking you dill salmon in phyllo dough and mashed potatoes …