So, it's day numero dos and I'm still blogging. My fear of committing to such a thing as a blog has obviously not set in quite yet. I am resovled to keep this puppy going though, so hopefully my resolve will keep the fear at bay.
On my way into work this morning I was thinking. I have an hour commute and I really loathe traffic, so I usually end up with plenty of "thinking" time...or I just blast some Britney and pretend I'm at the Circus. Man, Britney can get me pumped for a day full of fun at the office. Anyway, pardon my digression. So, I was thinking. I was thinking that all of us sitting on northbound I-25 right near Hampden, we all have this amazing thing in common : our space. Yet, none of us really know each other. Most of us don't care to ever know anybody else we're sharing the other four lanes with, but we have this amazing thing in common. This shared space that is I-25. I just couldn't help but think that this is such an incredible event considering that not even two hundred years ago, none of it existed. Here we all are taking advantage of the technology that is infrastructure and we don't even have the common decency to get to know one another...or maybe I just had some bad oatmeal. Either way, when you think of the enormity of the population of I-25 at any given time between 6am and 9am, you'd think we could at least look over and say good morning to our temporary neighbor or even just give them a polite smile. Or maybe I'm just in an unusually sunny mood today and tomorrow I'll revert back to the Jen that everybody knows and most people sort of love.
Speaking of roads (how's that for a creative leap to my next point?), I'm in love with the idea of travelling across the country. Let me preface this by saying that I really do love driving and I'm only a semi-raging lunatic between 630am and 730am M-F. But there is something incredibly romantic about putting the top down in Seattle and not stopping until Bangor. I long to see all that the great expanse that we call the United States has to offer. I'm lucky in that I have seen a lot of the U.S., but not necessarily on my terms. I've seen it from the window of a charter bus when my high school marching band went to Florida. I've seen it from the window of a rental car while travelling for work. But, I still feel like I haven't experienced it. Seeing and experiencing are completely different. I want to run from bison in South Dakota and hug the curves of the Sierras in Nevada. I want to see the leaves change in New England and catch lobsters off a pier in Maine. Oh, my sweet romantic vision of being completely uninhibited on the road with someone I love or even just by myself. I'm going to do it someday. I will! I've already got the soundtrack picked out, so I guess the important stuff is taken care of, right?
So, that's all for today folks. Here are my lists!
Five Things I'm Grateful For -
1. My beautiful little neice Madeline.
2. Sunsets / Sunrises - corny and cliche, I know, but what are you going to do? They're beautiful in Colorado
3. Books...oh sweet books!
4. Knowledge
5. An Eternal Perspective
Top Five Books I've Read in the Last Five Years -
1. The Road; Cormac McCarthy
2. Absolom! Absolom!; William Faulkner
3. Hills Like White Elephants; Ernest Hemingway
4. A Room of One's Own; Virginia Woolf
5. The Sound and The Fury; William Faulkner
Bon Jour Mes Amis!
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