Rivers flow backwards, valleys are high. Mountains are level, truth is a lie.

Do you know how much I love Dolly Parton?
I can't even get into it right now.
But I think she is the most wonderful thing in the world. Can't stop listening to her. She deserves more credit as a song writer. why, it's enough to make me want to get a big old wig and a really good push-up bra.

My sister has a friend, and I think I am going to steal her. Bobbi is her name, and I like her. We went for A drink the other night, and had a wee chat. She's normal. It's nice to sit around and gripe about church. It's like someone understands how uncomfortable i am about church. It made me feel like less of a freak. I think that's all we need from others...to feel like less of a freak...and to allow others to feel the same way. Forget romance, we just want to be understood.

Okay, don't forget romance.

I have a new crush. Like a biggish one. This is good thing since I haven't really had one since the King. Mostly, crushes lead to disappointment. Two red flags are: 1) He is a co-worker. 2) He is so totally not my type in almost every way. However, he is kind and he is funny and he walks me home at two in the morning even when he has his bike and could be home in a quarter of the time it takes to walk up the hill. Also, he has these blue eyes that crinkle when he smiles....that gets me every time.
Anyway, it's silly and harmless and let's me feel less stone-hearted.

For weeks in a row I have firmly decided to quit my job at JJ, and for two weeks in a row I have had converstaions with my manager that have changed my mind. Can you spot the Pisces?

I put a big map of Berlin on the wall right nest to my bed, it stokes me every morning. There is a botanical garden in Steglitz, as i was lying in bed, i figured out how to get there on the U-bahn. It should be nice...in January! Pretty excited about this whole business. The bros are going in November, and I will join them in January. Carman might travel over there in the spring. Caleb and I have plans to rendez-vous in Paris. Benny and Sabrina are in Rome. Then there's always the Dublin girls. I can feel my heart beating a little faster even as I write this. I am way more excited this time around than I was any of the other trips. I don't feel nervous about anything..except for finding a place to live.

Okay, I gotta get ready to meet the Manchesters at JJ! I din't know where to take them, but I am sure it will be fun. I will (naturally) be fifth wheel....but I am used to that...by now.