I looked and looked, afraid to touch. Afraid to even move, in fact, because if I moved, it would fly away. Finally, when time became too short, I reached out my hand gently and carefully, and took it into my palm. It STAYED. It let me take it, it didn’t fly away. Now it is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘friends’
8 Mar
A blessing in disguise?
I am trying to find the positive side of what is happening in my life right now. I am having trouble with it, and not only that, but as always when sad things are happening, I am wondering why in hell I ever left home. WTF?! I should pull myself out of this destructive thought [...]
12 Feb
Welcome to Wonderland
I live in a city where the subway announces to me everyday on my way to work: “the next Blue line train to Wonderland is now arriving.” I walk out of the subway station with a smile fluttering playfully on the corner of my mouth. I look at the park in front of me, as [...]
21 Jan
What is it about music?
What is it about music that makes me so happy? Music and baking… I think, I haven’t actually baked that much. I wonder what’s up with my perpetual dream of baking, of hanging out in a kitchen filled with the smell of baking, of eating baked goods made by me etc Tomorrow I’ll find out [...]
11 Jan
Making friends
Good evening my dear friends!! My, it’s been a long time. I missed writing! So tonight, even though I am, as usual lately, it seems, wiped out, I will write the post I promised a while ago. Why am I wiped out, you ask? Well, I finally started finding my stride at work, so tonight [...]
13 Dec
Compatibility
There are some people you can just talk to… there are other people you hope or think you can talk to, maybe because of some common heritage (like the fact that you’re both Romanian) or experience (like the fact that you both went to Dartmouth). And when you realize you can’t connect to those people, [...]
29 Nov
Thanksgiving 2009 – the party
After all the work and sweat in the kitchen, it was time to enjoy the feast. We had turkey with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, stuffing, green bean casserole, broccoli with cheese sauce, and wonderful rolls fresh out of the oven. We even had homemade gravy! That was the only time I broke my rules [...]
6 Oct
One misfortune never comes alone
We say this back home, and usually we mean it. When something bad happens, it never happens just by itself… Some more bad things need to follow it, I guess to make sure that the first one made it to its destination alright. I’ve always wondered if that is a good thing or a bad [...]
