check-in

all sorts of things have happened in the past few weeks. today was the last of a ten-day marathon of wedding-related activities and get-togethers with the out-of-towners here for the wedding festivities...it has been a long times since i've felt so dog-tired. i gave a lot of energy. wedding energy. car in the shop energy. seeing ex-boyfriend energy. laughing hard with old friends as if nothing had changed energy. wishing some quirks had changed with old friends but realizing they haven't energy. ...among lots of other types of energy. so i'm tired and am looking forward to a good night's rest. it's good to rest when you're dog-tired.

today, this last of a ten-day wedding marathon, i dropped the last out-of-towner at the airport early in the morning. from there i went home to lansing-ish to clelebrate the birthday of my now seventeen-year-old sister. or so i thought. what i didn't find out until i was home was that in fact my family had already celebrated my sister's birthday, so the birthday celebration was in fact intended for me (as my birthday is two weeks after my sister's). good thing i was wearing my sundress for the party :o) ...anyway, for some reason my mom and i were rummaging around the basement and discovered her wedding dress. i had thought she'd sold it or lost it or something, but in fact it was in a box in our basement. and there was clearly no option but to try it on, and it was a perfect fit. ...i don't have any particular person in mind to marry and i'm not so sure i'd pick a late-70s model, long-sleeved, turtle- and lace-necked with beading dress for my own, but it was pretty on...

[i'm quickly fading...i must go to bed now...more to come...]