Something beautiful

I've noticed most of my entries on here are incredibly upbeat. It's not that my life is an endless parade of happiness and sunshine....I think I just would rather put the positive out into the world. And that's a good thing. A really good thing.

So I recently had a moment so, so worthy of blogging about. Which is kind of rare, you know. A moment so awesome you want to tell the whole weird. Maybe that's why I don't "tweet." Few things in my life I would want to be made public knowledge. And then there is the small fact that the most awesome of moments...well, I wouldn't hand those secrets out to just anyone. But this one I will share.

I showed up to work and Beth had a friend over. "Oh Michelle," she said, "This is Sarah." Then she paused and thought about it. "Oh, you know her- Sarah Ruhl." Of course I know her! I then had a very silly moment where I said, "The Sarah Ruhl? You're...her?" And Sarah laughed and I laughed and we shook hands. Then about an hour later, I'm sitting at Beth's kitchen table and we're all snacking- Sarah brought Mexican food- and I realize: I am having lunch with Sarah Ruhl and Beth Henley. An actual moment in my actual life. And then we discussed Chekhov. The theatre geek in me was going crazy but on the outside, I acted totally normal. Like I have discussion with a Pulitzer-Prize nominee and winner every day or something. And when I left- Sarah hugged me! I hope I am always this excited to meet people I respect and admire so much. Life wouldn't be very fun if I couldn't get excited over things like this.

I wanna talk about my favorite thing as of late. I'm settling into my apartment, which is lovely. I love my roommate and getting closer with Laura has been so great. I've been hanging out with new people. One unfortunate side effect of graduating college was that a lot of people moved away. But getting to know new people has been good. So, anyway - my favorite thing. While I'm getting to know them, they're getting to know me. And it's fascinating, watching someone discover things about you. I've been hanging out with someone who likes to say, "You know what I noticed about you? You..." and then he proceeds to tell me some small detail about me, usually something amazing that I've never thought about. I love getting this different perspective on myself. He's putting all these pieces together and occasionally lets me in on his view of the puzzle. It's neat. I've been laughing a lot these days. Not just anyone can make me laugh, but I find myself surrounded now by people who can.

Tomorrow is the 4th of July. I've been thinking a bit about 4th of Julys in the past. This will be my first one in California. Well, cool. I was trying to remember why I couldn't remember last year's- I was in London. No trades. That was an amazing 4th, in America or not. Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend.

xoxo
Michelle