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'suppose it's time for me to post something...

• ever since i was a preteen/teen i have found fireworks to be very romantic and have always felt that they should be watched along with someone special. i remembered this last night as we watched fireworks from SNP's front yard along with my parents and my youngest brother. it was perfect.
• we ate reuben hot dogs (got the idea from real simple magazine - perfect since we had leftover sauerkraut and thousand island dressing), had some drinks, walked around lake eola just long enough to get into the 4th of july spirit (none of us are big on crowds), and then walked back to SNP's house.
  
• about a month ago SNP moved into the coolest place, ever, ever. he now lives downtown (as opposed to a 30 minute drive away) in the bottom floor of a renovated house built in the early 1900's. the house is so fantastic, you guys. wood floors, crazy cool kitchen with original brick showing in places, and a ginormous wraparound porch. it was the most perfect find.
• he now walks to work everyday (so jealous) and on the weekends we've been having a great time walking all over the place, mostly checking out local restaurants.
• it is very much summer here in florida. no surprise, right? i have given up on wearing jeans of any sort. it's pretty much skirts or sundresses every day. i just can't handle wet, sticky jeans. but i do have to say the weather isn't terrible. not yet, anyway. and so far it has been storming pretty much daily, so that helps. in fact, it's thundering and raining as i write this.
• my brother's wife will be giving birth to MY niece pretty much any day now. i'm thankful that i don't have any work related travel scheduled over the next few weeks because you better believe that as soon as i get the call i'll be camped out at the hospital.
  
• speaking of work... it's work. it's not bad, but i'm not terribly inspired by it. most people tell me that they have never been inspired by their work. sometimes i wish that were the case for me, then maybe i wouldn't have cause to feel restless and to constantly question the point of this professional detour. the thing is... i don't even have a clear idea of what i want to be doing. in fact, although i feel a bit sad that i'm not doing something more in line with my skill set and interest, i generally lack motivation to make something else happen. i'm doing my best to just accept my complacency and trust that the wiser part of me has me here for a reason.
  
• laney is still laney. a giant, sloppy, lovable, neurotic mess.
  
• there's a beautiful bouquet of red roses on my coffee table. i've never been much of a flower-y type of girl... but i have quickly learned to love receiving them.
  
• wow, serious lightning bolt and thunder clap just now.
• this about sums things up.
• can you believe it has almost been a year since i moved back to florida?
  
• crazy.
  

4th of July 2010