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There's a Kind of Hush...

Everything in my life has gotten pretty quiet as of late. I've helped two roommates move out over the past month, and with just two of us left (and my remaining roommate a workaholic) the house is very quiet during the day. Quiet and big. And warm. More like a movie set than a living area, really.

I've gotten my transportation and housing for this fall pretty well worked out, too, so I've over fretting about that. One of my classmates was kind enough to let me share a rather expensive sublet in DC in order to keep costs down. STA Travel was savvy enough to get me a cheap flight from DC to Rome, and I was adventurous enough to find a discounted train ticket from Rome to Bologna.

Even my everpresent (if exaggerated) money woes seem to have lessened recently...I've made what I do have work for me, and have decided not to sweat the prospects of what I don't have. Even the looming shadow of a fine for my first-ever speeding citation (really not much of a story: I was approaching Lafayette from a rural road and wasn't slowing down at the rate the speed limit was changing from 55 to 45 to 35) doesn't faze me.

My biggest concern right now, really, is cleaning up my living space, throwing out a lot of crap, and figuring out what to pack, what to store, and what to sell. But I have nearly two months to deal with all that.

I'm glad I'm not just sitting around (which I find incredibly easy to do), but going out and doing things I enjoy. I went orienteering on Sunday, and though my legs are all scratched up and I was dead tired afterward, it was great. I'm going to camp in Yosemite and hike Half Dome next week. I've been touring the East Bay Open Studios and have been considered for a modeling job for a sculptor. I'm reading and--after a long period of neglect--keeping in touch with friends again.

Life is good. Quiet, but good.
peachy as always, Mike at 4:03 PM