NEWS FROM WORLD: moments captured by the heart

It's seems like years since I actually wrote on this thing. Years since I took the time to comment on the doings of my life and the thoughts that compose my interior. It hasn't been that long, really, but time seems to tic-toc and life keeps moving and moments can sometimes trump taking the time to do some of the things you love doing the most.

I've been everywhere this summer, both physically and emotionally. I took a trip to the one place I had always wanted to visit: new york. The parks consumned me, the walks burned holes in my calves, and the conversations could only be continued on the day after. Broadway opened my eyes to a world I had never experiences and the pizza....the pizza is not at all overrated. Even if it is, I enjoyed every bite. It was one of those life altering trips- and it was a place I only wish to visit more than once more.

Then I rested, got lost in LOST, and then went to get LOST in the world of the most beautiful country I've been to: Spain. I fell in love with it, with its people, with it's never-ending architecture, its museums, and best of all, I fell even more in love. I didn't know it was possible. I hoped it could be, but I had never experienced it first hand. From the moment I saw that checkered shirt in the airport, to the day I said goodbye with a smile all the way down from my kidneys, all the way up to the day I arrived home and lay in bed ill and tearful for ever experiencing such a deep and intense feeling of "miss". Once again, those late nights with summer wine, serrano ham, flamenco dancing, and walking around in the dehydrating blinding sun filled me with happiness, joy, and a now-fading-tan. This magical feeling, however, seems to not fade- I really hope it doesn't.

Today, back at work, I finished fixing my classroom. Joy radiated thru my pores, slipped up from my toes and dripped out of my hair. Finally the feeling of not being my first-year...a grandiose feeling of accomplishment, success, and unworry. I cannot think of a time when I felt more in tune with the world, more balanced, more satisfied and pleasured. I can only hope that with the right dedication, I do no lose this good fortune that seems to accompany me these days...and if it does, which I can honestly say that I know it will, I now know what it is like to be the other side...the greener side.