untitled post of miscellaneous items.

the whole new year's uproar has finally died down. thank god, because all of the holiday business was finally starting to lose its gleam. however, this was a particularly sweet holiday time for me, what with the upcoming wedding. my future in-laws are the loveliest people, and so thoroughly midwestern in the best way. their christmas eve was full-on swedish, which is a shocking contrast to the muggy floridian strip-mall christmases i had in my youth. but with all the comings and goings i was starting to feel exhausted and resentful of the people who still have twinkle lights in their yards.

tomorrow robert and i are going back to florida so that he can meet my best friend, who is going to be in our wedding in may. i'm excited to see her, to see green, to ride in a car with the windows down, to go dancing, to drag rob to epcot center...

even though i don't buy into the calendar new year as a definitive beginning and end of the cycles of our lives, i am excited for 2008. i'm getting married, i'm turning 30, i'm going to croatia, and also, i love the number 8. thank goodness for little favors!