respite

finally, my long-awaited vacation is here. this morning i awoke in my lovely, huge bedroom on the 4th floor of a house and ambled down two floors into the kitchen where i now sit in near silence telling the internets that i heart rehoboth beach.

last night, salimah and i arrived, got settled, went for a little drive through the town to see what there was to see, had dinner at a seafood restaurant along route 1 (where we had some passable crab cakes), and then went grocery shopping to get sundries for the week (and by sundries, i mean, along with our food, 8 bottles of smart water - we are such yuppies). once arriving back home, we unpacked, made our beds, and hung out for a bit before sleep.

who knows what adventures this week will bring? i can tell you one thing, however: i am decidedly in a place where relaxation is certain to occur: leather sofas, big-screen TV with lots of DVDs, tasty treats in the fridge, soft beds for napping, and my best friend who always makes things like this worthwhile (n.b.: this woman, btw, just tried to put our 1.49-per-bottle smart water in the coffee pot; methinks the crazy followed us to our vacation...ahh, the comforts of home;) ).

my best friend is a supahstar

last night, salimah held a private poetry reading at minas in hampden. just about 25 people showed up for the event, and it was such a warm group, lots of laughter and wine....you could just FEEL people being proud of her and really receiving the pieces. it was the perfect evening for her to showcase her truly fantastic, publishable work. i couldn't have been more proud....

and it was great, too, that we had space for 2 hours (the reading was just around 40 minutes long) so we had plenty of time to all mingle and laugh and catch up with one another. she really has such great friends, and i was psyched to see so many of her coworkers show up. that's support! then again, she always speaks so highly of all of them, so i was in no way surprised.

now then, let it be said on this sunday night in late january, 2007, salimah, your book will be published someday, and then the general public will know just how truly great of a writer you really are....you heard it here first!!