you're not obliged to swallow anything you despise

today was a good day. we woke up late. but this time, we were allowed to. the only obligation we had today was to attend a meeting with the absorption center people so that they could inform us about the details involved with making aliyah (moving to israel). i wasn't that interested because i don't plan on moving to israel any time soon. but i did get the chance to write the really cool dream i had in my brand spanking new journal. hey, at least i didn't break into a laughing fit. anyway, after the meeting, alice and i came home and cleaned our entire room from top to bottom. we swept, organized (as much as i can organize), washed our sheets and clothes. the whole nine yards. listened to some good music. alice made bean burritos with guacamole. absolutely amazing. later in the evening, imanuel stopped by for a smoke and to see if he could fix the bike parts we found and fashion them into actual bikes. no luck yet, but he's optimistic as long as he can take some tools to them. we'll see. we also worked on the photos i took of him last week. he seemed to like them. after he left, i skyped the hell out of everyone and spoke to very many good friends and family members. i was inspired to edit photos by adam because we're both living the dream, informed by kaity that she's getting engaged, was told by denise that she's enjoying austin, eddie is getting excited and nervous for israel, mom wants me to call lisette, emily wants me to come home so we can go on a trip, made aunt andie cry and prompted a very sweet email from her, got excited by most, a little sad too. dad texted me. he's on a plane as we speak. then, i watched 'year of the dog' with al. it's a dark, sweet comedy with molly shannon, peter saarsgard, and john c. reilly. really good. for some reason it made me think of gammy, whom i also spoke to today. she hasn't changed her tune, however she is getting surgery to see if they can restore some of her vision, at least back to the limited state it was in until recently. i'm just sad and a little guilty that i can't be there with her. hopefully she'll understand. still telling me to meet a nice jewish boy and leave him here. she's a legend. now i'm listening to elliott smith with the power out. alice just blew out all the candles we had lit so that we could see. but i did finally post some photos today. i'm pretty proud of them...

www.flickr.com/photos/sallyglass

take a gander... for some reason i don't feel like sleeping. probably has to do with the fact that dad's plane gets in at 6:55AM and it's 3AM now. fuck me right? welp... goodnight hopefully.

love,

sally