happiness waits outside the gates, watching each thing we do November 23, 2009
– i really am happy here, sometimes it sucks though –
– ate at an iraqi generals house last night, it was the first time i felt free in 197 days, i had a glass of hot tea, and some food with touch –
– 3 weeks to the day i begin the trek back to civilization, for a while —
– looking forward to seeing the family, catching up with friends –
– looking forward to christmas eve rituals –
– looking for cool things to do new years eve –
– wanting to catch some gigs –
– looking forward to doing a lot of listening –
– exciting about sitting on a clean wood floor –
– broadband!
– walking around shiner and seeing what's changed –
– a clamour about perhaps hitting up new orleans –
– san antonio perspective
– austin perspective
– watching some live concerts on a bigger tv screen and laying on the couch –
– watching my 5 dvd series on doing business in china
– sitting on the front porch playing josh ritter and roman candle tunes
– kicking around the soccer ball with friends and family
– a good beer buzz early in the morning like cheryl crow –
– schoolin' some folks at pool
– hanging out talking with the family about nothing and everything
– taking the family to mr taco, guadalahara (sp?), jaliscos, and other places to eat
– buying pants and shirts that fit
– having a night out with the bro in law and defining our typical 3 goals for the evening
– seeing how the nieces and nephews have grown, changed, see the additions to their vocabulary, etc
– catching up with the music collection
– getting my shoes shined in frankfurt
– drinking a das boot with the scooter store peeps
– 1000 other things, the little details –
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