Back In The City That Makes Sense To Me (oh, and I have comments now, so don't hold back!)

I haven't gotten up at 4:45 to catch the 5:35 MARC train in weeks. But today my youngest sister graduated from high school at 9 a.m., so that meant hooking up with my mother at about 7 to give us plenty of lead time to get to the arena where the ceremony was taking place.

I was bummed to only have black & white film in my camera, but with my financial crunch and the lack of time, I resigned myself to cataloguing the day with a vintage feel. I find graduation proceedings to be extremely boring, so I read a little something during the 2-hour span, stopping only to clap when Caryl's name was called.

I had a filling, if barely par lunch with my family at the "Old Country Buffet" afterward, and then got back on the train to my beloved Charm city. I fell easily into my old habit of sleeping as soon as it pulled away from the platform at Union Station and I knew I was leaving the place I was born for the place that gave me birth.

Among other electronic missives, I had waiting for me a note from Gordon telling me he has finished The Catcher In the Rye, and agreeing with me that He is Holden...and he asked me when I came to the conclusion that this was true. So I told him.

My non electronic mail included a letter from Devika, and an invitation to her engagement party. I hope that by the time the date rolls around, I'll have secured his services as my escort.