one hundred. eighty two.

I am currently obsessed with "Ulysses" by Josh Garrels. It is truly a thing of beauty. I listened to it as we were flying over hills/deserts on my first ever plane ride last week. It's the perfect traveling song - driving, flying, biking, sailing (naturally, since it's about sailing...). It just has that feel to it. You know?

So. My first ever plane ride!
I think I tend to make a big deal out of many things in my life. So many occasions strike me as momentous or especially enthralling.
While this is good for me because I end up rarely disappointed in life, to others it might appear that I am over-dramatic.
It's not like I'm spinning in circles with arms outstretched in the airport, singing. I was, however, one of the happiest people on that plane. That may have also been due to the fact that it was 5:10 in the morning; most people were tired & cranky.
The plane ride was probably not good for me, though. I gazed out the window for the longest time on high hills and stretches of land that I longed to visit. I like the west, there are a lot of open spaces and high peaks. I am restless and want to travel, want to walk those hills. I like visiting places an awful lot, I love seeing how other people do life. I'd especially like to get a passport and see how people do life outside of the states.

California is a neat place, and the wedding we went to was the most lovely. I've only been to several weddings that felt so right. It just spreads through the air as family and friends are happy for the union, encouraged by it even. It's something that sends people away with hope. Both sets of parents were so grateful to the other set for raising such a wonderful child. Jacob and Jenna are two of the sweetest people I know, it made for such a fun, joyful wedding, so centered around God and His work in their lives.

Another California adventure: fell asleep in the sun day one since I'd had relatively no sleep, so I burnt alive and was peeling pretty hideously by the time the wedding came around. It literally looked like I had some skin pigmentation problems. It didn't show up in pictures (I think?) but anyone who got too close to me gave me some funky stares.
We also did some of the things you're supposed to do, like go to In-N-Out Burger, watch the surfers on the pier, and visit the most beautiful park, Torrey Pines, which had a beach I'd like to live on. We also went to several fun, eclectic little places and little markets that were very dear or very strange. Really, one or the other.

Now it's back to the humdrum which I love so much. I returned to work to find that some customers hadn't come in since I'd left, then came in today for my first day back. Makes a girl feel pretty special.