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this morning when i left my house for the bus stop, i felt this sense of forlorn reminiscence walking the 7 minutes up to where i usually catch my ride. my days of traveling these familiar roads will soon be over. these common sights, the well-known faces i meet every day and every night, my frequent everyday commuting experiences, soon they will be nothing more than memories. and wouldn't you know it, just as soon as i'm counting down the days until i finally leave belmont, i once again see lip gloss girl on the bus. she will never know how much beloved she was! though she did nothing but to ride the bus with me with her glossy lips and her smile turned upside down, that was enough. good bye lip gloss girl!

home buying news: the lawyer's reviewing the legal documents, i got a number for a home inspector i'm going to call tomorrow to schedule an appointment. i'm starting to feel like i have two lives now. my work life, where 8 hours solid i'm coding and i don't know what time it is and the day goes by pretty quickly on tandem synchronized extreme parallel double tag team programming. and then there's all the things i have to do to buy a house. lawyer, home inspection, securing a mortgage. both have deadlines, both are very serious business with low margins for errors. am i an adult now? all these responsibilities. would an adult ever question his/her own adultness?

after work i wanted to go running despite the fact that it was 38 degrees outside, freezing rain, and very windy. i figured it'd be a great way to relax. funny, right? running in the rain has become my new relaxation routine. but after i went downstairs with my running stuff, i realized it was a bad idea. i would be totally drenched, running in freezing weather, it was a recipe for disaster, and with my low disaster diet, i think i will postpone my run for a day less foul.