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Arizona still breaks my heart
Mar. 31st, 2012 11:54 pmSo, I'm in town (Phoenix) for a week. This morning, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scrottie and I went over to the Downtown Phoenix Farmer's market, where, among other things, we picked up a bouquet of flowers from Maya's Farm. Maya does not sell the typical bouquet of flowers - her bouquets are a riot of colors that showcase the beauties that can be grown around here - bachelor's buttons, calendula, and a handful of other things I can't name (but wish I could).
What else? We stopped by Bike Saviours so I could work on repairing a rudder that experienced trauma during recent rowing escapades and snapped into two pieces. It was both the same and different, and I am sure I wouldn't recognize many of the current people who are involved. Good to see so much of the bicycling effort carrying on here, though.
Then we hung out with JG and RG, and spent some time looking at the 3-D photos on S's camera. As he'd told me previously, the video he recorded of mowing the lawn (the lawn I so despise) was one of the coolest pieces. That, plus a photo of my cat in a cardboard box, were neat. By the end, though, I kind of felt the same way I feel after a long plane flight, from all of the time spent wearing 3-D glasses.
My "academic family" here had a party this evening because a fellow graduate student just successfully defended her dissertation. So I did a round of the "What are you doing now? How do you like Texas?" et cetera. Things like that drain a lot of my energy, so I didn't linger too long. While in some respects it was flattering to hear "We miss you!" in other respects I'm also feeling like I've got my own row to hoe now. Not an easy one, but no one ever said life was going to be easy, and I certainly learn more about myself when I push myself out of my comfort zone.
The day has been bright and sunny and warm, so I'm mildly sunburned. I'm anxious about making the most of this trip, as I'd like to have some closure with respect to my dissertation research.
scrottie and I went over to the Downtown Phoenix Farmer's market, where, among other things, we picked up a bouquet of flowers from Maya's Farm. Maya does not sell the typical bouquet of flowers - her bouquets are a riot of colors that showcase the beauties that can be grown around here - bachelor's buttons, calendula, and a handful of other things I can't name (but wish I could).What else? We stopped by Bike Saviours so I could work on repairing a rudder that experienced trauma during recent rowing escapades and snapped into two pieces. It was both the same and different, and I am sure I wouldn't recognize many of the current people who are involved. Good to see so much of the bicycling effort carrying on here, though.
Then we hung out with JG and RG, and spent some time looking at the 3-D photos on S's camera. As he'd told me previously, the video he recorded of mowing the lawn (the lawn I so despise) was one of the coolest pieces. That, plus a photo of my cat in a cardboard box, were neat. By the end, though, I kind of felt the same way I feel after a long plane flight, from all of the time spent wearing 3-D glasses.
My "academic family" here had a party this evening because a fellow graduate student just successfully defended her dissertation. So I did a round of the "What are you doing now? How do you like Texas?" et cetera. Things like that drain a lot of my energy, so I didn't linger too long. While in some respects it was flattering to hear "We miss you!" in other respects I'm also feeling like I've got my own row to hoe now. Not an easy one, but no one ever said life was going to be easy, and I certainly learn more about myself when I push myself out of my comfort zone.
The day has been bright and sunny and warm, so I'm mildly sunburned. I'm anxious about making the most of this trip, as I'd like to have some closure with respect to my dissertation research.
