Lonely

Last weekend was an adventure. I spent Friday night in bed with the boyfriend, I mean, computer, and Saturday I tried to let the Universe do what it would by getting lost in the city and then visiting various establishments and meeting strangers.

Some memories are still too painful to recount. (All you can eat/drink Sushi dinner with 15 20-something year old American computer-programming males only interested in playing "Would you rather" and "I've never" and I bet you can guess what the central topic was.) Though that was an interesting psychological/therapeutic research experience, as an old China hand I went to university with once said, "Half the battle is figuring out what you don't want." Check.

So recently, my biggest challenge has been the realization that good friends are not always easy to find. I am, again, extremely grateful for this computer and internet and skype, all of which allow me to talk to old friends oceans away.

And I try and have patience, remembering the words of Moab's own sagacious Kelly Green who once told me it takes about two years in a city before one has really good friends. Whew. Breathe in, breathe out.

Thanks to the people who've sent me info on the recent news, especially the goings on concerning land *west of here. (Thanks Danny.)

It is supposed to rain today. I can't wait.