i had such a wonderful time today, and, like Gou said, "we're gonna feel how much fun we had tomorrow". i think the aches and pains are well worth it though. i woke up around 9:30 today, then cat napped till 11.....ok, so i guess i actually woke up at 11, technicalities. by 1:40, my pseudo-bf, Sharu, came to get me and we went to get "the boys" and then proceeded to camelback mountain. the hike started long before it actually began since the walk from the parking lot to the base of the mountain was a journey in itself ("we're walking this far THEN hiking????" ~Samer).
i'd never been to camelback before, actually- i think it was the first time for all of us- so didn't really know want to expect. the surroundings were absolutely breathtaking- the view aside- the mountain itself was a site to behold. reddish mud, rocks and boulders speckled with marble and mica, arizona flora (we didn't see much fauna...although nemoji insists he saw a snake/chipmunk mutant creature under a rock~(on a side note) if THAT exists, then my albino weevil mole rat exists for sure). the trail was a bit steep- ok, a lot steep- at points (sometimes we crawling up on all fours), but it was all nothing for our trailblazer Rach- her energy motivated us all!
this was something different- doing something physical for fun with my friends, rather than a movie or what not- it was really exciting...yesterday i could barely sleep waiting for today! to make the experience even more memorable Nemoji introduced us to his OTHER gf (j/k) today, so some of us got to make a new friend- Samer ( hottie potottie, samurai sam, achaa ladka, samerji...basically everything but "samir", that's a big no no)- who, for the record, is NOT indian. i hope we didn't scare him too badly with our antics and our inability to shut up...
a few highlights from the trip-
about half an hour into the hike we got to this point where we could veer off the trail and explore a little. our wandering paid off. we found a very picturesque point on top of this rock (right beside the home of the famed snake/chipmunk mutant creature), we all climbed this thing and then chilled there for some time, soaking up some sun and taking in the view of the city below (nemoji, i still think you'd be a fabulous tour guide, consider it).
oh, my fav part of the trip was when i met this guy- treking it with his two dogs and his son. i got into a convo with him about his dogs water drinking habits ( it didn't seem so boring at the time, i swear) and then gou and i hear this sound, like water flowing. we look up, all three of us, and this mans son is peeing on the trail...
man- "HOGAN, what're you doing?!?"
son- "peeing"
man- (to gou and i) "it's bad enough that my dogs do it, but my son too????"
gou and i- (as we run off) "hahahaha".

afterward, when we were all good and earthy, we wound down with some coffee and a bit of chatter, the perfect ending to a day filled with scary bald men (dooo deee dooo dooo), children with blantant disregard for port-a-potties, "treasure chests" (whoooo hoooo), sunglasses lost and sunglasses found, and of course tons of bruises to bodyparts we didn't even know existed till now.

ha, i can't wait till our next one.

no blog today :(...oh wait, that's what this is.
lucky you.

i really don't know what i'd do without my girls. around them i feel so at ease, so completely myself- a more complete self. yesterday was truly wonderful. it could have only been made better if P and G were with us, to compensate we talked about them all night so even if not in body, they were there in sprit..or in gossip ;) j/k. we scarfed down enough pizza to make any normal person explode, chasing each bite with a flood of giggles. oh god everyone needs to go to this site: www.albinoblacksheep.com - provided us with so much entertainment (where's waldo & finger fillet) i lost at taboo, but that's only cause the rest of them were such lousy guessers (band? "ayeeeee don't knoooooow, la di da"). later, over steamy mugs of hot cocoa we sat back and anaylzed the world to our hearts content, conversation drifiting from romances to siblings, parents, and friends. so woah, let me tell you, N-ji is so lucky, he's dating a freaking seductress (don't let those blue sweats fool you)...we bring up hot cocoa, and instantly, she's like " wouldn't the room look nice filled up with candles?", and proceeds to do it. i tell you, instant ambiance. so relaxing.
we've known each other- only truly known each other- for about 2 years, but it feels like forever. every moment a memory in the making. we rambled, and discussed hours away. then, after we were completely emotionally spent, we cuddled up under the covers ("too hot, too cold, too hot, too cold"), and settled down for a much postponed movie- the mothman prophecies-which if summarized by R would prolly run like this:
man, i got a sexy honey
shoot, i got a dead honey now
woah- i'm a little crazy
(after a bit of checking)- the whole town's a little crazy too...oh good, it's not just me, must be something in the water.
red, red, red- aaaaahh, was that a bat?
no dude, it was a moth, hence the title-note to self- you're in the freaking movie, follow along.
sheesh, i knew that.
then, deathlifedeathlifedeath, the end.
man, what a rush- so, what just happend here?
no clue man, but mad trippy- that's all i got to say, maaaaaad trippy
(all this interspersed with phone calls from george...or dennis...or gertrude~ hmm who ever he was, going "yo, i'm haunted")

the night ended in the morning, with us napping side by side, elbow to tounge.

such is our sisterhood.

Today promises to be lovely! it's sunny out- which is always nice, was so rainy yesterday that vibha's school got flooded. i woke up late today, but went to bed pretty late too~ talking to my pseudo bf, awww...
in a few hours i'm going to go dance (my butt is so sore as is, can't wait to see how much worse it's going to get), then off to spend time with my girls! it's so nice to have a group of friends who can have fun without gossip, drama, etc...pizza, nachos, brownies,hmm...what else? hot cocoa and movies. see that's what we do, rather than gossip we eat. keeps our mouths busy and our butts droopy.
okie juju needs a bath, badly, i don't know what he got into (some weird brown stuff that's not poop is on his throat). he's so close to the ground though, i doubt he'd know either. silly puppy. ohhh, on the 7th was the anniversary of the day we adopted him. my baby, kuti pa. he's being overly affectionate today. i wonder what he wants.

Sunday~

i had such a fabulous day, hiked up South Mountain with some friends and family (including juju). was so relaxing, and more than relaxing, it was comforting. i remember hiking a lot when i was younger- when i lived in Albuquerque. I wonder if i spelt that correctly, hmm...lived there for 3 years, guess it never sunk in. anyway, i remember hiking when i lived there- almost every weekend, with my sister, neighbor and her daughter. She'd make us sandwhiches and trail mix, then we'd fill up canteens, those water bottles that are kinda flat and round, with water, and head out. as soon as we got to the trail and started hiking i'd look for a stick. a good STRONG walking stick- those are pretty hard to come by, you know- and if i was lucky, i'd find one. i don't remember seeing anyone else on those hikes, just the four of us- A. her daughter, me, my sister- but then again, we'd loosely stick to the trail. actually, i never realized that there was a trail, so far as i was concerned i was the first to ever walk that path. so maybe we did, maybe we didn't- it was all the same to me, dirt under my feet. i remember being so happy. our water was hot, sandwhiches smushed- but all that didn't seem to matter- bliss, i knew nothing of fatigue back then.
This time, i left the sandwhiches behind. This time, instead of carrying my walking stick, i carried grocery bags to pick up juju's poop. This time, there were aches- in my thighs, my arms, my lungs- ha, probably shouldn't have run up and down that thing, body ain't what it used to be. This time, i stuck to the trail- and saw my friends... my family... family friends... my friend's family...all randomly through out my run along it. so many changes between then and now. so many. it was still bliss though, still wonderful- must have been cause my water was still hot. good ole water, steady as a rock. ya, i'm sure that was why.

i know, i know, i've been a bit lazy with this blogging lately, but i'm making up for it now. the last few days have been interesting enough, not saturday though- MAD uneventful- but the last few days have been pretty ok. i ate my way through half a pan of brownies (thanks babe), been going to bed sooo late and sleeping in soo late. i've developed this habit over the past few days of going to bed around 4ish in the morning- better break that before class starts...oooh, class. i can't wait for that to begin again, so bored. a bunch of us are dancing for india night- so preparing for that, thankfully, is taking up my time :)

She's come undone

Are you happy?
I opened my mind,
and then my heart,
and now, have opened my diary too.
The offspring of thought and emotion- a vulnerable nude.
Please, be kind to this lovechild.