It's not about the destination

It's about the journey.

That is the mindset I have adopted from my friend, Warren, about trips into the city. Needing a goal, an errand, a destination to spend time in the city is silly. Instead, the time spent in the city leading up to that goal, if there is one, is worth it in it of itself. Tonight I went into the city with him and my friend Kristen. I had a few loose goals: see if I can pick up a book at the library, and hunt down a Frame store to finally frame a print of a painting I purchased a few months ago. Warrens only goal was to get into the Mozart show at Lincoln Center.

All of this backfired. The library was closed by the time we got into the city, and they don't carry the novel at Barnes & Noble. The frame store was closed by the time we got to it, and the show was sold out. Nonetheless we were mobile from 5:15 to 10:15. Even though we accomplished none of our goals, we all still agreed we were happier to have made the trip than not.

flashbacks

no this is not lost or opposite day thus being about flashfoward. intstead it has to do with todays picture which felt like i was in high school again but not necessarily in a bad way.

anyway - today was alright. had an interesting experience with the ram van that ultimately boiled form 'the van is broken they're sending another one' to 'the van needs maintenance - someone is coming' to 'theres something with the keys' which eventually was made clear by the fishing of the car keys out of the storm drain on the street. there was a lot more involved but i dont feel like typing it out.

as much as i would like to regress to that of a 10 year old and ignore decisions and responsibility and all the ugliness ahead and instead run outside and play, i cannot and as such just purchased "Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology: 2008/2009 Edition" by recommendation of Tracy Prout.

Looks like there is no turning back after all.

edit: decided not to include said picture. instead i am replacing it with one i took earlier in the day. i like it more - fits more with the whole wanting to return to 10 years old. and don't worry - i joined in after taking this.