Taking off my jacket and bicycling through the warm San Franciscan night

Rode Critical Mass last night.  It was positively sweltering. 

Rode past both my dentist's office and my shrink's office.

Went through two tunnels.  So many riders.  

Everybody was getting along.  One of the most peaceful rides I had been on in quite some time.

 

Made me so happy to be living in this city of dreams.

Guess what just arrived!?!

Some dreams of mine.

1. White sand, distant roar, pelicans high overhead, a fruity drink in hand named after a long since deceased movie star, salt on my belly, slight headache.

2. Gathering berries at dusk.

3. Backyards, late july, hunting for bats, circling lawns, slight headache, glowworms.

4.

5. "I miss her, too."

Who is braver: he who leaves or he who returns?

Before I forget.

My coworker Pete, upon hearing that today was the first day of the chinese new year, said, "I was born on the cusp and for a long time thought I was a Rooster. I turned out to be a Monkey." It was right before I left for lunch.

Today I made a blog.

It's the first day of the year of the ox and everything feels right, not like that sham that took place almost a month ago now.

Today I got up at 6 am to get a needle stuck into my arm and afterwords I rode my bicycle to work and the sun on the trees looked just like the sun on the trees. I rode at a leisurely clip up Valencia and accomplished the block between 26th and 25th for the very first time. In doing so I felt a newness to the city that is rare, yet at the same time almost eerie in its familiarity, like returning to your ancestral home after many years away and seeing the same siding, the same shadows, the same sky.

I arrived to work at 7:58. I was scheduled for 8:00. This never happens. I am very dependable, but only because I always arrive between 12 and 18 minutes late. Always. Today, however, was different, and it's ramifications were felt for the remainder of the day. I still feel them now. Arriving on time put me at such ease as I have not felt for some time.

Barring the last week.

More on that later, as I do not know how much I trust you all yet. But trust will come, like the spring.

I am looking forward to everything.