this and that.

i just finished get lucky, a novel by katherine center. it was one of those books that i stopped reading with ten pages left because i didn't want to story to end. i wanted to jot down a few quotes:

"life is always a struggle between who you are and who you'd like to be. it's always a negotiation between how you want it and how it is." -page 261

"... thinking about how much everything had changed, and about how heartbreaks and joys in life are all tangled up together. you have to be good at one to be good at the other. in new york, i'd been careful to avoid all the sadnesses i possibly could. but coming home, without ever meaning to, i had plunged neck-deep into an ocean of them. i think it was good for me, in the end." -page 267

i love books where the main character is going through the same challenges - being single and uncertain about her job, future, family. and it's okay to stumble. because in the end, the girl ends up with the right guy. and sometimes, i still need my fairy tale in order to make the most of each moment along the way.

today, i met with my old boss and she came to our reading group. i felt so cosmopolitan - showing off my new city!

one last thing: goals for this summer:

1. take violin lessons

2. visit the zoo

3. go to the art museum

4. see the liberty bell

5. visit the cake boss' shop

6. spend an afternoon downtown in a park

7. barnes foundation house

8. longwood garden

i don't need a boyfriend to make memories!