So it's Wednesday, and I'm in Kansas City. There was a fairly spectacular storm outside my airplane window on the ride up, but fortunately it was far enough away that we got to enjoy the light show without any disruption of smooth sailing.
It was dark when we drove away from the airport last night and through the winding streets to Kimbra's house. This means that my shock at once again being surrounded by grass and trees had to wait until this morning. Sweet V's hiccoughs (Okay, actually it wasn't *technically* her hiccoughs that woke me up...it was the fact that they were so cute that I was giggling to myself. I giggled myself awake.)awoke me around 7:30am (Phoenix time), and she distracted me from the great outdoors for rather a long time with her amazing cuteness.
Anyway, when I looked outside I was a bit overwhelmed with the greenery. It's just...a lot. And it's close. I drove to Tasty Thai to pick up lunch and felt almost claustrophobic as I drove down the tree-lined street. A very unusual sensation, since I am the one who protested most vehemently about the lack of trees and green in Arizona. Truth is, I've gotten used to the barrens, and now the trees are kinda freaking me out. Don't get me wrong, it is beautiful, and given a choice, I would live with trees and grass...but it is hard to get used to again after so much wide-openness and rocks and scrub.
So there you have it. The Trees are weirding me out.
3 comments:
Ah! Grasshopper. You must become one with the trees again, just as you have become one with the beautiful barrens of Arizona.
Hugging any particular tree might be seen as most unusual by the neighbors. So you will have to commune with the flora in some other way.
Just get in calm, relaxed, restfull mood and let the treeness wash over you. You will feel so much better, and you will not lose your love for the barrenness in the process. You are fortunate to be able to enjoy both greenness and the desert and mountains.
You are truly blessed. Continue to,
Serve well!
OK, so restful has only one l. Oops.
It may sound weird but I start feeling freaked out by the lack of tall buildings when we are visiting the midwest too. Downtown Lawrence just doesn't feel real to me. Give me tall buildings now...
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