I ought to be busy putting my belongings in one of three piles: to keep, to give away, to get rid of. I should be putting things in boxes and bags and drawers. Instead, I have decided to start a blog.
At 11:45 PM my apartment is a disaster and I just can't seem to muster the will to care. So why not start a blog? I have thought about starting a blog many times and each time, until now, decided against it. As far as I can figure there are two reasons for this change of mind. The first is that it's almost midnight and I really don't feel like doing anymore packing, so I am avoiding. The second is that I am about to move across the country to California. It seems that all my wildest dreams are coming true and yet my heart is breaking. I will be working as a Youth Minister in Berkeley! I am so excited I can hardly think about it without grinning like a fool. And yet, my life has been here, in Chicago, for the past several years. When fantasizing about moving I somehow forgot about how much it would hurt to say goodbye to this place and these people. This blog, for what it is worth, is one way to try to keep in touch in a mass and impersonal way from the "Granola State".
I will try to be good and post pictures and updates somewhat regularly. I have also toyed with posting some of my writing. We'll see.
