springtime

oh, it's been the busiest of times... i'm enjoying springtime- my apartment is full of fresh flowers (from the lilac bush outside, roses from my grandma and a gorgeous bouquet from my customers debbie and rebecca from when my book came out) and getting lots of work done for classes and things. i've been wearing birks every day, which for me means summer is here and real shoes can be put away til november or so. so scrap city came out, which is the book with ym work in it. and the book is awesome and we held a celebration and book-signing at my store last saturday and it was f-ing fantastic. paul, the author, came out, as well as odette dillon and her band, bettie after midnght. we sold tons of books and signed scads of them (and gave away a few copies too) and just generally had a grand old time! it was a splendid day and i'm looking forward to the book release party at madame x's, at the end of june.
there are things i'm missing, things i'm thinking about... i miss my sisters and wish there was a way to see them more often... i spent the other day in the city and i cried walking down 6th ave, because i jsut miss it so f-ing much. i've been thinking about the lizards in aruba. the colors i saw there. the desert leading up to the ocean and dropping off into cliffs.
i'm making some good things lately, and writing a lot, and feeling like something good is building. gonna ride this wave and see where it takes me.