today.

a couple of noteworthy things happened today.

first, i tried to cut the tip of my middle finger off with my plant clippers. it bled profusely. it's fine now, and doesn't hurt too much, but it'll be a bummer when i try to take a shower, or sweat on it at the gym. 

second, shannon (and me, by association) made an offer on a house in petaluma. the price of the house is totally great, and this is the first place we've seen where it seemed like we could have a house we're happy with (not just one where we figure we could tough it out for a few years) and afford to live and pay off the mortgage at the same time.

it's west of the freeway, which is good. the neighborhood feels like santa venetia, in san rafael. it's kinda working class, run down cute. plenty of cute houses, well-maintained houses, with some shit-heaps mixed in. it's right along the petaluma river, which is pretty much shannon's dream scenario. of course the river is polluted and not that cute, but it's a river, and it's in our yard, basically. along the river, the city has set up a bike trail, so we can ride our bikes into cute-ass downtown 'luma to eat dinner or go to the movies. lots of storage, right near whole foods, good light, AMAZING yard with a huge, mature tulip tree!

it's all terrifying and exciting.

there's more, from this weekend. lu came home, and we spent good time together in the city and with my mom and our extended friend family. family that your choose for yourself is pretty amazing.