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sunshine jen: 12 Years
On Sunday morning, I was reading the paper and eating yogurt with fruit. Yogurt with fruit has become my new favorite food. I like to add fresh fruit (usually blueberries, bananas, strawberries, or any fruit I like) to vanilla or plain yogurt. I don't like yogurt that you buy already fruit flavored. They're too sweet to me. I'd rather create my own fruit and yogurt balance.
Anyway, so on Sunday, I was reading about the new Steve McQueen film, Twelve Years a Slave, and I started thinking about twelve years as a period of time. It's been twelve years since 2001. Twelve years. It's more than a decade and less than a lifetime (unless you're twelve).
Twelve years ago, I was in Manhattan. I was unemployed and not thinking ahead. Twelve years ago, I went to the gym a lot and drank a lot of beer to balance that out. Twelve years ago, I hung out with friends I loved and still love, and we're all on facebook (except for a few holdouts who email), and it's cool. Twelve years ago, the sun was shining, and summer would not go away. Twelve years ago, I woke up listening to the Z-morning zoo, Mariano Rivera was the closer for the Yankees, and I dreamed of going to Australia.
Twelve years have passed. It feels like a snap. A good friend reminded me that I have known him twenty years, and I exclaimed no way! that's too adult! I can only think in twelve year increments. That's a big enough chunk of life.
Twelve years later, I'm a little older and a little more focused. I have different goals and dreams. The sun is still shining over my head, but it always shines in Los Angeles. It shines pretty much every damn day. Last week, it was hot and humid, and I actually wore shorts and a t-shirt when I sailed. I usually am covered up on the water.
Twelve years from now will be September 2025. Where will I be then? And what the heck will my older self be thinking?
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