Tuesday, September 27, 2011

dream a little dream...

do you ever have those really vivid dreams?  the ones that are so normal, and so real, when you wake up you go "WHA?!?"  i had one of those last night.  it was awesome!  here is what i remember...

1.  it was summer time and i was at Obon/J-town.
2.  food was everywhere and it was awesome.
3.  there was shave ice.  red shave ice.
4.  i had a brand new made for me Yukata... it was white and had little colorful bobby pins printed all over it.  i also had a red Obi and some brand new zori.  (since it was hot there was no need for tabi!)
5.  Taiko!  (little known fact: when i first hear taiko, no matter where i am, i feel like crying, i am so happy)

it was the best dream i have had in a long time.  it was so good, in fact, that when i really woke up, and realized that i am no where near any of that goodness, i proceeded to cry and go back to sleep.  i know i complain a lot about how i don't like living in Virginia, and it all sounds so boo hoo baby of me, but it's been really hard on me here.  So Cal is a most forgiving place, and it accepts all kinds, and even there sometimes i feel like a sore thumb.  so, one can only imagine the isolation i feel here.  i just hope that this is our "penance duty station", and we are made to live here so we can appreciate where we have been, and where we are going...  and i pray that we are getting out of here.

on another note, the wee dragon ball is moving around.  started yesterday.  continued tonight... and so it begins...

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