A Place to Think

I have always thought of people who blogged as people with an exhibitionist streak. It’s something that I have mentally said I would not do. However, while thinking these thoughts I frequent my friends’ blogs and enjoy what they have to write. I enjoy them more so now that I live in New York and most of these friends live in Philadelphia. It’s a way to keep track of what’s happening in their lives and what they are thinking about—things that don’t always come up in phone conversations.
So here I am writing my very first blog (excluding my online “journal” from when I was in Thailand). I’m here for two reasons. I just returned from a weekend visiting friends in Philadelphia and I spent the weekend answering the question, “How’s New York?” and my answer of “good” did not seem to suffice. So, I thought that just as I keep up on their lives through their blogs, I’d return the favor. Secondly, I realized that something I miss from seminary is having a forum to share my thoughts with others and hear their responses. In other words, this is a place for “Deep Thoughts by Michelle.” (If you did not get the SNL reference there—you just made me feel old.)
So to begin to answer the “How’s New York?” question. I can reply that it is not what I expected. Not that it’s bad. It’s just not what I expected. It’s like planning for a day at the beach and then finding out you’re going to play Frisbee in the park. Frisbee in the park is fun, too. But it’s a little hard when you’re in your swimsuit and you’re wearing flip-flops instead of sneakers and you brought a beach towel instead of a Frisbee. It’s a good plan, you’re just not totally prepared for it.