new city

in the interest of full disclosure, on friday i had my first "i am sad and wish i had close friends who lived in houston" moment.  not loneliness, but a dull ache and a desire to spend the night laughing and talking with people who know me well, who i don't have to explain myself to or be "on" for.  i've been in houston for five months now, and this day was sure to come eventually.  it's not that i don't have people to hang out with - i spent friday night at our high school football game, sitting with a dozen colleagues, and last night at a fundraiser/social at the home of another new friend...i have brunch plans today and plans to watch homeland with friends tonight.  this would be called an active social life by anyone's standards, i'm sure, and i'm so happy to be making connections and building friendships.  but the ease of spending time with close friends is something i'm missing.  so: sigh.  that's the update from the homefront.

in other news, ruby says good morning.  she is quite the snuggly kitty between the hours of 7 and 9am.