Jessica's Journal

Because girls’ night should always include dinner at a burger joint owned by singer/actor brothers from Beantown that we had crushes on when we were like 13. And don’t forget dessert! Much needed, and so good.

I returned to hockey tonight, skating with a pick-up group. I hadn’t played in about 10 months and I was awful, but I had a great time. I felt like I had never left; goaltending was like riding a bike, like they say. But man, do I need to get back into shape! I didn’t

The weather has been foggy, muggy, warm … just gross. I’m ready to go back to Colorado! Funny how I could breathe deeply at 7,000 feet, even with (very minor) wildfire smoke, but I come back to sea level and feel like I’m drowning.

As I paused for these guys on the way to work this morning, for once I didn’t feel rushed or anxious for them to pass by. I enjoyed every moment of their cute little waddles. It put a smile on my face for the rest of the day. Isn’t nature great like that? “There are

By the time I got home tonight, it was starting to get dark and a light rain was falling, but I grabbed the D-SLR and went outside to shoot, anyway. It had been too long since I used it — since before I left for Colorado — and I figured I was due for some

Clouds were rolling in for a brief thunderstorm this evening. From the radar, it looked like the northern part of the state took the brunt of the storm, but we still enjoyed a 15 degree cool-down. Very welcome after a humid day in the 90s. Is it autumn yet? 🙂

Caught a rather large rising moon as I left Walmart tonight. It was gorgeous last night, as well, but my attempts to photograph it were not successful. I enjoyed it, anyway. 🙂

Back at sea level.

Josh wasn’t the only one who got boots on vacation. 😉

I’m playing catch-up on my photos and 365 project tonight. I was away in Colorado for a week, and took over 900 photos. I now wish I had brought my laptop to keep up with the photos everyday (and my D-SLR, so I could have gotten better photos) but the break was nice. At least