Basically, a family friend from Chicago who makes amazing deep-dish pizza invited me over for dinner before I go to Germany. Hooooly shitttt. So good. I try not to swear excessively in the blogosphere, because it sounds stupid later (i.e., when I reread my blog posts out of boredom). But, there is no other way for me to convey the deliciousness of this pizza. Words, profanities even, cannot express how good it was. I wish I'd had my camera and taken pictures, although it's dark and rainy here right now, so they wouldn't have come out well at all. Anyway, it was a simple pizza--mozzarella, tomato sauce (with copious amounts of garlic, of course), Italian sausage, olives, onion, basil. My favorite toppings. Home-made crust! I could go on and on about that crust. Sweet Jesus, that pizza was good.
And for dessert, there was ice cream from a certain locally-owned ice cream shop. That I happen to work at. Ahem.
It's the little things like this evening I spent with friends and family, eating good food and having good conversation, that I will miss the most when I am away. I can't wait for this next chapter in my life, but at the same time, I'm reminded a little every day how much I care about everyone here, and how lucky I am that life right where I am makes me this happy.
Here are some things that are making me happy this week:
*There is deep dish pizza in the fridge for lunch before work tomorrow.
*Orange blossom honey
*Economy pack of Twining's Earl Grey Tea
*Honey-nut Cheerios (Good breakfast cereal can make my day, actually.)
*I've seen so many of the people I love, but who I am never able to visit, in the past few days.
*Ice cream!
*Fresh vegetables from a friend's garden
*The premier of the next movie installment in a certain over-hyped franchise involving a boy wizard, which I may be going to with coworkers
Is anything not making me happy? Honestly, the list is very short:
*Packing. Ugh. My life=boxes.
*Mt. Eerie is playing at a local music fest. AND I'M GOING TO MISS IT. A sad turn of events (but I'll be in Europe...!).
More at some point in the future. Right now, pizza-bliss/work-induced weariness are lulling me into a sleepy daze. Oh, July.
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