for Shrijani

Fugitive
Indigo Girls

i'm harboring a fugitive
defector of a kind
and she lives in my soul
drinks of my wine
and i'd give my last breath
to keep us alive

are they coming for us
with cameras or guns
we don't know which
but we gotta run
and you say this is not
what i bargained for

so hide yourself for me
all for me

we swore to ourselves
we'd go to the end of the world
but i got caught up in the whirl
and the twirl of it all
a day in the sun
dancing alone
baby i'm so sorry

now it's coming to you
the lessons i've learned
won't do you any good
you've got to get burned
well the curse and the blessing
they're one in the same
baby it's all
such a treacherous gain

hide yourself for me
i said hide yourself for me
all for me

i stood without clothes
danced in the sand
i was aching with freedom
and kissing the damned
i said remember this
as how it should be
oh baby i said
it's all in our hands
got to learn to respect
what we don't understand
we are fortunate ones
fortunate ones
I swear

hide yourself for me
i will hide myself for you
all for you
(i will hide)
all for you
(myself for you)
i will hide myself for you
all for you

i stood without clothes
i danced in the sand
i was aching with freedom
kissing the damned
i said remember this
is how it should be

words and music amy ray

pretty good weekend

Saturday we made room in the garage for all the furniture and appliances from Cyn's old house. Then we went there to pack things up and get them ready for moving.

On sunday, we had the guys over and moved it all. I had four friends helping load the truck, so it wasn't too difficult. It took us three hours, but we were only working for about two of those (okay, Cyn and I were busy for most of the time, but the guys took more breaks). Unloading was even easier. The big stuff went in the garage, and the smaller stuff went into my upstairs apartment. Then Cyn and I went out for dinner and had some margaritas. I forgot the sundays are 2-for-1 at Senor Luna.

Today, I mowed the lawn. Set up my mom's new TV. Cyn and I started packing up this house. It's about a week and a half until the big move, so we figured we'd better get going. I'm feeling better already. We got a few boxes of stuff upstairs. Just a bit less clutter. And I got a lot of garbage out of the sunporch. I can picture Arlo Guthrie talking about this place - they had a sunporch, so they figured they didn't have to take out the garbage for a very long time. Also took the trash out from the garage. That all took a while.

Got a lot accomplished and feel pretty good about it. Sure was glad to have this three-day weekend.