breathe in the city

You ever see how the rest of your life can flash in front of your eyes. Well today as I walked home the 15-something blocks home through tons and tons of people, those that live in the city, that breath the city, that feel their best in the city, those like me. And then there were the tourists, the people that you can pickk out of a crowd without any ounce of complexity. The families with their fanny packs, the mothers trying to argue their way into their husband's minds and tell them to go down Salmon instead of Morrison, that the restaurant is east, not west. Then there are the girls that have just moved here, whether for college or for work, the girls that are living on their own for the first time, the girls that are growing in ways that I grew just a year ago.
And as I met each one of these groups upon my afternoon walk home, I realized that I have everything I've always wanted, everything that every girl wants. I have the love of my life sitting next to me, here again in this gorgeous city. I have a career on the way and classes that I absolutely love. I have been christened in the life of the city. I live and breath this city and I have found a part of myself here that I never would have anywhere else. And everyday I see people around me that inspire me even more. Everyday when the sun comes up and I look next to me at the boy I love so much, smiling to myself as I see the sun shining outside welcoming me to a beautiful sunny 70 degree day. Grab a cup of coffee, a marionberry muffin and put the ipod in my bag, earphones in my ears and head down the blocks toward the life I've chosen. There is nothing better in the world. There is nothing that beats the thoughts in my head, the sound of the music in my ears, the coffeee in my fingertips and the world of people moving all around me. There is nothing better than an afternoon walk down or uptown when I have no place to be, no time to run from. This is the life I've always wanted and it's inspiring me more and more everyday that I live it.