Some days I really notice the limitations of language... or my inability to find the right words to express a certain sentiment. Take today, for example. I'm a little annoyed, a tad uneasy, a smidget excited... yet I can't find the word that puts these three together. It's not a bad feeling, at all... and it's not a very strong feeling, either... It just feels like when you're sitting in a boat on a lake that's flat as oil, and then a boat drives by in the distance and you know that even though it's still flat, soon you'll feel the ripples. It'll rock your boat.
When I see the boat coming, I'm sometimes annoyed, because I want to enjoy the perfect serenity and the stillness around me. I'm a tad uneasy because I know that I'm having to prepare myself for a change in motion. And I'm a smidget excited, because I look forward to the different pace. So... that's the mood I'm in.
I guess I'll just call this my Rock the Boat mood, in honor of the timeless Mr. Bob Marley.
So why am I feeling like my boat has been rocked ? All three roomates (myself included), have someone coming to town this weekend-- one of them is coming to stay-- and the house is still not as presentable as I would like it. I don't exactly know how it's all going to work out with another person permanently living in the house, and I want everyone to get along, but having four girls in one house might just be asking for trouble.
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Hey Jess,
I just found your blog when I was looking at your facebook and I don't know why I've never looked at it before, but I'm really enjoying reading it, so much that I had to start from the beginning (as you can see). Anyway, I love the imagery of sitting in a boat waiting for the wake to hit you because it describes so well what you were trying to explain with single words! Okay, I'm going to keep reading now.
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