I’m finally here. Have you ever felt completely delirious with relief, combined with the fear of the possibility of losing that comfort at any time? I’m practically shivering with it, mostly because I know that any time is in one and a half weeks, and that the vineyard isn’t the only comfort I’m losing. Sometimes I wonder if that is how it feels to be loved - an all embodying, exhausting sense of contentment trimmed with fear. For now, I’ll just let Martha’s Vineyard love me, comfortable in this house I adore for at least a few nights more before I leave for uncertainty.
just over 24 hours after hearing guster sing those very words live, in the DC suburbs, that’s exactly where i am, back in massachusetts. it was a crazy two days, but totally worth it. ashley, otherwise known as kerra, and i left for DC at 1:30 on tuesday (june 29th, since i have no idea when it will be when i actually get to post this), and arrived at georgetown in record time. we made a pit stop at tim’s to get into concert-going-attire, and then the two of them put themselves into my competent driving hands as i hurled us into the virginia suburbs in my father’s station wagon. so we got a little lost, but thanks to tim’s navigational skills and my driving abilities (but, let’s face it, mostly the former), we were able to make it to the concert before they were even seating in the “luge” section, which is exactly where we were sitting. it turns out this section was suspended above the stage, looking down. the view was great. especially of guster, who looked amazing. who (besides tim) is surprised?
rufus wainwright, guster, and ben folds later, we were sitting in the parking lot, at a stand still, for at least half an hour. but we had guster on the radio and green, fuzzy llama guster t-shirts in hand, so there were really no complaints. at midnight on the way home, we hit the only traffic in our two day travels since I-495 was under nighttime construction and concert traffic at the same time. oh well. once again, our music choice for the trip home made the whole thing totally bearable. after some reheated leftovers and an episode of queer eye, we went to bed, ready to wake-up bright and early the next morning for the return journey. before we left, ashley got to see uncommon grounds and meet the creepy roommate, all good times, and then we headed back to PA so that kerra could work and i could catch a 4:30 flight to boston.
granpop took me to the airport with plenty of time to spear, which was smart seeing as the line for security was 40 minutes long. my flight got me to logan at 5;45, where i had to wait for a 7:30 bus to the cape. that arrived just in time for me to catch the 10 pm ferry to vineyard haven. where i was met by my dad, uncle jerry, and brianna, who took me to see the links (my mom’s twin sister’s family) and the rest of my family. like i said, it was a very busy 48 hours, but it was all so worth it. i got to be in so many of my favorite places, with so many good friends, in such a short amount of time. and one and a half amazing weeks at the vineyard await me.
today (jjuly 7), i got to dip my toes in the water of the life i desperately wish to someday live. our family friends are visiting us in martha’s vineyard and staying in the carriage house. unlike the many other visitors we’ve had, though, they did not fly, train, or drive up here, but rather came by way of boat. which they were happy to take us out in today. it was amazing. we went all the way around the island, stopping at cuttyhunk, off of gay head, to get some lunch. so many times i’ve been swimming on the beach and looked with envy at the boats that passed us by, and today i got to be one of those boats.
cuttyhunk was quite an experience. it’s one of the elizabeth islands, the only one with a real town, and that town is inhabited by only about 40 year round residents. the only way to reach the island is by private boat, which means there aren’t really cars – people drive around on golf carts. it has a pizza place that opens at 5:30, a market, two harbor side food carts, and not much else besides spectacular views. i had always been interested in seeing the island, and now i can finally say that i have.
we finished off the boat trip by dropping anchor between edgartown and oak bluffs and going for a quick dip. the water was refreshing and the sky was serenely clear. it was a perfect day. the only negatives that have come out of the trip are: 1) i now want a boat more than ever, and 2) i have very sun burnt knees.
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