A day for the bums...

We finally got Greg back from New Orleans last night and we had a reunion at the Monster House to watch Blake, Nate, and Jon's show... which was incredible. Well done boys. There we decided that everyone who had nothing to do on Monday (today) would join forces and do nothing together.

Half of the group doesn't have jobs at all... the other half either a) called off or b) didn't have to work today. This left me, Kelly, Blake, Greg, Nate, Jon, Jonny, and Rachel free to be bums together all day.

After a quick episode of south park with Greg, we met up with Kelly, hit the North Market, and then met the rest of the bunch at Goodale Park for a picnic. The food collection, mostly made up of food left over in our fridges that were about to be thrown out, turned out to be a splendid selection.

We ate and talked and laughed and got photographed by the newspaper. We listened to music and played frisbee and scoop ball. We laid in the grass with our faces in the sun. We climbed trees. We enjoyed our community and each others presence. We missed Jy and Patience. We decided that we should all have sick days more often.

After a few hours had passed we decided we should move on. Kelly, Greg, Jonny, and I headed back to Martin and eventually met up with Jy, made some pizza and mashed potatos... had a trip to the "convienent" store... and enjoyed the sun setting on the front porch.

I wish everyday would be a bum day. I think we would all live longer and happier because of it.

I find myself, yet again, deeply loving community and deeply loving life.