"Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting."

-Haruki Murakami

"If you want to be happy, be."

-Tolstoy

All is well.

I am content and my Spanish is strong and getting better and I go running up the mountain that is behind my neighborhood. At the very top there is an old abandoned fort that is falling apart and I sit on its roof and stretch and rest and look out across the entire city towards the ocean with Spanish kids my age who show up on mopeds to drink beers and smoke cigarettes. I don’t know if the spot is a well-kept secret but I discovered it myself and won't tell anybody where it is. It is the type of place that is good to take a girl you want to impress, although she will probably get tired on the walk there and not have worn the right shoes.