magic on sunday: eventually, finally
when i was a little girl, it used to blow my mind that the person i’d eventually end up with was out in the world living their life just like me. in high school i wondered if they were sitting around their kitchen table crying about math homework (weren’t we all?). when i entered my early 20’s and was figuring out the real-world, i imagined them doing the same and was curious about how they were navigating it too.
but these thoughts weren’t consuming. like, i never really daydreamed about being a bride and i certainly wasn’t fantasizing about a wedding. as i got older, i thought about it less and less, particularly after a series of relationships that were the epitome of dating in new york city. read: terrible.
at the beginning of november i bought tickets for a concert on march 31st, my birthday. i was coming to the end of a pretty emotional year, and when i saw that a band i loved was playing a venue i’d always wanted to visit, i snagged two tickets. i didn’t know who’d come with me, but it felt good to end the year with something to look forward to.
on january 21st i went on my first date with bill. we had a few key friends in common, but didn’t personally know each other. eventually, we pieced together moments from the past few years where our paths crossed:
i went to his band’s show in october of 2014 because my friend adrianne was producing it. it was halloween themed and after pursuing my camera roll this week, i found a photo i took of bill playing bass in a skeleton costume.
summer of 2015, we were both at a festival, as was adrianne, and i remember her talking to bill. i have a memory of her going over to him and thinking, “oh that’s her cool music friend.”
as recently as this past summer we were at the same party, where again, we didn’t talk or really know each other, but i have a boomerang video that i took for adrianne on my phone of her, bill, and a slew of others.
about a month after our first date, we knew we were each other’s. we knew this was a forever thing.
it’s friday morning, and i’m writing this early because bill and i are heading to massachusetts for that concert. the one i bought tickets for in november for my birthday.
when i was a little girl, it used to blow my mind that the person i’d eventually end up with was out in the world living their life just like me. now it blows my mind that bill is that person, and he’s more than anything i could have ever imagined.
magic on sunday: 04.01.18
across the room - odesza, leon bridges
lucy - still woozy, odie
back pocket - vulfpeck
moon river - frank ocean
here you are - yo la tengo
prism of love - blakey, jones
better with you - michl
until sunday,
meghan
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