Tuesday, April 13, 2010

blackout, lemons

things that have gone wrong since our arrival back: one dead mouse, one lost wedding ring, one black out, one sh#$%y internet connection (hence the lack of italy pictures). right now it feels a little like london is handing us some serious lemons. the tiny upsides: the pesky mouse is finally caught (of course he decides to go in the trap while we are away so that we couldn't release him); we spent most of last night in the romantic glow of the streetlamps because we were candle-less (of course!) & had only small book lights to navigate by. but the wedding ring? well, i'm more than devastated & just trying to hang in. we've searched high & low (interrupted by lack of light) & still haven't found it. i dreamt all last night of Z finding it & slipping it on my sleeping hands. the grief of its possible-real loss woke me up this morning. the ring (above, though in gold) was made by andrea corson & is a slim beautiful thing. during the wedding ceremony, as per jewish tradition, the nearly thousand-year-old custom is to place the ring on the right index finger instead of the ring finger. this tradition stems from the ancient belief that the index finger was directly connected by a special artery to the heart—so joining the bride & groom’s hearts & the blood of the two families. i know that losing the ring isn't symbolic of something larger, but it's hard not to feel like we've broken something.

{image via laurenlemon}

7 comments:

  1. Oh, I'm so sorry! Of course, "it's just a thing," but it's terrible to lose things you love, especially something as important as this. I'm sending finding thoughts you're way.

    On the other side of the Atlantic, we're also experiencing mice problems and bad internet. :)

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  2. thanks jenna. i'm sorry to hear of your internetlessness (what a mouthfull) & mices. cities are such wonderful landscapes, but also such pains in the arse.

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  3. Good luck with finding it. I can understand how much it would mean and I too would feel a great sense of loss losing my plain band. Hope all resolves soon!

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  4. Have you found it yet? Have you tried praying to Saint Anthony? Repeat: "Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony, please come around, something is lost and cannot be found." It works, I promise!

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  5. Sorry about the mice problems, but they secretly make me happy because they remind me of how we became friends

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  6. again, I'm so sorry about the lost ring. I'm sure you'll find it. and those rings are just lovely.

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  7. thanks for the lights everyone. sadly, still no ring.

    and syd--of course mice are meant most for making friends! i was just thinking of that day on wilder bowl coming out & talking to you and s. you are a rockstar.

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