Dec 27, 2010

So, This Is Reverb 10: Ordinary Joy

The prompt

Our most profound joy is often experienced during ordinary moments. What was one of your most joyful ordinary moments this year?

My response

The other night, I joined my parents for dinner at this delicious Mexican restaurant. And then to a cowboy bar.

Seriously.

The way I tweeted it, I'm sure I sounded mortified and all, this is my family. But the truth is, I seem to becoming a little more country, a little less rock and roll every day. I listen to country music on the radio (judge away, really; I'll understand), get semi-giddy at the thought of living on some sort of ranch (hey haaay, PW!) and love the simplicity of country life.

Oh God, who am I?

That's not to say that I still don't hope to live in New York City some day in the near future, because I do. Haven't lost any of that. There's just another layer that appears to have been added on to the onion that is Ali.

(Um, that was a weird sentence.)

Anyway, back to the Cowboy Palace. Yeah, that's what it's called.

As I was sipping on my Sarsaparilla wine and watching this older generation of wannabe cowboys and cowgirls line dance (they give free dance lessons), and seeing the genuinely happy expression on my dad's face (and the 'I'm happy because your father's in pig heaven' expression on my mom's), well...I felt that ordinary joy.

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4 comments:

OceanDreams said...

Your parents sound amazing. Would love to meet them!

DC Princess said...

I LOVE the onion (Shrek) reference. At least, it was immediately a Shrek reference to me :)

Your parents sound awesome!

lessonsinlifeandlight said...

It took me a while to figure out that I'm a city girl AND a country girl (but mostly city). I always thought you had to be one or the other but that's not true. You can be a little bit of both which I just think makes you cooler :)

bananas. said...

cowboy palace? oh what! i must go!!!