Delightful Maps

yesterday josh and i were playing around on google maps and found this wonderful user-created map. the author is named eddy van mourik (at least that's what i'm guessing from his handle) and he had worked as a mailman for four years on the southern side of rotterdam. the map shows highlights of his route labeled with little personal memories.

there are gems like Herkingenstraat 36: "The people that lived here would have their heating on really high. When I would stick my hand in their mailbox it would be warm.
Warm and hairy."

also Dirkslandhof 58: "A very very pretty girl lived here. One day she was not there anymore. Her mail kept coming for over a year."

if you're there, i also recommend checking out his map called 'Empowering bikeride #1' that shows a 95km bike ride he took.

It's not like envy, or even hungry

yesterday josh and i broke up. there is relief on both sides and i think we're closer because of it. we always got along really well, but our expectations of a significant other are significantly incongruous.

today i'm a little bummed out. i feel like i failed at something. plus i'm not sure what implications this has about my hanging out with my girlcrush and her husband and other people josh works with whose company i have come to enjoy immensely.

on the other hand, josh and i are back to being buddies, and we're much better at that. we hung out all day yesterday and it was really enjoyable.