Just back from a nice day trip to the Connecticut coast, nice & melancholy.

Went down to New Haven with my brother, ate at Louis' Lunch (been wanting to for years), burgers were very tasty. Dropped him off at the Metronorth station after, then headed up 95 to New London.

Went to Ocean Beach, very pretty, warm, wanted to play skee ball but arcade was closed, nice man showed me haunted house he was preparing for Halloween. T called while I was walking on the beach, she might come out east for a bit soon.

Went to Harkness to watch the sunset, thing I thought was a boat house is, as it turns out, a playground & picnic area reserved for the use of the handicapped, more beautiful & appropriate than I thought. Got a call from work, a question about a printer. Sat on a picnic table watching the sunset, talked to my mom for a while about a variety of things. The sun went down, I walked around a little, then started my drive home.

Not a perfect anniversary any way you look at it, still pretty lovely, spent time being with & talking with people I care about & who care about me, ate tasty food, looked at beautiful things. Spent some time tearing around Connecticut back roads crying after I left the park, but I did make it home eventually, glad to be back with Peretz, going to drink a little Sarsparilla then take a walk with him.