Home Sweet Home

So I'm in Lynchburg right now. :-) I'm sitting in the lounge of the 2nd Main Senior Annex, watching SNL on NBC channel 11. I spent the evening at the Super Walmart, Waffle House, and then watching "The Birdcage" with Sarah, Chris, Tristin, Duncan, and Wendie. One of the best parts may have been walking up from PER and looking at the stars. I really want to go out to the observatory and stare at the stars.

Though no matter how far I go, you're never far from me. Take for instance this rerun of SNL. Creed just came on. :-) And last night, Bianca and her hallmates were watching "The Matrix".

Back to tales of Macon... so the reason for my visit was Ty & Dave's wedding. They got married this afternoon in the most beautiful ceremony. While she's not my first friend to get married adn it's not the first wedding I've been to recently, it is the first friend's wedding that I've been to. And Ty and Dave love each other so much. Ty actually sang and played a beautiful song she'd written for Dave. (I cried during it of course.)

But what may be even more amazing and wonderful is that i never felt alone, even in crowds of people. In another entry, i talked about how sad I've felt, especially when surrounded by friends. Duncan described it tonight as feeling alone in a crowd of people, an expression i'd heard before but hadn't thought to apply to the situation, but it's true. All those times I felt so alone, so lost. But that didn't happen today. It hasn't happened at all here. Don't get me wrong, it used to happen occasionally when I went here, but it hasn't happened this weekend. It was so nice to realize this. This weekend has been so refreshing. I don't know if it's because I'm seeing friends that I haven't seen in years so they're so excited to see me or if it's because RMWC was from before The Real World and its less than great aspects. In any case, I've been taken away from my problems for a few short days and it's been amazing and revitalizing.

Some things at Macon have changed and not for the best and I don't want to relive all of the four years here, but Jenn phrased it well. "I miss the comraderie." The bonds forgered here are unvelievable. I should be thanking all the higher beings/creator types everday for making me come here.

So anyway i drove here yesterday and got in by 7:30pm. Bianca and I moved my car to the PER lot and carried my stuff up to the lounge outside her room. We went to get some dinner and tried the Cav (too busy) but ended up at a new place, The Ale House. Afterwards we came back here, I got to shower in the RMWC showers...not something I missed, but rather something that still feels familiar, even after almost two years without.

I slept on the couch out here, though not all that well. I kept waking up. This morning, I went over to the new bookshop's grand re-opening next to Magnolia's. Well, it's been a very long day and I'm exhausted, so I'd better stop writing and get some sleep.