2007-09-13 - 10:35 p.m.
It's been awhile... Nearly five years. I guess I was true to my word that I was giving up on Dland. Looking back, I regret it somewhat - a great deal happened in England, senior year, and then grad school. A whole parade of kind faces and new as well as trying experiences, all of which are slowly slipping into the background of my memory.
I need to take time and write about all of them now or else I might lose them.
Anyway, just wanted to kick the dust up around here for a moment - look around and see that just about everybody else has since packed up and headed out. It's odd to think of it - this site used to be one of the focal points of our undergrad group: a place to share our perceptions and days. Reading back in mine, though, I see more of me talking about me which, I must say, is a real shame. Because now I want to look back and remember the good times, the bad, and, most importantly, those precious moments with people who meant and mean more to me than anything else.
Now I'm out here in Missouri with my boyfriend, Michael - we celebrated our 1 year anniversary on July 23rd. I'm hunting furiously for a job despite my masters degree. And I'm potentially considering uprooting the whole thing and relocating back to the home area. A mighty wide circle, if I do say so myself - home, Marietta, England, Marietta, Cleveland, now Missouri, and, perhaps, back home.
I want to be nearby as my youngest sister grows up - for Christ's sake, she's already 12 and I've missed half of that. My newborn nephew is going to need an uncle around who's going to look out for his education (and his limbs). And I'm tired of wandering at the moment - I could use a year or two of familiarity.
Funny to actually type that out. This, coming from "Get me out of here and on a mountain!" Josh. Well, there's more than enough time for a move to more rugged areas later. Right now, perhaps it's time to spend some time with the precious people in my life. Lord knows I've spent more than enough time thus far on me.
Well, if anybody out there is still listening, I just want to say hi and that I wish we had had more time together. It's all going ever so much faster now.
