Settling In
By Keiti | July 2, 2008
I’m working on very little sleep at the moment. Thanks to my three-hour nap yesterday after I got home, I didn’t get to bed until the wee hours of this morning. The clock read 2:36 a.m. when I last looked at it and I got up at 6:45 or so. Tuesdays are my dad’s day for breakfest out with his church buddies and it falls on me to make breakfast for my mom.
She no doubt tell me that she’d be happy to have a bowl of cereal, but I’d feel guilty if I let her go off to work on just that.
She’s my mom.
So I got up, made breakfast and went back to bed at 8:00. Slept for about 2 1/2 hours then got up thinking my hair appointment was today instead of tomorrow.
Yeah, I’m an idiot. But it’s all good. Hopefully I’ll be able to get to bed at a decent hour tonight and get back on track.
There’s a lot to do between now and the time I leave for Scotland.
I’ve been thinking about how lucky I am that I was able to catch up with two people who are an integral part of my life, though not as much as I’d like them both to be. I took a different route home from Wisconsin than the one I drove up and I had no idea I was going to drive through Louisville, KY until I was about an hour-and-a-half out. So I picked up the phone and called A.J. to say hi and tell her I’d wave from the Interstate. I was hesitant to stop because I didn’t want to lose my steam and it’s not as if I had anyone to share the driving with. Five minutes after we hung up I changed my mind (women’s prerogative and all) called her back and made plans to meet her just off the interstate for food & a bit of hangin’ out.
Now, A.J. and I haven’t seen each other in 19 years - not since we graduated from high school - but I swear it was as if no time had passed. We caught up a little bit, dished about the reunion she went to in 2005 that I missed due to my dad’s knee replacement surgery, and talked a bit o’politics.
And…we remembered to take a pic…
She doesn’t look any different than she did when we were younger. Me, on the other hand…well, I’m leaving that one well alone.
I was able to stop in Atlanta the next day to see D.C., my friend, and my very patient webmaster. He’s the man with the mojo. Let me make this perfectly clear: I adore him. Always have, even though we lost touch for about 7 years - he’s funny, and charming, and a complete bad ass. 
And he puts up with my annoying idiocy when it comes to website stuff.
Unfortunately, this stop didn’t go quite as well as I’d hoped because the universe decided it would be a good idea for me to have an anxiety attack after we ate. It’s the first real anxiety attack I’ve had in quite some time and it pretty much blindsided me. Instead of sticking around feeling like an ass because I was freaking out, I felt like an ass because I bolted like a five-year-old scared of the freakin’ dark. I very much wanted to stick around and hang out, but it didn’t quite happen that way.
Thankfully, D.C. was in full control of his faculties and made sure we took a picture. Actually, two, because, despite the fact that I could barely think straight, I had enough sense to dictate that the first one sucked.
So, here’s D.C. and me:
I’ve pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I take the absolute worst pictures. I didn’t even notice my eyes were closed until I hit Gainesville, FL, that night. If I had I would have made him take a third one.
So…here’s to a long, 3-day drive, good wonderful friends, and psycho behavior.
Can I get an amen?
Topics: Friends, Life in General, Uncategorized |
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 am
I have a way of bringing out the best in people. It’s a part of my charm, really, so you’re welcome for that!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:37 am
I suppose it’s time for me to actually say, “Thank you”.
Perv.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
True about the psycho bit, but you are our psycho
Your Big Bro
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:51 pm
And you wonder why I love you.
July 4th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
OMG, I look like a retard in that picture. I think mine came out a little better for both of us, but I’ve got to find the phone software disc. Tommy just hooked back up the new computer and it has nada on it. I don’t even have freaking word right now.
Have a great 4th of July. I think I’m going to force myself to go out for awhile. TJ’s working and I’m getting zombified by this new 32 inch TV that now serves as our moniter. (oop, oop, oop)
July 4th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I can say without hesitation that you don’t look like a retard.
Me, on the other hand…
Congrats on the new computer…they’re fun, aren’t they? I’m still trying to learn my way around the mac. I’m using it full time now, so…
First thing I did…downloaded Pac Mac / Ms. Pac Man.
I’m such a dork!
Happy 4th of July to you, too!
mwah!
k~