from the other side...

here i am! back east! i'm currently blogging from the kitchen at my friends jenn and chris's house! i'm here for a couple of nights and then i move into my sublet on wednesday.

i gotta say, it's weird to be here. not in a bad way, just in a way that seems, well, weird. like, i'm in jenn and chris's house, where i've been a billion times, and these two are such good friends whom i love dearly, but things are in this weird state of transition and i feel a little, well, rootless.

in time, the roots will be put down and things will again feel normal and routine. but that will take a little while. soon enough, though.

i talked to sandy on the phone saturday night while i was packing, and i told her that i felt kinda lonely. not alone, but lonely. i know i have people in my world who are so wonderful, but humans are creatures of habit, and my routine has just gotten way way interrupted. my summer is pretty unpredictable right now. i haven't physically met anyone with whom i'm going to work, i haven't actually seen my apartment, i don't know how the next three months are going to pan out. that's kinda exciting, though. it will certainly be an adventure.

the ride out yesterday went well. jess was great company (and i didn't think she drove like a teenage boy, contrary to popular opinion) and all of our stuff fit just fine. i did have to leave my sewing machine in pittsburgh (which is good news for krista, to whom i will trust its care for the next few months), but i probably wouldn't have done much sewing anyway. i'm here with what i've brought. i'll figure out the rest.

jenn just said to me, "if we get a bunch of people together, would you want to go camping?" i said, "TOTALLY!" wow -- my summer is awesome already!