Thursday, August 11, 2005
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
It's also been a crazy busy week. On Tuesday, after my pedicure with Dayna, I came home for dinner and then went out to see Tricia, Crystal Diaz, and the guys' apartment. It was a good tour. I also got a Fix n Mix Frosty at Wendy's.. I heart the Butterfinger ones. After I left the apartment, I drove over to Dayna's to say hi. Nothing too exciting. Except hanging out with her. :)
Yesterday was intense. I got my hair cut in the morning, ate lunch with Josh Reno, my mom and my sister on the shore, got my new driver's license, dropped my MPN for my master's in the mail, went to the barn to visit my horse, and crashed at Dayna's. We picked Joni up from the train station and ate dinner at Dayna's, then went out to Archie Moore's to celebrate the 21st birthday and all. It was soo much fun. I don't want to say goodbye to D today.
Off to finish packing my little truck. Tomorrow at 4:30 A.M., we hit the road again. "We" as in the Pathfinder and me. After driving 6,000 miles this summer, we are quite the team.
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Tuesday, August 09, 2005
There really is no place like home. And I really can drive 900 miles by myself.
Connecticut is a land all its own, and so different from Indiana. I can feel the accent coming back when I say "coffee", fueled by two visits to Dunkin Donuts in one day. The Shell station is no longer Shell, but Irving, but the ever present donut shop stands next door. Things change - people change - but the
feel of the state stays the same. I can still run through a parking lot to see Dayna, and when we sit down to get pedicures, I could have sworn we were only here last week. My Stop and Shop card nestles with my Kroger card. Two different worlds shoved into one. That's what I feel like I'm living out right now, but I love it. I love being here, and able to call people who have known me for half my life, and making a visit to the emissions testing facility a party. I like knowing where everything is and how to find my way out of downtown Meriden and what the Dairy Queen railroad tracks are.
My feet still get cold in our basement, though. And I miss things about Indiana. Mostly the people. Especially one. ;)
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