Rambling
So I'm leaving in two days, but not just heading off to the next house, the next exciting new place, the next leg of my journey. I'm just going home.
Well, that sounded depressing, huh? But it's really not. I'm looking forward to going home, not only because I get to see friends and family I haven't seen in almost four months, but also because I expect that it won't all feel so old and familiar when I get back. I'm sure to notice new things about Boston, about the people I care about, about myself, about my fat cat, about how goddamn fucking cold it's going to be. All that stuff.
But I can't say I'm totally jazzed up yet. Going home means going back to the normal life, as normal as it gets for me, anyway. Means getting a new job, which is something else I'm sort of looking forward to. Hell, I could do this traveling for at least a few more months and not get sick of it, maybe a whole year. But unless I start whoring myself out, the money wouldn't last long. So it's back to the 9-to-5 world for me!
I'm not going to write some long-ass "thanks for the memories" kind of bullshit, at least not right now. Right now, I'm still in Tampa and have a few things to do before I leave. Tonight I'm getting a tattoo, finally. 6:30 p.m. Yup. Getting a tattoo... Unless I totally pussy out, of course, but I guess I can't do that. I've done quite a few things these last few months that I would have been 100% against normally, so I suppose "scarring myself for life" is up there with "riding a roller coaster in the dark while drunk" and "eating asparagus". Oh yeah, I'm a real master of adventure!
Anyway, that's my update for now. I'll be posting more and putting up pictures over the next couple of days, but I'll most likely be internet-less for a few days starting Sunday afternoon, so it might be awhile for an epilogue. OK BYE!
Comments
I just wanted to say that before you leave, it has been a friggin blast having you down here. Just having someone different to confuse with my idiotic ramblings, someone to help out when I forget to do something, like get cat fud or put the clothes in the dryer has been incredibly phenomenal. Someone new to hang out with, discuss things with, just sit around and be quiet with. I am definitely going to miss having you around the house. I know that the kitties and Gibby will miss you too. And Mikey of course. . .
I hope that your trip has been everything that you hoped it would be and none of the things you hoped it wouldn't be. You have broadened my horizons by having me see all the things that are in Tampa in a different way, and in a weird way made me closer with Jessica--and I have nothing but the most sincerest thanks for that.
I hope that you learned some about the lives of the people that you stayed with, some of their hopes and dreams, and of course, some of their past. Things that made us who we are. If nothing else, maybe you learned something new about yourself? Like how good grilled cheese sammiches are after a thorough stomach cleansing?
You are an amazing friend and I still will say that any time you are in Florida you are welcome to stay at our house.
Posted by: bex | December 16, 2005 04:28 PM
Well, jeez. Wow, thanks :) Do you want to write the rest of the entries? You're better at it than I am!
Posted by: CosmoDNA | December 16, 2005 08:13 PM
Uhhh, no. I had a little verbal diarrhea yesterday.
Besides, I thought it read like something you would find in the back of a year book.
Posted by: bex | December 17, 2005 10:31 AM