Homesick.

I haven't been good at keeping in touch lately. And by lately, I mean the last six months. Life is too busy.

A brief rundown of all the things happening.

-Fourth of July consisted of cover bands at an overly priced fest in a homey town. It would have felt like home if I hadn't been with a bunch of uppity east coasters.

-Kyle was here for a week for a much overdue visit. We saw gators giant spiders that were the size of my hands in the swamp, Kermit Ruffins, Public Enemies (the whole time I kept elbowing him saying, "that's such and such street! I saw this set!"), and the great state of Louisiana via river whilst tubing. We even had a movie moment when we got in my car and a roach flew out of nowhere; we both screamed in unison. It might still be in there.

It still fascinates me how people come into your life and become a part of you. Most of the time, I think you don't even know it until all of a sudden you say something you never thought you would or you do something you never thought you'd do or you feel a feeling you didn't know you had. Good byes are hard.

-We spent this last weekend in Florida at the beach. GLORIOUS. The good news is that I did not get attacked by a shark. We saw dolphins and white wales and caught one little crab with one pincher named Shirley. We were hoping to catch enough crabs to have a crab boil, but Shirley lucked out. She was set free. BJ was sure she was going to take one of my fingers with her, but I decided to keep it. We went swimming off the pier and sailing on the SS Molly with the Elks Club, and even took in a stowaway. My friends here make me not so homesick when they can. And so does watching the sun go down. I should do it more often.

-I have plans now for post-Americorps, but I'm not sure I'm happy with them.
a. Finding a new apartment.
b. Working at Delgado part time as an assistant to the program effectiveness person (that sounds way more complicated than it is) + still scooping ice cream
c. Making a writing contract with myself to write consistently and working up the courage to start submitting stuff.
d. Saving money.
e. Waiting for my litigation to absolve itself.
f. Trying to ignore the Chicago shaped hole in my heart.
g. Planning where I'm going next in the world.

-I'm disgustingly homesick.
a. There aren't oceans at home though.
b. But there aren't sharks in Lake Michigan either.
c. I'll have to think on that.