epiphany
i am happy to be in carrboro again. charlotte was weird and unpleasant and I was sick, so I couldn't wait to leave. I am finally grasping how important and wonderful my life out here is. It's lame that it took two and a half years, but now when i talk about home, i more often mean my little brown apartment on the bypass than the empty house of my parents. and i am absolutely ok with this. yesterday i wandered around carrboro for hours, met the fantastic boys at the music loft, bought a couple presents for important people, had tea with someone else important, and even at work i was happy to see everyone because i like them. not despising my coworkers was beyond my imagination before i came to staples. i came home to mo and game night and i managed to have a good time with her friends despite my natural tendency toward avoiding all new social situations. oh! and we played apples to apples, which i've officially decided can join the ranks with taboo as a paragon of the party game. a good day all around.