Oh, I got back in.
So I went over to campus, to do some paperwork and whatnot, nothing exciting. In and out real fast, maybe talk to an advisor person.
then I ran into Carolyn, and then whats-her-name, and saw Taylor walking past from a distance. I noticed mybe five other folk I'd never met, but recognized from around campus. I realized a thing, that I had been taken out of existance for months, until now, or soon anyway. I was about to reinsert myself into life, into these lives, place them back into mine. nothing significant, they might not even notice.
Since the spring, the only people I saw were close friends, people I've known for years. Soon I'll be surrounded by aquaintances and could've-been-friends and people I don't know but might talk to anyway. There's a certain mindset for that, not a shell, but its more normal and polite and friendly maybe, that I haven't brought with me, that I need to fish out and dust off, figure out how to but it on again.
people.
This might be awkward.
then I ran into Carolyn, and then whats-her-name, and saw Taylor walking past from a distance. I noticed mybe five other folk I'd never met, but recognized from around campus. I realized a thing, that I had been taken out of existance for months, until now, or soon anyway. I was about to reinsert myself into life, into these lives, place them back into mine. nothing significant, they might not even notice.
Since the spring, the only people I saw were close friends, people I've known for years. Soon I'll be surrounded by aquaintances and could've-been-friends and people I don't know but might talk to anyway. There's a certain mindset for that, not a shell, but its more normal and polite and friendly maybe, that I haven't brought with me, that I need to fish out and dust off, figure out how to but it on again.
people.
This might be awkward.