HI GUYS, SORRY THIS IS SO LATE, I'VE BEEN ON THE VERGE OF VOMITING SINCE ABOUT 4:30.
I've taken the trip back to Texas for the week and it has been amazing. AMAAAAZING. Super chill, though it's starting to ramp up. I've had approximately 2 gallons of my sweet raspberry texas tea. I have just three more things on my FOOD LIST OF THINGS I NEED TO EAT WHILE I'M HOME left: taco villa tacos, bagel place, and brisket. We're doing brisket for lunch on Saturday after graduation, so I just need to work the other two in. Probably tomorrow.
Yesterday, I went down to LBK to see my friends who all live down there. (coincidentally, none of them lived IN LUBBOCK when i did, but WHATEVER.) They're a fantastic group, and I love them so so so so so much. I drove around a bunch, and it's so strange how much is EXACTLY THE SAME (i'm looking at you, pothole on akron that was filled at least once a semester when i was in school and YET IS STILL THERE) and how much has changed (two new massive dorms, for starters).
I drove the route from school to my old apartment like I was in my sleep. And then about halfway on that route, I just started sobbing uncontrollably. Amarillo is where I became a person, with fully-fledged ideas, but Lubbock is the city that made me an adult. And it was SO emotional to be back there...it was completely unanticipated. I also went on campus for the first time since I left, three years ago July 5. I was NOT expecting to feel the things I felt.
I drove, too. I miss driving so much, and more than anything, I miss that drive. I took a lot of pictures from my car, but guys, those don't even come close to doing the wide open spaces justice.
There were major storms betweeen Amarillo and lubbock last night (though it was fine in both places), so I crashed with my friends. I almost came home but I'm glad I didn't. I left at 6am and major parts of the interstate were still flooded, I saw multiple cars in ditches, and I saw a car that had hit an "exit 27" sign. A tornado hit plainview, too. So. glad I waited until morning.
I had my [number redacted] cavities filled today. I was incredibly anxious about it, and the amount of nitrous oxide they had to use to get my BP to a normal rate has made me nauseous for the last five hours or so. The whole time, i couldn't stop thinking, "well, this is good, they'll be able to identify my body via dental records now," and counting my dentist's razor burn pimples. He's two years older than I am, which is how I got in to see the dentist. People were afraid of seeing the young guy.
Okay, this has been a ridiculously long update. One set of grandparents here last night. The other, my aunt, and my uncle and his wife will arrive tomorrow sometime. Beer me strength and that my mouth isn't ridiculously sore so I can enjoy the rest of my time here.
I'd be kind of scared to see a young dentist. I have cavities older than your dentist!
Best of luck to your mouth.
And yeah, being on college campuses is a sentimental feeling. Even though my frosh dorm has been upgraded, seeing it and the library and the really collegiate feeling of the center of campus was special last weekend. It's also nice that the Thai restaurant we went to on Main Street is still there. Something never change, thank God.
Here was my thing: he's been to dental school. He knows how to do it. He's young, so he knows the most up to date techniques. Also, this has needed to be taken care of for YEARS so let's just GET IT DONE.
Fact: I have had only three dentists my whole life. My pediatric dentist, then the dentist I saw from college until my parents moved from my childhood home (and who was the brother of our next-door neighbor), and the one I've had for the past 12 years. I don't let just anyone touch my teeth.
Wow, that's crazy. Because of the moving, I've never really had any continuity of care. I'll see someone once or twice and then I move so it's just kind of what I've dealt with my whole life.
I'm glad you're having a good time in Texas! (I mean, aside from all the dentistry).
I've only gone back to my college campus a couple of times post-graduation, but I totally know how you feel. I just walked around and I could all of a sudden remember the person I was then, and compare that to now, and it's an overwhelming feeling sometimes.
Now, can you still taste food with your numb mouth? Because I am very concerned about you enjoying those last few things on your food list.
Maybe that's what it was. I was going to drop in on my favorite professor on wednesday, but then I realized it's the two-week period between spring semester and summer 1 and he's probably on vacation, so i didn't.
Koach was at work at 6am when I drove past the Jones, which made me inexplicably happy.
I've taken the trip back to Texas for the week and it has been amazing. AMAAAAZING. Super chill, though it's starting to ramp up. I've had approximately 2 gallons of my sweet raspberry texas tea. I have just three more things on my FOOD LIST OF THINGS I NEED TO EAT WHILE I'M HOME left: taco villa tacos, bagel place, and brisket. We're doing brisket for lunch on Saturday after graduation, so I just need to work the other two in. Probably tomorrow.
Yesterday, I went down to LBK to see my friends who all live down there. (coincidentally, none of them lived IN LUBBOCK when i did, but WHATEVER.) They're a fantastic group, and I love them so so so so so much. I drove around a bunch, and it's so strange how much is EXACTLY THE SAME (i'm looking at you, pothole on akron that was filled at least once a semester when i was in school and YET IS STILL THERE) and how much has changed (two new massive dorms, for starters).
I drove the route from school to my old apartment like I was in my sleep. And then about halfway on that route, I just started sobbing uncontrollably. Amarillo is where I became a person, with fully-fledged ideas, but Lubbock is the city that made me an adult. And it was SO emotional to be back there...it was completely unanticipated. I also went on campus for the first time since I left, three years ago July 5. I was NOT expecting to feel the things I felt.
I drove, too. I miss driving so much, and more than anything, I miss that drive. I took a lot of pictures from my car, but guys, those don't even come close to doing the wide open spaces justice.
There were major storms betweeen Amarillo and lubbock last night (though it was fine in both places), so I crashed with my friends. I almost came home but I'm glad I didn't. I left at 6am and major parts of the interstate were still flooded, I saw multiple cars in ditches, and I saw a car that had hit an "exit 27" sign. A tornado hit plainview, too. So. glad I waited until morning.
I had my [number redacted] cavities filled today. I was incredibly anxious about it, and the amount of nitrous oxide they had to use to get my BP to a normal rate has made me nauseous for the last five hours or so. The whole time, i couldn't stop thinking, "well, this is good, they'll be able to identify my body via dental records now," and counting my dentist's razor burn pimples. He's two years older than I am, which is how I got in to see the dentist. People were afraid of seeing the young guy.
Okay, this has been a ridiculously long update. One set of grandparents here last night. The other, my aunt, and my uncle and his wife will arrive tomorrow sometime. Beer me strength and that my mouth isn't ridiculously sore so I can enjoy the rest of my time here.
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Best of luck to your mouth.
And yeah, being on college campuses is a sentimental feeling. Even though my frosh dorm has been upgraded, seeing it and the library and the really collegiate feeling of the center of campus was special last weekend. It's also nice that the Thai restaurant we went to on Main Street is still there. Something never change, thank God.
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Fact: I have had only three dentists my whole life. My pediatric dentist, then the dentist I saw from college until my parents moved from my childhood home (and who was the brother of our next-door neighbor), and the one I've had for the past 12 years. I don't let just anyone touch my teeth.
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I've only gone back to my college campus a couple of times post-graduation, but I totally know how you feel. I just walked around and I could all of a sudden remember the person I was then, and compare that to now, and it's an overwhelming feeling sometimes.
Now, can you still taste food with your numb mouth? Because I am very concerned about you enjoying those last few things on your food list.
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Koach was at work at 6am when I drove past the Jones, which made me inexplicably happy.
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