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Wow, this week is just flying by.
I went to Newberry's with a group of the phi sig bros, as tradition has it, and while we were eating dinner and chatting about random topics, there was a moment where I just stopped and tried to soak it all in. I love the phi sig bros more than I could have ever imagined. I thought my high school band family was the best it could ever get, but phi sig has proved me wrong. I want to just enjoy this time, as it seems to be absolutely flying by.
I'm at a point right now where I'm finally separating college-Liz from her high school counterpart, and that part of my life is starting to fade. I know that after this year, with the last of my close friends graduating high school, there will probably be no draw for me to return home. I'm already a foreigner to the new band kids... they keep asking my parents "Which kid is yours?" And then my parents have to explain that at one time, not too long ago, their daughter was drum major of the band. And then the kids have to ask for my name...
That's sad. Really, really, sad.
I haven't been home since August 14 (the day after Charley hit). I'm absolutely dying to go home... I've never been one to be homesick, but right now I am more than anything because I left at such an odd time. I got ripped away halfway through my vacation home and left when the town was in turmoil. My mental images of home have it completely leveled, looking nothing like my home. My parents say it's almost back to normal (as much as it could be), but my mom is still spending four or five hours every weekend over at my grandparents house cleaning up their yard. Katie sent me picture of her house... the "Jurassic Park" driveway of Eucalyptis(sp?) trees is no more. That boggles my mind completely.
More than anything, I'm absolutely DYING to see my "little brother" Devin, and Ashley, and even Shane. I haven't talked to Sulzman in months... we emailed each other right before Hurricane Charley and haven't talked since. That's insane. I will be SO excited to see him again. And most exciting is that Dustin is coming home with me. He'll get to see my band, see my hometown and we'll have the drive there and back to catch up. I've missed my husband (who will be doing Preview staff next year, which means yay! we'll both be here all summer!)!
Enough reflection for now... time for bed.
I went to Newberry's with a group of the phi sig bros, as tradition has it, and while we were eating dinner and chatting about random topics, there was a moment where I just stopped and tried to soak it all in. I love the phi sig bros more than I could have ever imagined. I thought my high school band family was the best it could ever get, but phi sig has proved me wrong. I want to just enjoy this time, as it seems to be absolutely flying by.
I'm at a point right now where I'm finally separating college-Liz from her high school counterpart, and that part of my life is starting to fade. I know that after this year, with the last of my close friends graduating high school, there will probably be no draw for me to return home. I'm already a foreigner to the new band kids... they keep asking my parents "Which kid is yours?" And then my parents have to explain that at one time, not too long ago, their daughter was drum major of the band. And then the kids have to ask for my name...
That's sad. Really, really, sad.
I haven't been home since August 14 (the day after Charley hit). I'm absolutely dying to go home... I've never been one to be homesick, but right now I am more than anything because I left at such an odd time. I got ripped away halfway through my vacation home and left when the town was in turmoil. My mental images of home have it completely leveled, looking nothing like my home. My parents say it's almost back to normal (as much as it could be), but my mom is still spending four or five hours every weekend over at my grandparents house cleaning up their yard. Katie sent me picture of her house... the "Jurassic Park" driveway of Eucalyptis(sp?) trees is no more. That boggles my mind completely.
More than anything, I'm absolutely DYING to see my "little brother" Devin, and Ashley, and even Shane. I haven't talked to Sulzman in months... we emailed each other right before Hurricane Charley and haven't talked since. That's insane. I will be SO excited to see him again. And most exciting is that Dustin is coming home with me. He'll get to see my band, see my hometown and we'll have the drive there and back to catch up. I've missed my husband (who will be doing Preview staff next year, which means yay! we'll both be here all summer!)!
Enough reflection for now... time for bed.