after the storm...
So NINE COME, that bizzare and difficult play, is over and done with. Those lines will never be stressed over again, and I won't be seeing the cast on a regualr basis any more. Sadly, a lot of the friends that I've developed in the cast wont be here next year-- graduating, studying abroad, et cetera. What does one do? Ali is also moving to Seattle, and losing her is too much to think about at once. It's like trying to imagine each individual atom in the entire universe all at once. Erin Scheel mentioned possibly moving to New York next fall-- I have no idea how feesible that actually is for her, but I feel as if I'm grasping onto that as my last hope for maintaining my sanity.
My parents were here for the weekend, which was really nice. But now they're flying home in two hours, leaving as suddenly as they came.
This all makes me think about the future, how I really like my family and friends that live on the other side of the country and I don't want my contact with them to always feel fleeting. I don't want to have this same sinking feeling every time I see my people for the next five or ten or twenty years. And my people seem like the most compelling reason to be anywhere...
My parents were here for the weekend, which was really nice. But now they're flying home in two hours, leaving as suddenly as they came.
This all makes me think about the future, how I really like my family and friends that live on the other side of the country and I don't want my contact with them to always feel fleeting. I don't want to have this same sinking feeling every time I see my people for the next five or ten or twenty years. And my people seem like the most compelling reason to be anywhere...