Anti-social butterfly
For all my recent hibernation-state, I managed to have a pretty social weekend so far. And I think it’s been just what the doctor ordered.
Friday night I caught up with my good friends Kenn and Eleanor at Barnes and Noble. Kenn and I managed to find a place to sit and just talked for the hour or so before closing. It’s been so long since I’ve done that, I had completely forgotten what it was like to just sit down and have an intelligent conversation with someone. A very simple thing, but one that has been lacking lately. As a result, it struck me on the drive home just how isolated I feel where I am. Bucks County may as well be a ghost town; there just isn’t anything here for me anymore.
Last night I got to catch up with the movie night crowd again at Chez Emmett and Star’s which was a lot of fun; I don’t think I’ve laughed or smiled quite that much in some time now. I’ve regretted not going to movie night the past few months, but after all the running around I did during the last half of 2003 I was so burnt out I just had to slow down for awhile, catch up on some much needed quality time with myself. Soon however I hope to make my triumphant return to movie night. Very soon…
As it is, I’ve been cooped up in this apartment long enough that with the gradual return of good weather, I’m beginning to yearn for a road trip to whisk me away from reality for a little while. I have a pending business trip that will take me up through the scenic NY Thruway and whatever highway that is that I cut across CT on my way to Southbury. That should tide me over until May, I think, when I might like to spend a nice long weekend in my future home of Charlottesville, VA; one way or another I definitely must return soon for my fix.
Oh, for want of the return of the sun. Two months. I hope I can hold out that long.