back to life

so i don't know whether it's the large pile of mail, the 3 or 4 bags to unpack, the laundry scattered across the house, the phone calls to make, or the 2 week time span remaining until i MOVE to Atlanta and begin GRAD school--but there is rather a lot to do to get back into life. i did a lot of sleeping yesterday, but suddenly the several days that i planned to just lie around & watch movies seem a bit unrealistic in the face of all there is to do. hmm--funny how that happens when you pick up & leave EVERYTHING behind for 2.5 months and expect to somehow start again where you left off. a lot has happened while i lived life in the YouthWorks bubble.

now that bubble has popped, and the task of re-entry is looming. i'm still in a state of disbelief, of numbness. feelings are slowly beginning to penetrate my consciousness--realization that i'm about to start seminary, sadness at leaving behind new friends. and i have so much talking to do with God.

so i'll be back here to verbalize through a bit of all that. for now, i'm just taking some time to remember what it's like to watch TV and pay bills and find food in a normal, one-family sized kitchen. it's good..but still weird.