Remember when

Remember when we were innocent of the real world? Remember when all the things we did were for ourselves? Remember when we thought we were mature? Remember when?

I returned to the town of my college experience today. I've been here a few times in the past five years. Tonight and tomorrow, though, seem to be different. There is a feeling of the eclectic here this time. There is a feeling of reconnection too. I saw, tonight, for the first time in a long time, some of the people that were so important to me while I was here. Ms. D and her daughter are both amazing people and it was so comfortable to see them tonight.

GaussGoat and his lovely lady James allowed me to crash at their place this weekend. They have my thanks. It was awesome to spend the night and go out "on the town". I wasn't feeling a hundred percent, but they made sure that I ignored that fact the entire evening. I saw Bowes and his roomate, let's call him WhiskeyDrinker for the hell of it. We ate chinese and drank Mai Tais. Then we went to some of the spots I remember from my time here. We drank Gin and Tonic that should have been called "glass of gin". We played pool. It was a "night out" that I seldom experience. It was alive and refreshing. Remember when nights like this happened all the time?

Now i'm sitting here in the abode of the GaussGoat. The cold medicine is doing a number on my cold and my brain is in overdrive with thoughts of tomorrow. So many people, and it's been so long. Five years that I haven't seen some of them. I'm excited. I'm scared. I'm awake. I'm tired.

Things I learned today:
- Just live.