Busyness

Hi friendly readers. Sorry that I'm way behind. Sometime there is so much to say and not enough time to form the post as is the case with me these days. There has been a lot going on in my heart and in my head but not nearly enough time or energy to put in down in type...BUT seeing as it's 1:45 in the morning and I'm still awake, I figure if not now, when?

Tonight I went to see Kelly Willis at the Grey Eagle with friends Rita (longtime friend from Texas) and Sarah (fast friend as of a year). Kelly Willis is ingrained in my high school years like band practice and curly bangs. It was a lot of fun and very nostalgic for me in a lot of ways. I might as well face it, I'm a sentimental sucker. I love to reminisce and talk about the ways things were (all of 20 years ago! I'm not super sentimental about the first 10 years of my life). Anyway, I've been thinking about Austin lately, maybe because I'm going there in Oct., maybe because Chrissy is there this weekend, maybe because I loved living there after college, maybe because I'm missing the familiarity of a place to call home (the kind of place where you know the best places to eat, you know short cuts through a neighborhood to get around a traffic jam, you know the best place to run in town, the best views, the best hikes, you know the lingo, the news anchors, etc.). There is a history there and I guess the common denominator is the know-factor. I'm going on year 5 of life in Western North Carolina and still waiting for know-factor consistency. Every once and awhile I feel sentimental about this place (and I'm sure the grass would be so green if we ever move) like when we come back from a vacation or trip or when I'm able to give someone directions or when I'm at a restaurant and I think about how many times I've eaten there with different people. But all in all, it doesn't totally feel like home. Not yet. Should it? Will it? Give it time? I feel frustrated with myself sometimes about even feeling this way. Truth is, God has given us more than we could ever ask for or imagine in a short period of time with a cherry on top. Do you ever feel this way?

I'm getting a Mountain Xpress (local paper) and actually reading it this weekend.

Here's one thing I love about life here--the seasons! And it's almost time for apple-picking!!