It's been such a great time, and something I SO needed. I was able to surprise everyone on my team, and pretty much everyone except for JP and the Good Timer's that she told, at GOTW that I was back- that was super fun :) Someone told me "I'm so glad to see you, and super surprised to look up and see you in the crowd, but at the same time it's normal. You're supposed to be here". I guess I just haven't been gone long enough. Just you wait until December people when you haven't seen me in 4 months.... just you wait. Hehe.
SO yeah, good surprise. It feels good to know I'm loved by the people that are happy to see me. I do find it funny that within 24 hours of being back in Atlanta though I see 3 people randomly that I wouldn't normally run into (well- two of them anyway). I ran into Ben Spears while waiting on Marta to take me to JP on Thursday night- that was fun to have someone to talk to on the train, and just to randomly run into someone. I also ran into Rusty from Nooga while waiting on a friend by the capitol building downtown on Friday. What was weird was that we both thought it was the other, but were too afraid to say anything. Finally I did, and it was good to talk to Rusty. Then, when I was closing out my bank accounts here (see... it was a necessary trip), I saw one of the kids from the preschool and her mom. That was great. Atlanta is a lot smaller than I realized....
Friday was spent just hanging out, running EOS errands with Church, and going out. I loved getting to play with Stranger Danger one more time. 2 absolutely heartbreaking losses made Saturday hard, but I played well and had a great time, so whatevs. Rain shortened Saturday a bit, and we ended up not playing last round. Instead, impromptu party happened and we all danced for hours (I'm still sore). It was super fun, and I danced with all my friends all night. Best part is that dance floor was in front of the front door of the house, so there was no easing into the dancing... you walked in and you were dancing. No choice about it. It was a night of debauchery and ridiculousness. Awesome. Yesterday was disappointed due to terrible playing, but it was great to just hang out.
Today I'm trying to get some work done, but the internet at Panera is kinda terrible and won't let me connect to the Wyoming webmail system, so I can't check my school email or my work email... which means I'll have lots of hours to make up when I get back on Wednesday and the rest of the week... that's not how this was supposed to happen. Eh- whatever. This is my last weekend like this for about 4 months. I think I'm already counting down the days until I can come back over New Year's. Sad.
It's been such a great weekend, and I am so happy that I got to do this. I think I'm ready to really start living in Wyoming now- with classes starting next week and all the orientations over the next few weeks and other grad students getting into town (thank god- friend potential), and possibly meeting the frisbee team (still thinking this one over... don't want to fall into the same old pattern), it's time to get busy. And get time flying for Christmas break.
No matter what- Hooray for Atlanta! I'm not sure when this actually became "home", but there isn't any place I'd rather call that :)
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