a sketch

I’m back in Houston now after a wonderful stint in IA. I miss it already, honestly. I guess I’m going to have to visit or something, because it seems to be one of those places that calls you back. Or maybe it’s just the lovely people. :)

So I’m sitting here feeling multi-faceted, complicated, and conflicting nameless mood(s). I’m playing an extremely eclectic, random selection of music too, to fit my mood(s) and to have some background noise for the pseudo-monthly computer clean out, keeping my mind off goodbyes and distance and all of that stuff, as well as trying not to be too anxiety-ridden by the whole med school mystery. While I was digging through a documents folder, I found this little ditty.

return home

I’m back in Chicago now, rather unexpectedly I might add. The original travel plans included another short little stint in Houston with my family, but Ike threw a big, windy wrench into those plans. The Boy and I arrived safely yesterday afternoon. I didn’t really realize how much I missed being home until I stepped across the threshold and felt my stress level drop about sixty stories; it was very, very nice.

I am mildly disappointed that I don’t get to spend more time with my family, but this week is probably not best for a visit. Too bad though – it was the mid-autumn festival and we were going to have hotpot and mooncakes and the whole nine yards. Made stuffed tomatoes last night instead.

So this week is going to be super-relaxed, and then the Boy and I are off to IA to stay with his fam for a week before school starts.

And in case you didn’t know yet, I got and interview at Duke! Which is actually coming up quite soon. Yikes.