To Rest My Head

Big changes have come into my world, the most prominent of those being that I have moved out of my parents' home! It came a little later than we all originally anticipated, but here it is at last. I moved back in with them during summer 2007 after working in Los Angeles. Neither my parents nor I expected I would be staying very long, but I did! It had its good times and its not-so-good times. There is an interesting dynamic that takes place between parents and their child, especially when that child is an adult and moves back in with them. It was certainly convenient and enabled me to do much that I would not have otherwise been able to do, but now is most assuredly the right time to move out and move on.

In truth, I think that living with them caused me to stagnate a little. Not a lot, but a little. And no one likes to stagnate. Who wants that vague yet horrifying feeling that life is somehow passing you by and you don't know how to stop it or at least grab hold and let it take you for the ride? No one wants that. But it happened. Now I'm out and about. For a week, I house-sat for a family that I know who were out in the Midwest seeing their new granddaughter (Congratulations to the Blank family!!). That was nice to have that opportunity come up so suddenly. I spent one night sleeping in my car. Not terribly comfortable, but still kinda cool in an urban roughing it sort of way. And now I will be spending a week staying at the house of my good friends David and Courtney Toney. I asked them if it might be alright to bunk up with them for a week and they both quickly and graciously agreed to let me stay for a while. As I write this post, I am sitting in their spare room surrounded by a lamp in the shape of the Eiffel Tower, a picture of Courtney and David at a high school prom, a single wall sconce with no candles, and the bed covered in a well chosen green and brown comforter. Not too shabby! So, for those of you who already know David and Courtney and think highly of them, it's time to think even higher! And stay tuned to see where I end up next...